Book Spring Break Before Thanksgiving!

This is just a little project I’m starting to finally prove my theory that October is the best time to start booking Spring break.  Also, I’m sure some very desperate people will call me starting in Late January when prime spring break dates are already out of this world expensive.  

This is mostly focused on families.  If you can avoid mid-March through to Mid April and don’t need to take advantage of weekends.  Then you have more time.  Some…

Almost all Tropical in and around North America hits it’s sweet spot Mid-November through Mid-May.   Holidays are hard, but aside from that November through January are a great time to get a good price.  We want to say a week away from Major Holidays, after that, things are pretty good.

Around President’s day weekend, things start to surge, hitting their peak in mid-march when those of us that live in cold climes are climbing the walls for some fun in the sun.  If you have kids are are banking on spring break, you MUST book early.   

I have a sorry, not sorry with these screenshots.

Sorry, because they are very simple, with letters corresponding to available seats and it takes 3 screens to see them all per aircraft.  

Not sorry, because most travel agents can’t even pull these seat maps without making a reservation. You need old school code skills to pull these seat maps. With names in a record I can pull fancier ones.  That you can ‘click’ on to book.  

 I feel like airlines don’t want you to see these seat maps because they indicate actual availability fairly well, remembering that people who accept basic economy tickets have ‘space’ but no seat assignments, so all modern aircraft tend to be more full than they appear.  

I will point out that I did the first of the real Surge Weeks, just because it overlaps with My Daughter’s School district’s spring break.  Denver Spring Break is the following week and is likely worse than this already.

Also, I really wanted to show the Grand Cayman flight, but it’s not back yet.  I sure hope that comes back, that’s a SWEET spring breakspot.   This year, I’m heading to the Caribbean in December (St Martin and Anguilla)   . I'm hoping to head back to Mexico in January with the fam.

Travel agents largely do not travel at peak times, nobody gives us free stays then.