How do people normally plan vacation time from work???? seems awfully hard to find a matchup, between seeing these deals & the time when I can actually select my time off from work!
I've been wanting to see a friend out in Florida- seems like the deal from a few wks ago is gone.

Most of the deals Chris posts are only around for a couple of days, or in many cases, a couple of hours. To take advantage of the best airline seat sales you have to be ready to drop everything and go, or get lucky with the dates.

I have booked time off and whatever next mistake fare or rock bottom sale is available at that time I will take it wherever it goes

My vacation time off is decided in October of the preceding year. I watch for deals that apply to dates that work for me.

I pretty much take my vacation when I want to so...And if that doesn't work, I work from a laptop so I can really work from anywhere anyways these days.

Florida cheap flight is back -

You've got to be prepared to book it the second you see it. Helps when the deal is for future dates a couple months from now. Remember you can usually cancel your booking within 24 hours IF you book with the airline itself or the travel agent isn't a jerk (I'm looking at you expedia)

Always better to book directly than with an online third party. I learnt that valuable lesson a long time ago!

Why, Jenny?

Your dealing with a third party that will send you back and forth. If there's a complication or need a cancellation. Sometimes a third party has ridiculous charges for cancellation or changing the flights

But if your sure you won't do either there's usually great deals from third parties sites

True but often these deals are not bookable directly with an airline.

When you see these deals you usually only have a few hours to claim them. If you vacation time at work is flexible, take time off in October/November or April/May and then just go where the deals are.

I make traveling and living my life a priority. If my job is going to make that impossible, I get a new one. On my death bed I'm going to regret the places I didn't go to and the adventures I didn't have. I'm not going to wish I worked more or saved more money

.......... I screwed up. holy. crap. LOL. I booked my vacation time. My department is so small, that only 1 person can be on vacation at a time. And there's a deadline for vacation bids. and there're rules for seniority as well. So.......... yeah. I booked time off, Apr 6-14. :< the FL deal I wanted was still there, early this morning (8:30am) I SHOULD HAVE BOOKED THIS MORNING, before I left for work, since it was already my turn to bid. There was no way that I was going to pay for it, on the computer at work. What will I do now??

I guess all you can do is hope a good rate comes up when you have booked your time off, or find a rich friend to take you.

Or go somewhere else

An Important thing to remember is that any time you book a trip WITHIN or ENTERING/LEAVING the USA they are required by law to give you 24 hours to cancel no questions asked. I had similar problem when he posted the $65 all in flight to Los Angelas! Had to cancel because another in my department was always off... But I had booked it right away because the deals don't last!

I was so close to booking Florida as well... But then I decided I was doing it just because it was a good deal haha

TY, JM. TY for all the useful tips/answers on this thread!!!! I appreciate it

What did you decide about the YOLO?

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