Travel

Finding Christmas travel deals can make you merry. But where are the deals?

Eager this December to deck the halls, trim the tree, stuff the stockings – then get away? It’s no wonder. The holidays are an exhausting time of year. Lucky for travelers, Christmas travel deals make it easy and cheap to unwrap presents one morning, then jet away the next. For those less committed to Christmas at home, consider booking a week away or weekend retreat and avoid the mayhem of shopping malls – and Santa’s lap. Christmas travel deals abound.

New York City

New York is simply spectacular during the holiday season, and Christmas travel deals to New York are easy to spot if you book flights early to Newark Liberty, LaGuardia or JFK airports. Once you’ve settled in at your hotel, stroll down Madison and Fifth avenues and take in the illuminous window displays at iconic department stores like Macy’s, Saks and Barneys. After window shopping, lace up your skates at the Ice Skating Rink at Rockefeller Center and pirouette – or cling to the wall for dear life – under the soft glow of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. If the rink’s too crowded – as it tends to be around Christmas – walk a few blocks south to the rink at Bryant Park, then shop at the surrounding holiday market.