holidays

With the “late” eating into the Christmas holidays, a new phenomenon gains weight in Spain: the Australian New Year’s Eve

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The year changes with the twelve bells midnight on December 31st. That has no discussion. What is questionable is that the New Year has to be celebrated at night. If you are more of a daytime person than a night person, if you don’t want to go to bed in the wee hours of the morning, hungover and resigned to spending the first morning of 2026 tossing and turning in bed… Why not bring the party forward a few hours? What if instead of gathering our family and friends for dinner we meet at noon? What if we ring in 2026 (or any other New Year) when they do it in Sydney, where the 12 bells ring when we are having lunch? What has happened? Bells, grapes, firecrackers, the first advertisement of the year, the trappings of the star presenter on duty, whether the layer of Ramonchu either the dress of the Pedroche… In Spain, New Year’s Eve has its traditions (apparently immutable), but that does not mean that more and more people choose to rethink how and especially when they celebrate the change of year. In fact, for a long time there has been a way to celebrate it that has gained followers: “Australian New Year’s Eve”. And what does it mean? It sounds exotic, but it’s actually very simple. The “Australian New Year’s Eve” consists of nothing more nor less than bringing forward the celebration of the New Year by a few hours. There is a 10-hour lag between Madrid and Sydney, which means that while in mainland Spain we sit at the table to eat in the most populated city in Oceania, there are in full transition of year. It is a simple geographical curiosity, but there are those who have seen in it a perfect hook to rethink when we celebrate the New Year in this corner of the planet. Instead of doing it at midnight, after an extensive dinner, they join the “Australian New Year’s Eve” and uncork the cava when the residents of Sydney or other regions of Australia, where they govern, do so. multiple time zones. One celebration does not have to exclude the other (a Spaniard can celebrate the New Year at 2:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m.), but it does help to shift the focus away from the night. It is similar to the “pre-grapes” that have been celebrated for years, but in a somewhat different way: with food, parties and using Australian time as a pretext. But… Is it successful? Yes. At least in certain regions of Spain, where the concept of “Australian New Year’s Eve” seems to have caught on. A quick search shows chronicles about early celebrations in Teruel, Castellon, Valencia, The Palm…but if there is a place where the ‘Australian-style’ party has found fertile ground, it is Alicante. It has been organized there for a long time a few years and has expanded to several municipalities. The celebration has become so profound, in fact, that it moves so many people in restaurants and at night parties. So many people? The newspaper recently Information asked that same question to hoteliers and found a surprising response. According to the president of the Alicante Restaurant Association (ARA) reservations for lunch and dinner on December 31 are already practically equal in number, which shows that more and more people are bringing forward the celebration of the New Year. What’s more, part of the nighttime demand appears to be shifting to midday, when customers find more diversity in exchange for cheaper rates. “In the evening pack, the normal thing is set menus, which are somewhat more expensive,” says the hotelier. Prices are around 100 or 110 euros, practically double that of lunch, which is also usually served without a set menu and includes a drink. At first glance it may seem that restaurants are losing, but the reality is that if the daily clientele and the dinner clientele are added, businesses gain demand. Furthermore, New Year’s Eve menus may be more expensive, but they also entail more expenses for the establishments, which reduces their final profitability. From another association of hoteliers in the province of Alicante, Apeha, confirm There are starting to be more reservations at midday than at night. Is it just business? No. The phenomenon is not only seen in bars and restaurants. Daytime celebrations, including symbolic grapes, music and “chimes” are also celebrated with institutional support of the town councils. In Senija they present them for example as “Bells in the Sun” and in Crevillent the City Council advertises both the “Australian Chimes” as the “New Year’s Eve Party”. They are not unique or isolated cases. In Alicante you can find other towns that have taken their festivals beyond nighttime hours. Why this success? The big question. Costs aside, Apeha provides a key piece of information: the regular customer who books a restaurant on the 31st at noon is usually, clarifypeople of a certain age or with small children. “It’s not so much young people who go to clubs as people who prefer to go out at noon to get home at a productive time.” The truth is that the “Australian New Year’s Eve” is not an isolated phenomenon. It coincides with two others that are going in the same direction. The first is the afternoon boom. As the supply (and demand) of leisure diversifies and is no longer monopolized at night, more and more people choose to visit bars and clubs earlier. Instead of going out at night he does it in the afternoon, which is felt at Christmas itself. “Australian New Year’s Eve” may be expanding, but so is the “Good Afternoon” and “New Year’s Afternoon”advanced versions of Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. More partying, less cooking. The other trend has to do with how we organize our Christmases and our habits in the kitchen. We start enjoying before December 24 or 31 because we are less willing to spend hours in the kitchen to prepare … Read more

