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OK, with Labor Day weekend behind us,
many of us might feel like
the travel season is over,
but our friend Emily Kaufman, the travel mom,
she is here to tell us why this is
a great time of year to get away.
Emily, always good to see you.
I know at this time of year,
some people don't think it's
maybe a good time to travel,
but you say this is a terrific
time of year to travel.
Why is that?
I sure do. It's called the shoulder season,
and the shoulder season takes place
right after Labor Day weekend and
runs right up to the holidays,
excluding the week of Thanksgiving.
And destinations are less crowded.
As you can see, the weather is still
spectacular and there's lots of deals.
I'm going to give you some examples
and hotels.com and their app is such
a great place to find these deals.
I am at the beautiful San Diego.
Mission Bay Resort that just
screams vacation all year round.
In the peak summer season,
these room rates could be
as high as $600 a night.
And if you book midweek
during shoulder season,
their rates start as low as $239 a night.
And it's not just great Beach locations.
At the hotels.com app,
you can find the national parks were so busy
over the summer you can save about 15%.
To stay at hotels and the national parks,
you can also travel internationally and
find great deals and discounts too.
So this is really a terrific
time to get away.
Yeah, you mentioned international.
Is this a good time as well?
Where, where are those deals at?
Well, Expedia tells us that the best week
to find the deals is October the 10th.
And here's a little insider tip.
If you download the Expedia app,
they have a VIP membership
program and you get to double dip.
So you accrue points with Expedia
and you also get your airline points.
So you kind of double whammy and get
some points and value for future travel.
But some of the popular destination are
London, Rome, Barcelona, where you can save.
Anywhere from 15 to 35% on airfare.
Also the domestic airfares.
We're seeing such a dramatic drop right now.
Places like Los Angeles, Orlando,
New York, you can save when
it comes to travel right now.
So big.
But what about Emily?
If you're maybe traveling
with family or friends,
like you're planning some
sort of group vacation,
is this a good time?
It's a wonderful time because Verbo
also has discounted rates that they
have during the shoulder season and
they have fantastic vacation homes.
I'm going to give you a couple examples.
If you wanted to go to Panama City,
FL and rent a beach house that
could sleep 10 people in the summer,
it could run you $500.00 a night.
Now, this time of year,
$300.00 a night and say you want to
get up to the mountains like Big Sky,
a beautiful home that sleeps
six was 850 in summer.
And now you can find it for $550.00 so much.
Technology, your travel companion.
These apps are the way to go
with hotels.com Expedia, Verbo.
That's the way to find and save.
Not just save you money,
but you're getting to enjoy it
without the overcrowded and
everything else that's happening.
Emily, such great advice.
As always, where could we go
to learn more all about this?
Well, you guys know I wouldn't show
you a beautiful place and not be
giving away a stay here, right?
I'm giving away a stay right here to
the San Diego Mission Bay Resort.
You can find me through my social
media at the travel mom on Facebook,
Twitter and Instagram.
And it's not very crowded.
We're coming now, Emily.
We're coming now. 75 Lounge,
A lot of lounge chairs that I'm saving.
Good to see you again. Bye guys.
We'll say it was early morning
there so people weren't up yet.
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