Fast 5 Travel Tips: HOT HOT Deals

Black Friday sales are abound. You can cash in on travel deals right now.

Here are the first 5 offerings:

1. Westjet.com - flights & vacations on sale. Hot deals include bargains like this one to San Diego California. Look at those flight times...no overnight stop in Calgary and no driving to Winnipeg on icy roads!

2. Aircanada.com Their sale includes destinations across Canada, to the USA, plus International and Sun destinations too. You can travel until April 30th 2016 if you book during this sale. Yes, Spring Break dates ARE included.  One really great deal I spied was to Fredericton, NB. $418! Unbelievable to fly to the Maritimes on Spring Break at that low of a fare. Definitely worth the drive to Winnipeg to board that flight. 

3. Sheraton Hotels are offering 25% off on hotel rooms booked before December 6th. Book now and travel into September, 2016.

4. Redtag.ca is a bonus savings of $15-$100 per person if you book your travel package with them.
There are great deals to Mexico, including 5 star resorts at under $1200 with taxes included.

5. On November 30th there will be a Twitter Travel Auction presented by Air Transat. They are auctioning off vacation packages on twitter. This is the second Cyber Monday auction for them. Funds raised go to charity. Last year's packages were hot sellers, with some going for $1000 less than retail. The trips up for auction will be revealed on November 27th. 

Here's a sample of one of the winning bids from last year. 

My best advice to you in shopping for travel deals this week is to act quickly. The top bargains will sell out easily. And, if it's in your budget, book your Spring Break flights now. It will be the best opportunity for savings on those popular dates. 

Cyber Monday Travel Deals

There are a few fun things out there today. Lots of hotel discounts. Just pick your favourite chain and head to their website. For example, the Marriott chain is offering 30% off for bookings made by midnight.

Air Transat went for a wild bunch of fun with a Twitter Auction. As anticipated, there was lots of grumbling from the peanut gallery. "Why is it only on Twitter?" "Why aren't there deals from Halifax?" And so on and so on. But I, on the other hand, completely applaud their gusto. They went for it! And the auction proceeds were going to charity. Big win for Air Transat in the Cyber Monday event.

Some lucky person got a 5 Star All-Inclusive week to Jamaica for $1717. That includes tax and is for 2 people. Pretty amazing eh?  Results, and the last couple auctions (from Vancouver) are still on.

Air Canada also offered 15% off any flight in the next 6 months, if booked by tonight. But, seems to me their prices are starting 15 or 20% higher today anyway. 

Selloffvacations.com are offering a great number of affordable packages, and as a Cyber Monday special, they are adding value in the form of free cancellation up to 3 days ahead.