Only 25% of Spaniards claim to be rested behind the holidays

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The return to work after a vacation, which they should supposedly Assume a respite And an opportunity to disconnect from work stresshas become a whole challenge for many Spanish workers. Although it was expected that those workers who have already enjoyed their vacations will return With renewed energiesthe reality is that only 25% of workers get it. At least that’s what emerges from A survey Made by the consultant Robert Walters to workers from Spain, France and the United Kingdom. As if you hadn’t gone. The survey reveals that one in four Spaniards claim to feel completely rested And ready to return to work after your vacation. The percentage is even worse in the United Kingdom, where only 15% say they really feel rested After your vacation. France, with 22% about the rest figures of their employees to those of Spain. In addition to returning with the feeling of not having rested, 63% of Spanish workers recognize that they experience anxiety when returning to their jobs, while in France this figure rises to 64% and in the United Kingdom reaches 78%. The similarity of the results in the three countries reveals that this is not an isolated problem from Spain. Digital disconnection and workplay. A very striking behavior that emerges from Robert Walters’s survey is the one that points to the “workshop” (Fear of getting off opportunities professionals for being absent) directly impacts the capacity of employees To rest. To 44% of Spaniards, 61% of the French and 67% of the British, find it easier to relax during their vacations if they know that their companions are also on vacation, because they know that They will not miss any opportunity Labor that leaves them at a disadvantage with respect to their classmates. Working from the beach. Another survey by the same consultant provides a relevant fact about the ability to Disconnection of the Spaniards During their vacations: 68% of professionals in Spain review Your job email During its rest days, while in the United Kingdom the percentage is 51%. These data coincide almost millimetric with those obtained two years earlier by the mental health consultancy Alan in its Mental Health Barometer 2023in which 65% of Spaniards had trouble disconnecting labor concerns At the end of your day. THE SOLUTION: Download revolutions. As Alberto Cantón, Managing Consultant in Robert Walters, says in his report, for some, reviewing their email helps them keep up and avoid an avalanche of messages when returning from the holidays. ” That is, it is a way to avoid a back overload situation When they go back. “Sometimes, something as simple as blocking the reception of emails outside working hours helps disconnection and reduces stress levels,” says Canton. According The published By the specialized portal psychology and mind, holiday rest is a psychological need with which the ability to judgment and decision is improved and productivity and concentration are increased, repairing the harmful effects of cortisol and anxiety in the organism. In Xataka | If the question is why the work seems worse behind the holidays, the postvacational syndrome is the answer Image | Unspash

Luxury holidays were unattainable for most in Spain. Now luxury are simply a holiday

