How to Create Your Dream Vacation an Affordable Vacation

You will find Dream Vacations and you will find cheap vacations. The challenge will be turning the former to the latter.

In its new “Luxury for Less Guide,” TripAdvisor (SmarterTravel’s parent company) has done just that, carrying nine lust-worthy destinations and revealing educated travelers how to conserve up to 52 percent on excursions which may otherwise appear too expensive to consider.

The trick is in the time: By choosing optimal times to go to, the guide explains the very best “value weeks,” when travelers will enjoy the very best combination of reduced hotel rates, local weather, and seasonal activities. (Though the TripAdvisor study focuses on hotel rates, it stands to reason that airfares are also reduced when hotel prices dip, because both reveal the ebbs and flows of traveler requirement.)

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Here, then, are the best times to Go to the nine destinations selected from TripAdvisor customers as their Dream Vacation places:

• Bali, Indonesia — Visit throughout May/June to conserve 52%.
• Mauritius — See through September to conserve 51%.
• Bora Bora, French Polynesia — See through April to conserve 38%.
• New York City, New York — See through March to spare 33%.
• Botswana — See through April, October to conserve 32%.
• Iguazu Falls, Brazil — See through May to conserve 31%.
• Tokyo, Japan — See through May to conserve 21%.
• Seychelles — See through September to save 20%.
• Hawaii — See through April/May, September/October to save 20 percent.

Getting There

Of these destinations, both New York and Hawaii are definitely the most accessible for U.S.-based travelers, as those are served nonstop from many airlines from several U.S. cities.

Mauritius is served by a number of carriers. Turkish Airlines, by Way of Example, flies having a layover in Istanbul.

Bora Bora is accomplished by flying to Papeete on the major island of Tahiti, accompanied by a short connecting flight to the island.

Flying to Botswana’s largest airport, Gaborone, is probably best accomplished by linking to an Air Botswana airport in Johannesburg.

To reach the world’s largest waterfalls, Brazil’s Iguazu Falls, travelers can fly to Cataratas Airport, near the boundary between Brazil and Argentina. Plan of two enroute connections.

With the introduction of Haneda Airport to international flights, Tokyo is much more accessible than ever before. Between Haneda and Narita airports, most visitors have a choice of a handful of U.S. and Asian airlines.

Bali‘s nearest airport is Denpasar. There are no nonstop flights in the U.S., so getting there will require a minumum of one link outside the country.

Getting to the Seychelles May Be a 13-hour Etihad trip from New York to Abu Dhabi, linking to some 4-hour flights to Seychelles International Airport.

The Takeaway

Over and above the particular destinations above, the underlying plan is a one that is durable. Consumers can find a better deal, by avoiding periods of travel demand. And there is a side benefit as well: You will avoid the audiences.

For contrarians that are cunning, Dream Vacations can become Affordable Vacations.

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After 20 years working in the travel business, also 15 years writing about it, ” Tim Winship knows a thing or two about traveling. Follow him on Twitter@twinship.

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