Book a flight now: is it convenient?
The Coronavirus pandemic has imposed a
heavy halt to the travel industry for more than understandable public health reasons. What consequences does this stop have on airfare prices and the cost of a holiday now?
A considerable drop in prices!
In fact, many airlines and travel agencies
have applied discounts on their flights in an attempt to begin to make up for losses due to this dark period for the industry. You can find flights discounted by 50% or more! Of course
there are advantages and risks in this situation, let us see which ones:
The advantages of booking now
The pandemic won't last forever and thinking you can travel again and enjoy your holidays is not a thought so far from reality today. Bearing in mind that it will not be possible in the short term, in a few months' time it will probably be possible to travel freely again.
This means that the low prices at the moment can be exploited to your advantage! Booking a holiday now for summer (riskier) or winter (safer) can save you considerable money! Airlines and agencies have to try to make up for lost time and will apply large discounts to get the industry going again, so this is definitely a good time to book!
The risks of booking now
As we were saying, the pandemic fortunately won't last forever.
But how much longer will it be limited to travel? It cannot be predicted and, however many airlines and agencies are currently selling airline tickets for the next few months, we cannot be sure today that the discounted flight we see will definitely take place.
This depends very much on the evolution of the global health crisis (which is improving) and the restrictions that individual countries will maintain in the near future. It seems that the situation is unblocking but
the risk of cancellation of your flight or trip remains.
How to take advantage of low prices?
Given the advantages and risks,
it certainly remains convenient to take advantage of these strong discounts. For the more daring, you can accept the risk that your flight will be cancelled (risk that decreases the further away the flight date is from today) and buy the flight you are interested in at an affordable price relying on the fact that the travel situation will improve from here soon.
If you want to feel safer,
you can also protect yourself. In what way?
With travel insurance and free cancellation offers. If you don't want to take any risks, you can take out one of the many insurances available to protect you in case of cancellation, so you can be reimbursed if your flight is cancelled. Some agencies and companies, on the other hand, offer their services with a free cancellation clause if made within a certain time limit: this would leave you the opportunity to assess the situation and decide to cancel your flight without losing money.
If you choose one of these options,
we strongly recommend that you check with the airlines, travel agencies and insurance companies directly to be sure that you are covered by a policy or to find out if free cancellation offers are available. If this is the case, if your trip should be cancelled, you will not have lost your money.
First of all, however, you will need to find the discounted offer for your destination!
So we recommend that you start your flight search now with our search engine to compare all available offers and find the right deal for you,
before prices go back up again!