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In February they met The results of the living conditions survey (ECV) published by the National Institute of Statistics in Spain (INE). Then a trend was shown: the percentage of population at risk of poverty or social exclusion was placed In 25%. However, from those data now another situation is reflected with the arrival of the “summer”: one in three Spaniards cannot simply be considered a vacation. Spain without rest. I told the weekend The country. In a Spain in which holiday tourism is part of the collective imaginary and GDPmillions of workers live a parallel reality: that of unattainable rest. In the piece they spoke hospitality workers who They had not left on vacation for almost a decade, and not because they do not have days off, but because They cannot afford use them. Background, An endemic evil: With a salary just for above the minimum and a tight domestic economy between rentservices and a shopping basket More and more expensive, travel is simply unthinkable. This group is part 33.4% of Spaniards who, according to The INE surveycannot afford a single week of vacation a year, one of the basic indicators of social welfare according to European standards. The great paradox. The fact reveals that having a job is no longer synonym for well -being: even with the minimum interprofessional salary having Increased 54% from 2018many people still do not reach the month, trapped between scarce income and a cost of life. The rental and housing gap. One of the main factors that determine this holiday deprivation is the regime of possession of The house. While 28.4% of those who have a property cannot go on vacation, among the tenants the figure It rises to 43.4%and reaches 48.7% in social rentals. Housing, more and more expensiveIt consumes a disproportionate part of family income, forcing people to choose between roof or rest. According to Carlos Dirtíaspresident of the European Network for the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion (EAPN), this constant financial pressure leads many to also renounce other forms of leisure and recreation, with Psychological and social consequences long range: isolation, loss of roots and growing emotional disconnection with the environment. The impossibility of taking a respite is not just a budgetary problem; It is also a structural threat to collective well -being. The price of non -rest. The testimonies of waiters in The report of El País They illustrate how the lack of effective rest also has emotional effects: anxiety, exhaustion, feeling of stagnation. In others Other casesas in home employees, another angle of the problem arises: those who work while others vacation. Guilt, according to The psychologist Adrián Navalónit is common among those who cannot afford vacations and feel that they lose a basic right. The absence of rest becomes, then, a silent form of emotional wear, which can lead to labor demotivation, chronic stress and low productivity. Inequality symptom. Spain is not alone in this problem, but occupies a position above the European average. Until 2023, 18% of Spanish workers could not afford holidays, in front 15% in the EU team. Among the most vulnerable groups Young people from 16 to 29 years (36.7%) and single -parent families (47.8%), both with additional difficulties to accumulate savings or free time. According to the data of the European Trade Union Institute, more than five and a half million of working people in Spain will spend the summer between employment and the couch, without the possibility of planning a single leisure day away from home. Solutions? As explained in the middlepossibly not only goes to improve wages, but to change the paradigm: assume that vacations are not a luxury or a whim, but a fundamental right that revitalizes the person, family and social fabric as a whole. Image | Jesús Pérez In Xataka | Spain already knows what is the consequence of being a tourist power: that traveling to Mallorca costs as much as traveling to Bali In Xataka | “If you earn 30,000 euros a year, spend between 1,500 and 3,000 is reasonable”: what do financial experts think about holidays

