Early booking: planning a summer vacation

Outside, in February, but advertising is replete with suggestions for early booking tours for the summer. Tours to Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, and even the "winter" Thailand, which for the Russians became a year-round, offer a discount up to 30-40%! So what is the attraction of such generosity - early booking? Let's discuss all of its risks and benefits.

The service " early booking "- Is, in fact, encourage tourists because they are engaged in planning your holiday in advance. The benefits of such promotion is obvious not only for travelers but also for hotels, airlines, tour operators. Everyone needs a place to start to close for the summer season in order to understand the dynamics of demand and time to adjust their plans, programs, cost. Hotels offer good contract prices for tour operators, airlines have seats on flights and can offer some of their number at the lowest rates. Everybody is trying to be competitive and to take, as well as tourists, their "place in the sun."

For tourists to book early - not just savings on the permit (in terms of family benefit is very noticeable), but also the opportunity to choose a vacation what you want. I mean hotels and rooms for accommodation, flights and airlines - all that in high season can be already available for booking. In advance you can "dig" povybirat afford that after the price increase will be a costly (for example, a hotel of his dreams, a room upgrade, improved nutrition, etc.).

  The action gives a high probability of confirmation of the so-called deficit hotels inaccessible to reservation in the high season. Many travel agencies for early booking and timely payment of fixed price of the whole package. No additional surcharges and recalculations!

But for a long time to reflect on the journey will not work: the action early booking is usually limited in time and use them only during the specified period. This period usually lasts for weeks and is sufficient to choose a tour and make a decision. Even among the conditions of service - a mandatory part of making money for the tour for a few days after booking, high penalties for cancellation of the tour, the low probability of a replacement satellite or a surcharge for any corrections to the tour.

Booking a trip in advance with a good discount, you are unlikely to be able to seriously shift the date to transfer flights, change hotel. That is why early booking - for the joy of those who believe in the dates of your holiday, fellow travelers, health. When you change the tour operator is likely to recalculate the value of your voucher at standard prices or even annul a refund. Remember that resell the canceled several trips for the price of the summer season, when the tourists have already mentally prepared to pay the real, not the promotional value - for the serious operator is not a problem. And indignation, that you were the first, and brought the money in February, will not help. The accuracy and compliance with the conditions of travel - your risk. For your check-counted, we place closed, so that the benefit should be mutual.

If in any doubt do strongly advise insurance on his own recognizance (this service provide all travel agencies). From the "quirk" of the "do not want to fly the fifth and the tenth, because there will be a full moon" insurance does not save, but from the non-receipt of a visa, health problems, including close relatives of accidents - it is to protect. And will return at least part of the cost of the permit, whenever it was bought, and for some stocks. Just remember that all insurance claims must be provable, such as medical records.

Making a booking, carefully read the contract with the tour companies, which should be specified not only your responsibility and penalties, but also outlines the conditions of the future of the tour: a specific hotel, room type and supply additional services. An exception may be air freight, especially charter - flight number and departure time can be changed by the travel company and is little affected. If it is possible (and for early booking it just is high) to select a flight ticket on a regular flight - select it.

Also, travelers should guard a little bit, when the travel company takes for a ticket on the action early booking payment of 100%. Yes, it can be under the terms of the contract with the hotel or airline, but basically, pre-paid part of the amount, the rest paid later. Dates must be specified in the contract, at least it is the end date of the action early booking.

When, in February, three days are asked to pay the full amount of the tour in August - think. Read reviews of the tour operator, ask your agency to the question - why the operator requests all at once? Alas, the instability of tourist companies is quite high and a little reassurance does not hurt, even if it is for your moral tranquility.

The rest of the benefits of early booking is obvious: good price, all the components of the tour, select "like" time to save money, "with a" foretaste of rest.

And fill up the barrel of honey examples of stages in the action early booking, represented now travel market (data from public sources, 5 * hotels, the prices are dynamic and can be influenced by offers various tour operators). We'll try to get back to these tours closer to the date of departure, and to compare the cost of the standard price with available now

Greece, Crete, beach hotel St . Constantin   5* 7 nights / 8 days, meals "all inclusive", from 09 to 16 June (on the occasion of June 12!), With flight = 57268 rub. / Visa for two 60 euros; The action before the announcement stop .

Bulgaria, Pomorie beach hotel Via Pontica 5 * 7 nights / 8 days, food "breakfast", from 07 to 14 June (on the occasion of June 12!), With flight = 32062 rub. / Visa for two 60 euros; Action to 28.02

Turkey, Kemer, beachfront hotel Club Hotel Phaselis Rose   5* 7 nights / 8 days, food "ultra all inclusive", from 09 to 16 June (on the occasion of June 12!), With flight = 62075 rub. / Per couple; Action to 31.03

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