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How to reduce the cost of booking flights

Despite today’s economic challenges, our research shows that women over 50 are planning travel in 2025, with more than 80% of women intending to travel internationally in 2025. While Europe remains the most popular destination, Asia Pacific ranked the #2 region on our survey of over 1600 women in December 2024, with North America, Africa and Australia/New Zealand close behind.  With 40% of women booking travel at least 6-12 months in advance, finding affordable options to travel remains a major consideration, even in the off-season. 

This month in our webinar series, we turn our focus to saving money on travel. Joining us is Gemma Jameison from Skyscanner, who’s based in Scotland and has been with Skyscanner for the past four years. In this webinar, Gemma will bust some myths about booking travel including: 

• When is the best time to buy airline tickets?
• Is it cheaper to go directly or through an aggregator?
• What are some tips to get the cheapest flights?
• Does incognito/ VPN mode really work?
• What are the best value destinations to book flights into? 

Best Value Destinations 

According to Skyscanner’s 2024 Canadian research, these 10 cities included top 10 cheapest destinations* for flights from Canada: 

1. Florence, Italy: -29% price drop
2. Faro, Portugal: -28% price drop
3. Bogota, Colombia: -28% price drop
4. Madeira, Portugal: -28% price drop
5. Quito, Ecuador: –27% price drop
6. Reykjavik, Iceland: -21% price drop
7. Paris, France: -20% price drop
8. Rome, Italy: -19% price drop
9. Oslo, Norway: -18% price drop
10. Barcelona, Spain: -17% price drop 

According to Skyscanner, for 62% of Canadians, the cost of flights is one of the most important factors, with many budgeting the same or more for airfare in 2025 compared to last year. Spending on accommodation and car rentals is also expected to rise, with planned budget increases of 32% and 15%, respectively. 

Webinar details

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2024 

When: 2 pm EST (check local time zones here)

Where: Zoom! Sign up below for the link. Capacity is 100 women. The session will be recorded and shared on our YouTube channel for those who can’t join us. As always, participants are welcome to share their experiences and ask questions.

These webinars are offered to all women at no charge, but we are asking for your support to pay our hosts and team who help produce these. Please consider supporting our efforts to help women travel safely and well here. 

About Skyscanner

Skyscanner is a leading global travel app that helps travellers plan and book their trip with ease and confidence. Every month, Skyscanner connects millions of travellers, in 52 countries and 32 languages, to more than 1200 trusted travel partners so they can find the best flight, hotel or car hire options.

Founded in 2003, Skyscanner has offices worldwide, in Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America where traveller-first innovations are developed, powered by data and insights. Making use of the latest technology, Skyscanner simplifies the complexity of travel and provides honest and transparent solutions, searching more than 80 billion prices every day so travellers can be sure they’ve seen the best possible options, all in one place.

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