Holidays as expensive in Mallorca as in Bali

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Spanish tourism lives a paradox. The sector closed last year with record of foreign travelers, hopes to reach a New historical brand In 2025 and fantasize already to advance France and the US on their way to the top 10 of the most busy destinations in the world, a possibility not crazy according to A report of Google and Deloitte. However, as Spanish tourism is strengthened, less and less Spanish … and more foreign. More travelers from other countries come to hotels, but not local customers, whose flow It has stagnated. It is not surprising if we take into account a striking fact: in which many already consider “the most expensive holidays in history”, a Spaniard comes out almost so expensive Spend a week of relaxation in Mallorca how to do it in the distant bali. Travel to Mallorca or Bali? Mallorca is an iconic holiday in Spain. Bali, an exotic destination located 13,000 kilometers from the peninsula. However, and no matter how anti intuitive, this summer a Spanish (especially a little foresee) is almost the same to spend his vacation in any of those two points. We know it thanks to A study recent prepared by Mabrian and released by The country in which two key data are shown: the average price of the plane ticket and the 2025 hotel stay in different places on the planet. And what does it show? That in the case of Balearic Islands the average cost of the ticket amounts to 142.77 euros and that of the accommodation at 285.72. In total, 428.5 euros. In the case of Bali, the displacement amounts to 238.97 and the hotel to 99.26, which adds 338.23 euros. Mabrian’s study must be taken as that, a simple study, with his biases and weaknesses, but provides a track that coincides with what they have already noticed Other experts: A vacation in the main destinations of the Balearic Islands leave almost, so or even more expensive than in iconic destinations located thousands of kilometers. Is there more data? Yeah. The data From Mabrian they show that if the average price of the plane ticket is added and that of the stay, most of the destinations analyzed are almost equally expensive (or even cheaper) than the Balearic ‘pack’: in the cycled islands it stays at 489.7, in Sicily 287.6, in the Algarve 375.1 and in Atalya 304.6. In most cases, flights are more expensive than those of the Balearic Islands, but that difference is compensated if the accommodation is fought. In that case Balearic Islands has the second highest price, only behind the cycles, in Greece. The only destination of the analyzed that is triggered is Punta Cana, with 561.6 euros. Mallorca or Cabo Verde? Mabrian is not the only one who has made accounts. At the beginning of summer Last minute public Some estimates prepared by Pedro Fiol, president of the Aviba Travel Association, which are equally eloquent. According to your calculationsstaying the week from August 12 to 19 in a five -star hotel all included in Playa de Muro (Mallorca), added flights from Madrid and the transfer from the airport to the hotel, leaves approximately 3,780 euros. If Playa de Palma opts for the invoice low to 2,070 per person. Fiol looked for prices for the same days in other international destinations and discovered something surprising: they leave cheaper. A flight for the same days of Madrid to Punta Cana, more transfers and stay in a hotel of conditions similar to that of Mallorca, costs 2,100 per people. The comparison is even more advantageous if the Cape Verde data is analyzed. In that case, the invoice, applying conditions similar to the previous ones, stays in 1,560. In Thailand, with a four -day trip in Bangkok and many others in Krabi, the cost is 2,400. But they are just studies, right? Correct. The above are studies and estimates, but a quick search comes to verify that they are not disenchanted. For example, let’s say our boss has just approved a vacation for the week from September 8 to 14, so we open Skyscanner and look for Madrid-Ibiza flights for those days and a person. What are we found? The cheapest without scales is in 184 euros. If then we are going to Booking and we mark the “hotel” option for a person in Ibiza we find that the most adjusted is a hostel (quarter and shared bath) in which the stay goes to 324 euros. Total: 508. And that for the most economical option. If we return to Skyscanner and look for cheap destinations to travel on the same dates (September 8-14) we find Madrid-Santorini tickets by 393 euros. In Booking for those same dates the most adjusted accommodation, again in a shared bedroom, costs 120 euros. In total: 513 euros. Both results are very similar. Again it is just an example, punctual and with very specific data, but it helps to understand how the most requested destinations in Spain can cost the same as others located thousands of kilometers. Does it happen alone in the Balearic Islands? At all. Mabrian’s data show that the sum of the average price of tickets and the hotel on the Costa del Sol exceeds Antalya (Turkey). The same happens if we talk about the Canary Islands, Costa Brava or Costa Blanca. Recently We told you How there are other traditional destinations of Spanish geography, especially island or the Mediterranean, which are almost, so or even more expensive than other popular alternatives abroad. To check it, destinia compared Recently the fees of the hotels of Gran Canaria, Mallorca, Menorca, Mojácar, Tenerife, Punta Cana, the Riviera Maya and Anatolia applying in all cases the same criteria: stays comparable in August and the same conditions and score. What was found? That there are Spanish destinations in which to travel already comes out as expensive as in Riviera Maya or Punta Cana. In Menorca for example the rate amounted to 2,726 euros For two people, almost … Read more

