{"id":33433,"date":"2015-04-22T08:22:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=33433"},"modified":"2018-03-01T11:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T17:57:27","slug":"hatching-summer-travel-plans-these-are-the-cheapest-times-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/hatching-summer-travel-plans-these-are-the-cheapest-times-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheapest weeks to plan your summer travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer&#8217;s always an ideal time to travel: School&#8217;s out, delightful weather finally takes over just about every corner of the country, and wanderlust is in full swing. In fact, a March survey conducted by Orbitz and the University of Wisconsin shows 68% of people plan on taking a summer vacation. The only problem? Summer also tends to be the most expensive time to travel.<\/p>\n<p>But not to worry. We&#8217;ve gathered some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/The-Loop-Chicago-Hotels.0-n800024-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orbitz<\/a> hotel booking data to figure out the best, most affordable times to travel this June, July or August. And while we expect numbers to change as we progress into the summer booking window, the information you see here for trips originating from the U.S. (to both domestic and international destinations), can give you a pretty good indication of when to book. Plus, make your trip even more affordable with our big <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/travel-deals\/top-hotel-deals\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer hotel sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Click to enlarge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ORB_SummerCalendar_700.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ORB_SummerCalendar_700.jpg\" alt=\"ORB_SummerCalendar_700\" width=\"700\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ORB_SummerCalendar_700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ORB_SummerCalendar_700-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ORB_SummerCalendar_700-600x273.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ORB_SummerCalendar_700-660x300.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/travel-deals\/?WT.tsrc=orbitzBlog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32947 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2.jpg\" alt=\"blogCTA _dealspage2\" width=\"500\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blogCTA-_dealspage2-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nc_pixel\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT01YjcxOWEzYTNjODdjNWJiOTA5YWRhMzZjNTMzMDI1Mg==\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orbitz travel data reveals the best times to take your summer vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":33471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family-travel"],"acf":{"api_active":null,"api_title":null,"api_excerpt":null,"api_featured_image":null,"api_lob":null},"posts_api_cpm_point":[{"name":"","description":"","thumbnail":"","address":"United States","latitude":"37.09024","longitude":"-95.71289100000001","icon":"\/images\/icons\/marker.png"}],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cheapest weeks to plan your summer travel | Orbitz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everyone&#039;s trying to do their travel during summer, so prices skyrocket. 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