These Popular Travel Booking Hacks Were Just Debunked by Expedia — but Here Are New Tips on How to Save

There have always been a few tried-and-true rules to save money on a big trip, but according to Expedia, those may be changing.

The booking site examined some of the most common money-saving tricks in a bid to actually help travelers save on their next vacation, and what they found may be surprising. As a result, the company flipped a few myths on their head, and shared the findings with Travel + Leisure.

It turns out summer, for example, is not the most expensive time to travel, and an August trip may actually save big bucks. In reality, February and March are the most expensive months to travel. Domestic trips are 12 percent cheaper in August compared to February and international flights up to 7 percent cheaper in August compared to March.

The old myth that Tuesday is the best day to book a flight also doesn’t really hold weight anymore, and booking on a Sunday may actually save some cash. In fact, domestic flights are about 6 percent cheaper and international flights are about 17 percent cheaper when booking on a Sunday compared to Monday or Friday.

But while Sunday may be the best day to book, Expedia said Saturdays and Thursdays are likely the cheapest days to fly, saving travelers as much as 17 percent.

“Airfares are down, the end of summer is the cheapest time to fly, and booking too far out can actually cost you money – these realities fly in the face of advice floating around the internet,” Melanie Fish, the head of Expedia Group Brands public relations, said in a statement shared with T+L. “It makes sense to trust the billions of data points from across the world and every airline that go into the Expedia Air Hacks report.”

Fish added another way to save money is to set up features like price alerts and “let technology find the best value.”

And while morning flights are much less likely to be canceled compared to later in the day, travelers should know their rights and options if that does end up happening.

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