What do financial experts think about holidays

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Vacations are one of the moments most expected of the yearbut they are often planned with a short -term vision, without taking into account The financial impact which will have in finance during the rest of the year. Financial Trainer José Luis Díaz He warned in Men’s Health About a common problem: many people enjoy their vacation on credit, assuming loans that then take months and even years to pay. This generates a financial burden that destabilizes the annual budget And you can turn today’s rest into a source of Anxiety from September. To avoid this situation, Díaz emphasizes the importance of integrating holidays into annual financial planning. “Planning a specific vacation budget is fundamental in good personal financial management,” said the expert. Vacations as a fixed expense He rest and disconnection They are necessary to maintain physical and mental well -being throughout the year, and vacations are The best opportunity To carry it out. Therefore, Díaz proposes to banish the idea of holidays like a luxury or a whim and start considering them as an annual fixed expense necessary For our well -beingat the level of the mortgage, the Light receipts or the food. The finance expert maintains that the big mistake is to consider the holidays as an occasional expense or an award that is paid after the trip. By turning it into a fixed expense, the cost can be distributed throughout the year, thus avoiding having to borrow and allow “enjoying without guilt because you already have the money away and destined for that end.” This change of mentality facilitates the anticipation of spending and It gives financial tranquility. According to Díaz, “my recommendation is that you dedicate between 5-10% of your annual income to vacation, depending on your priorities and financial situation.” In concrete terms, “if you win 30,000 euros a year, allocate 1,500-3,000 euros per year to vacation is reasonable.” The Financial experts of singular bank They also advocate this 10%savings percentage, and add an alternative proposal to calculate savings for vacations. After subtracting all fixed or variable expenses to the monthly salary, the amount available for savings is obtained. It is not recommended to allocate more than that 60% monthly savings capacity to vacations. In other words, if after discounting all the expenses of that month (mortgage, consumption invoices, food, etc.), you have 300 euros, you should allocate 180 euros that month for your vacation. The remaining 120 euros should be kept as savings or for unforeseen events. Dedicate a percentage of the annual salary The problem is clear: the lack of forecast when planning holidays makes Every year more people borrow To “enjoy” your rest. According to Data from the Bank of Spainin the first quarter of 2025 They have increased In 14% the application for consumer loans, which reveals the need of the Spaniards to resort to loans to finance vacations. In addition, this need for extra financing can make errors incurred such as financing vacation with credit cards, which can lead to incurring additional cost overruns since the interest rates used by these credit systems can reach up to 18%. So this type of indebtedness to finance a few weeks of rest is too expensive and harms future financial health. Consider holidays as a fixed expense allows Plan savings reserving a certain amount of money per month for that purpose, in the same way that you reserve it to pay the mortgage fee. In that sense, and so that savings do not imply one more element of financial stress, what the expert recommends is not to set a fixed amount per month, but a percentage of your income. Thus, if your monthly income is variable, Savings will also be to the same extent. With adequate planning, it will be your economy who will decide the realistic budget for vacations that you can affordpreventing the “I deserve it” to submit to your I From the future to unnecessary financial stress. The investor and financial advisor Javier Linares also coincides in that strategyalthough he does not venture to give a specific percentage since each personal situation is different. What it does recommend is to make a previous budget with all monthly income and expenses. In this way you can determine the percentage of savings that you can allocate every month to the holidays. “It is necessary to know your expenses and income, to be able to save money,” says Linares. Create automatic savings habits: “Pay yourself first” James Clear, author of the Best Seller ‘Atomic habits‘And one of the people who knows the most about creating habits, says that Trust in willpower It is the most direct path to failure. That is why Díaz proposes to eliminate internal negotiation with a proven method: automate savings. “As soon as you charge, which is automatically transferred 5-10% to a separate account of difficult access,” says the expert. In this way, the savings becomes a routine Automatic in the “page yourself first” so that this saving percentage ceases to be available in your “available” cash to spend. ALFRED GIRALTfinancial advisor, assures That this strategy puts savings as a priority and helps allocate part of the income to a project. “Although adopting ‘page yourself first’ can be challenging, the benefits in financial safety and stress reduction are clear and durable,” says Giralt. Opting for that strategy, it is reduced Financial stress. “Save must be like breathing financially, not something you do ‘when money is left over’, but Something you do to live quietly and have freedom of decision, “says Díaz. The key is to create savings systems that work without remembering or negotiating. Planning and saving are only two parts of the process: controlling expenses during vacations is also essential. Again, Díaz recommends not falling into the justification of “I deserve it” when you are already enjoying your vacation and stick to the initial budget to not compromise financial stability after the trip. Díaz recommends relying on technological tools that simplify budget control without turning it … Read more

France needs to cut 40,000 million euros. And he has decided to start for something sacred in Europe: the holidays

