With summer in sight, many Britons are gearing up to make summer travel plans. While January sales are a good place to start making savings, travel experts have discovered your planned date of departure could be the key to budget-savvy bookings. In fact, changing your departure date could help cut costs by at least 10 percent.
“Tuesday is now the most expensive day of the week to fly out and by switching flight departure dates from a Tuesday to a Friday could save travellers 11 percent.
“Money can also be saved depending on the day of the week travellers book a ticket, and whilst this can vary depending on route and dates of travel, there is evidence to suggest that Wednesday is the cheapest day to book flights from the UK.
“Travellers should also consider flying out of a different airport nearby to save money, for example, a family of four could save over £300 by switching to a different departure airport that’s not much further away.”
Alternatively, when it comes to package holidays, it seems Monday is the best day to book.
Travel money specialist at Equals joined forces with a team of travel experts to discover more ways passengers could make the ultimate savings.
They found that the first day of the week was where most savings sit if you want to get a good deal on an entire holiday.
They were, however, in agreement that Friday is the cheapest day to fly.
Their research reveals passengers could get their journey up to 21 percent cheaper compared to a Sunday flight.
“There is evidence that suggests Friday is the cheapest day of the week for travellers to fly out of the UK and Sunday is the most expensive day to fly out of the UK,” explained Lisa Tyndall, senior growth manager at Skyscanner.
“Switching their flight departure date from a Sunday to a Friday could save travellers 21 per cent.
“Travellers should also consider flying out of a different airport nearby to save money, for example, a family of four could save over £500 by switching to a different departure airport that’s not much further away.”
