{"id":25280,"date":"2025-10-28T23:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/25280\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:22:11","slug":"holiday-flights-trend-down-as-more-people-economize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/25280\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday flights trend down as more people economize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investigatetv.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.investigatetv.com\/newsletter\/\">InvestigateTV<\/a>) \u2014 \u2018There\u2019s no place like home for the holidays\u2019 seems to be the trend this year, as more people plan to stay put for holiday celebrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">\u201cEver since the pandemic, we\u2019ve seen tremendous travel demand. But that appetite is starting to wane due to the cumulative effects of high inflation, high interest rates, rising debt and diminishing savings,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/bankrate.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/bankrate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bankrate<\/a> Senior Analyst Ted Rossman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">In a new survey, Bankrate found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/credit-cards\/news\/holiday-spending-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/credit-cards\/news\/holiday-spending-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">only 21 percent of US adults say they\u2019ll be flying or staying in a hotel this year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That\u2019s down from 27 percent from last year. Bankrate isn\u2019t talking about people hitting the road in a car to grandma\u2019s house for Thanksgiving \u2013 they looked at flights and hotel bookings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rossman called it a \u201cmixed bag,\u201d with some people saying they\u2019ll skip trips but still making plans anyway. Still, inflation is weighing heavily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAnd even though the month over month numbers and the year over year are not so bad right now, if you zoom back to the start of 2021 prices are up 25 percent on average,\u201d he noted. \u201cAnd it could be that people are sort of feeling tapped out. They\u2019ve dipped into savings. They\u2019ve taken on debt.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">For those who do need to travel, Rossman stressed that flexibility is key. Ideally, trips should be booked months in advance. He recommends setting a calendar reminder for September 1 to lock in flights for next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He also had a few suggestions for people making travel arrangements now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cDon\u2019t just fly when everybody else wants to fly. If you\u2019re looking at Wednesday and Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, you\u2019re going to find a lot of crowds and high prices,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cMaybe you\u2019re willing to travel on the holiday itself. I know it\u2019s not the most desirable thing, but if you take an early flight on Thanksgiving morning and you still get there on time for the family meal, that could be a lot of cheaper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He added that Christmas Eve or Christmas Day flights are typically much less expensive than traveling on December 22 or 23. Using rewards points or miles can also help cut costs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 Gray Media Group, Inc. 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