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In France there are officially 11 holidays nationals per year, all established through Code du travail (Labor Code). In Spain, on the other hand, we cannot complain: “We enjoy” up to 14 of this type of day. It happens that the French have come up with an idea to refloat their maltrecha economy: start removing holidays from the labor calendar. That Europe trembles. Delete the party. French Prime Minister François Bayrou has presented One of the most radical and politically risky budgetary proposals of the last decades in France: freezing public spending, cutting pensions and social benefits, suppressing two national holidays and applying a new “solidarity contribution” to the great fortunes. Its objective: prevent the country from succumbing under the weight of a public debt that this year It will devour 62,000 million of euros only in interest, an amount equivalent to the combined expense in defense and education. In an appearance that defined as “the moment of truth”, Bayrou warned that France runs the risk of falling into a debt crisis similar to that of Greece in 2008 if it does not act in decision, and launched a message to the citizens: “We have become addicted to public spending. We must all make an effort.” The cost of two holidays. Among the most controversial measures, the holiday suppression of the Easter Monday And on May 8 (Victory Day), with which the Executive estimates Save 4,200 million of euros. France has 11 national holidays, compared to the eight of the United Kingdom or the 14 of Spain, which according to Bayrou is An incompatible luxury With the current fiscal situation. The measure aims to increase the number of working days as an indirect tool To stimulate economic growth. But beyond immediate savings, the elimination of days of deep historical and cultural burden represents a high -voltage political challenge, one that has aroused a transverse rejection in Parliament and public opinion. The attack on collective memory symbols, in a country where the history of world wars is a national identity pillar, has turned the proposal into an emotional catalyst. Structural austerity. Bayrou’s budget plan includes 44,000 million euros In tax and cuts increases. Among them, a general freezing of public spending by 2026 (which has been called A Année Blanche) without automatic inflation reviews, and without increases in pensions or social protection programs. This single measure would save 7.1 billion euros, the second largest component of the plan. The Rationalization of health expenditureincluding medications and low disease, as well as the unification of multiple social aid in a single payment with a stop, focused on low income. Bayrou also wants Cut the benefits by unemployment and reduce its duration. The only exempt from adjustment is the debt service and the defense budget, which will increase by 10 % (6.5 billion euros) In direct order by Emmanuel Macron, in response to the deterioration of the international environment and Russian threat. Suicidal political bet. He counted The Financial Times that, aware of the rejection that its plan causes throughout the political spectrum, Bayrou has been willing to Apply article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the budget to be approved without parliamentary vote, although with the risk of facing a motion of censure. This would be the same mechanism that led to the fall of its predecessor, Michel Barnierin 2023, for trying to unlink the pensions of the inflation index, an idea that Bayrou has now resumed. Marine Le Pen, leader of the national regrouping, has not taken long In threatening to censor him If you do not withdraw your proposals, denouncing a plan that “attacks all French, the workers and retirees, instead of ending the waste.” The left considers the project as A “wild austerity” that aggravates inequality and leaves intact the privileges of capital. Mujtaba Rahman, director for Europe of the Eurasia Group analysis group, defined it as “A kamikaze maneuver”: A proposal that has no chance of being approved but puts on the table the magnitude of the fiscal problem. A country on the edge. With a deficit 5.8% of GDP (the third highest in the EU after Romania and Poland) and a debt that is headed towards 115% of GDPFrance is at a critical crossing. If corrective measures are not applied, the cost of the debt could climb to 100,000 million of euros per year in 2029, becoming the largest structural burden of the budget. Bayrou has designed a five -year plan to stabilize that debt/GDP ratio, with the ambition to reduce the 4.6% deficit in 2026 and 3% in 2029. But analysts have warned that such objectives could be “inaccessible” Given the political fragility of the government, parliamentary polarization and the foreseeable social resistance. In Bayrou words: “We know the risks perfectly,” but suggests that giving up the attempt would be even more dangerous. Would it be possible in Spain? In Spain, the possibility of eliminating holidays nationwide is legally possible, but not unilateral or automatic, since it would require a normative reform and institutional negotiation. The reason? It’s not an exclusive competence of the central government and, unlike France, the Spanish system distributes this faculty between the State (fixed 8 days), the autonomous communities (set up to 4 days) and the municipalities (set up to 2 days). Plus: Remember that 14 annual holidays per worker are a right recognized in the Workers Statutebut its concrete distribution is variable. The law allows some holidays to move to Monday, replace them with others or even suppress in specific years, provided that 14 days in total are respected. France and a last act. In the case of France, rather than an economic proposal, Bayrou’s budget plan has acquired the form of a kind of Declaration of principles in front of a fractured country. It is the bet of a veteran politician who seems willing to assume the cost of impopularity to address A structural problem that most of their predecessors have avoided. One thing is clear: parliamentary arithmetic is … Read more

