How To Book A Flight On The WAY Cheap

Designed by Daniel Koppich

Planning that summer sojourn to the beaches of Nice while it was still snowing would have been the responsible thing to do, but when scheduling dinner a week in advance feels restrictive, most people aren't rushing to buy a non-refundable ticket to Europe six months out. Luckily, there is still a way to travel serendipitously without having to settle on a road trip to a doily-ridden B B two hours away.

Brett Snyder, who runs air-travel blog The Cranky Flier. says that it’s helpful to patrol deal sites, like AirfareWatchdog.com and FareCompare.com. “But really, it’s a matter of just finding a market with cheap seats available." So, be flexible. You'll have to "go to places that are out of season or unlikely to have full flights: That means Florida in the summer, or anywhere in the line of a hurricane.”

Although there are worse fates than lingering poolside in Miami or slugging down piña coladas in St. Lucia in this most carefree of seasons, if you have your heart set on wandering through the museums of an urban cultural center, don’t give up on Europe just yet.