Time to book for the holidays as airfares drop

Starting in late October, holiday travel fares have been falling quite a bit, and right now the average airfare for both Thanksgiving and Christmas travel are actually below their price points from this time last year.

But don’t take our word for it. You can see for yourself. Farecast puts the power to predict into your own hands with expert travel advice based on science, not marketing. Farecast tracks airfares and helps you identify trends like these:

Image of Farecast chart of Thanksgiving airfares

Live Search Farecast is the smart travel search site that helps consumers buy travel and hotels with confidence. For more about price trends for 2008 holiday travel, see Holiday Fares Plummet — Great Time to Buy.

Joel Grus, Live Search Farecast Fareologist