9 recommendations for traveling economically in 2025

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Traveling does not have to be an unattainable luxury. With proper planning and a few simple tricks, you can explore new destinations without affecting your finances. Below, we share practical tips so that 2025 is the year in which you travel more and spend less. 9 tips with which you can travel a lot in 2025 without spending more 1) Travel in low season One of the most effective ways to save is choosing to travel in the low season. Flight and accommodation prices tend to drop drastically outside of periods of high tourist demand. If you plan to travel to the United States, these are the best dates: * January: Last 2 weeks. However, be aware of possible winter storms. * February: All month, except the 14th (Valentine’s Day) and the 20th (Presidents’ Day). * March: First 2 weeks. * May: Avoid the 29th, which is Memorial Day. * August: Last 2 weeks, although consider the possibility of rain and hurricanes. * September: All month, except the first Monday (Labor Day). * October: All month, except the last week for Halloween. * November: First 2 weeks. Use tools like Google Flights to view prices on a calendar and choose the cheapest dates. 2) Use incognito mode when searching for flights When researching flights, do so in incognito mode on your browser. This prevents cookies from recording your searches and increasing prices due to your continued interest in a destination. This simple action can make a difference in your budget. 3) Compare prices between airlines Don’t stick with the first option you find. Platforms such as SkyScanner, Google Flights and Momondo allow you to compare fares between different airlines and schedules. Additionally, you can activate alerts to receive notifications about price drops. These offers can mean discounts of up to 40%. 4) Buy your flights in advance Anticipation is key to saving. According to Google Mexico, the best time to buy plane tickets is 119 days before the travel date, approximately four months. This strategy ensures better prices and greater availability of options. You can take the trip of your dreams without having to go into debt. (Photo: Shutterstock) 5) Fly during the week Flights from Tuesday to Thursday are usually significantly cheaper than weekend flights. If you can organize your trips to take off and land during the week, you can reduce your expenses significantly. 6) Consider flights with a stopover If you have the time and flexibility, opting for flights with a stopover can be a great way to save. These options are usually up to 20% cheaper than direct flights. Although they involve more travel time, the price difference is worth it for those looking to cut costs. 7) Activate price tracking Google Flights offers a price tracking tool that allows you to receive notifications when tickets to your destination drop in price. You can also set this option to “Any Date” and receive alerts about discounts in the next three to six months. 8) Additional tips for saving on travel * Take advantage of loyalty programs: Many airlines offer mileage or points programs that you can redeem for future flights. Signing up is free and could generate significant benefits in the long term. * Explore affordable accommodation options: Alternatives like hostels, vacation rentals, and even home exchanges are great ways to save on accommodations. * Travel light: Some airlines charge additional fees for checked bags. If you travel only with hand luggage, you can avoid this extra cost. * Research local transportation: Opting for public transportation instead of taxis or car rentals can also make a big difference to your budget. *Try local food: Eating in tourist restaurants can be expensive. Instead, look for local markets or establishments frequented by local residents. 9) Plan today to travel tomorrow Traveling more in 2025 without spending too much is not an impossible dream. The key is to plan ahead, use technological tools, and be flexible with your dates and transportation options. With these tips, you can maximize your adventures while saving your pocket. Get ready to discover new destinations, live unique experiences and create unforgettable memories. The world is waiting for you! Keep reading: * The 10 most powerful passports in the world to travel in 2025* Why is January the cheapest month to travel in the US?* 6 tips that will help you travel more comfortably on cheap flights

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