For those of you who travel with the Vegas Voyagers on our various trips, you may have noticed that we tend to stay away from traveling during the summer. We also always stay away from running trips during the holiday seasons, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and Passover.
These times are for sure, the busiest travel time of the year. Certainly, during the holidays Grandmas and Grandpas want to be with the family. So staying away from these times make sense for our Vegas Voyagers.
Why, however, do we avoid summer (read June, July and August) time travel? Well, simply stated, after the most busy holiday periods, the summer is the next very busiest time of year to travel.
The ships, if we’re cruising are booked to capacity. And, the most popular vacation destinations, like Europe or the National Parks can be crowded beyond belief.
Don’t go to Disney in the summer time unless you are partial to long lines and wait times on your favorite tides. Also, here in Las Vegas, locals like the summertime to get out of the heat and go back to where you migrated from – which is most likely much cooler than 100 plus degree Las Vegas.
The “sweet spot” time of year for travel for our trips is the Fall, mostly October, November (but not Thanksgiving) and early December, or mid-January, February and early March, before Easter and Passover.
During these time frames there will be few, if any children on the trips we do, and the trip destination will be much less crowded than the summer time or holiday season. We just think our age group will enjoy our trips more during the quieter times of year.
Sticking to these times of year to travel is also a good travel tip for your individual trips as well. However, we do know from experience that you might have to travel during the busier times of year when the grandkids are off from school and it’s the only time when the entire family can be together.
As always happy and safe travels.
