You Could Save Hundreds By Booking Your 2018 Travel In January

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Don’t wait until March to book your first travel adventure of 2018. Buying your plane tickets at the beginning of the new year could potentially save you hundreds of dollars.

According to Skyscanner, January is the best time to purchase flights for trips in the first half of the year — both domestic and international.

The stats are honestly staggering. For flights within the United States, average plane ticket prices are 16 percent cheaper than the yearly average. International flights could be up to 36 percent cheaper than the average.

Not convinced? Think you might want to mull it over for a couple months? It’s your wallet… but whatever you do, don’t book your flight in March. That’s when things get really dicey, according to the report.

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In March, domestic flights are around 13 percent more expensive than the yearly average. And if you’re looking to plan a trip abroad in March, you could end up paying up to 56 percent more than the average.

Let’s do the math here. Say your average plane ticket to your favorite place on the globe costs $700 but you wait until St. Paddy’s Day to press the buy button on the flight. You could end up paying nearly $1100 for a flight to that same city.

So friends, don’t do that. If your New Year’s resolution is to travel more in 2018, don’t wait long after the midnight countdown to book those flights.