International Travel

The general rules for finding a low price on international airfare are similar to booking domestic airfare: Book at least seven, 14 or 21 days in advance, travel midweek, and include a Saturday-night stay in your itinerary. But, when traveling internationally, it's even more important to know your destination's high and low season. The difference in prices from season to season can be hundreds of dollars.

If flying long haul into Europe it may be cheaper to fly into a budget hub like London for two reasons. The first is that flights to London are often cheaper than flights traveling to other destinations on the continent. Secondly, London is a hub for a myriad of budget airlines (low-cost discount carriers) that have extensive networks all over Europe. The main two are Ryanair and Easyjet and using them can save you hundreds of dollars while allowing a high degree of flexibility in terms of one-way flights.