While Black Friday and Cyber Monday are chock-full of tempting travel and flight discounts, Travel Deal Tuesday or Travel Tuesday, as it’s become known, has become one of the best days of the year to score a travel deal, according to the flight booking site and app Hopper.
After analyzing pricing data from the past decade, Hopper found that the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, aka Travel Tuesday, which falls on December 3 this year, has the highest volume of deals during the postholiday sales week, a promotional period that runs from Black Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving) through the following week (also known as Cyber Week), and even further into December.
So why the increase in travel deals? Hayley Berg, an economist at Hopper, explained in a statement that demand for travel is actually pretty low at the end of November and early December, when most people have already booked their holiday travel but haven’t yet started booking much for the coming year. Travel companies try to entice them to do so by rolling out attractive deals.
You can get an amazing deal on flights to Italy’s fashion capital, Milan, courtesy of TAP Air Portugal.
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The best Travel Tuesday flight deals
Aer Lingus: Ireland’s carrier is offering flights between North America and Europe for as low as $208 one way. Tickets need to be booked by December 3 for travel between January 7 and April 10, 2025.
Air New Zealand: If you’re looking for a getaway to the Southern Hemisphere, Air New Zealand is offering discounted fares across its cabins. Among the best economy deals: Los Angeles to Auckland round trip from $898 (or $6,798 for Business Premier), San Francisco to Auckland round trip from $938 ($7,098 for Business Premier), and New York to Auckland round trip from $1,398 ($7,898 for Business Premier).
Alaska Airlines: Through December 4, Alaska is offering tickets for as low as $39 each way. Some of the best deals include Austin to Seattle for $89, San Jose to Kona on Hawai’i’s Big Island for $99, and Seattle to New York for $99.
American Airlines: On Travel Tuesday (and Travel Tuesday alone), American Airlines is offering round-trip fares under $200 on select domestic flights.
Breeze Airways: The low-cost start-up from JetBlue founder David Neeleman is offering up to 60 percent off of round-trip nonstop U.S. flights on Cyber Monday only for travel for travel from December 9 through September 2, 2025 (Christmas, New Year’s, and Fourth of July are the only blackout periods). Use the promo code “EPIC” when booking.
British Airways: Through December 4, British Airways is offering a sale with discounted flights and vacation packages to the UK and Europe, with round-trip flights to London from Boston starting at $405, and from San Francisco starting at $616, among other deals.
Hawaiian Airlines: You can book a ticket to the islands of Hawai’i for as little as $99 one-way with Hawaiian Airlines Cyber Monday deal.
JetBlue Airways: On Cyber Monday, JetBlue has launched a three-day sale (ending December 4) with flights from $39 each way to destinations throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Caribbean. Some of the best deals include New York to Miami for $49 and San Juan to St. Thomas for $39. Blackout dates are December 18, 2024, through January 8, 2025, and February 13 through February 24, 2025.
Play: Budget-friendly Icelandic airline Play is offering a 30 percent discount on flights to destinations including Iceland, Copenhagen, Paris, London, Berlin, and Amsterdam. This offer is available for bookings made by December 3, 2024, with travel dates spanning from December 2024 to May 2025, and again from September to October 2025. Here’s what it’s like to fly with Play.
Qantas: Australia’s national carrier launched a Travel Tuesday sale with round-trip fares on flights to Australia and New Zealand from the United States starting at $949. The deals and discounts will be available until December 9, 2024 across all cabins for select travel dates in 2025.
Qatar Airways: Qatar Airways, the national flag carrier of Qatar, is offering a discount on flights booked by December 3. Solo travelers can enjoy 20 percent off for trips taking place by November 25, 2025. For two travelers, there’s up to 25 percent off for travel between January 15 and June 15, 2025. Groups of three to nine travelers can save up to 30 percent for travel during the same period. Qatar Airways operates flights from multiple U.S. cities to destinations worldwide, with some blackout dates applying.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS): Now through December 3, SAS is offering round-trip flights to Europe for as low as $399. The promo applies to travel that takes place between January 13 and April 30, 2025, and includes round-trip nonstop flights from Newark to Oslo, from Miami to Stockholm, and from Los Angeles to Copenhagen, among others.
Singapore Airlines: Travelers can save an average of 15 to 20 percent on economy, premium economy, and business class fares for travel between January 15 and October 30, 2025, with discounts available through December 3, 2024. (Certain restrictions and blackout dates apply.)
Southwest Airlines: Save up to 30 percent on base fares by using the code “CYBERSALE” when booking flights by December 5, 2024. This offer is valid only for flights within the contiguous United States, and certain restrictions and blackout dates apply.
TAP Air Portugal: For TAP’s Travel Tuesday sale, the airline is offering round-trip economy fares from the United States to Europe for as low as $359 and business class from $2,199. Sample fares include New York to Paris for $399 round trip; Miami to Madrid from $359; Chicago to Milan from $429; and San Francisco to Lisbon from $549. The sale runs through December 4, for travel between January 14 and May 15, 2025, excluding April 7 to 22, 2025.
21C Museum Hotels, like the one in Chicago, feature art-filled lobbies and public spaces—and you can now book these sleek properties for less.
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The best Travel Tuesday hotel deals
21C Museum Hotels (various U.S. destinations): Now through December 3, 2024, enjoy up to 35 percent off stays at 21C’s eight art-inspired hotels across the Midwest and South, including locations in Louisville, Kentucky; Chicago; and Durham, North Carolina. The offer is valid for travel between now and August 31, 2025.
AutoCamp (various U.S. destinations): With eight locations across the country, AutoCamp, an Afar favorite glamping brand with outposts in Asheville, Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Zion, and beyond is offering up to 40 percent off stays through December 2025 by using the code “NATURE.” The deal runs through December 3, 2024.
Hilton (various international destinations): Featuring discounts of up to 50 percent off the many Hilton brand hotels worldwide.
Hyatt (various international destinations): Considering Hyatt operates in 76 countries, chances are good you’ll find one in a destination you’re planning to visit in 2025. Now through December 6, all guests can get 20 percent off stays through April 30, 2025, at participating hotels by using the code “SAVENOW” at hyatt.com.
Omni Hotels & Resorts (various North American destinations): Guests who book at select Omni properties by December 4, 2024, can enjoy 30 percent off stays of two nights or more. The travel dates need to be before May 26, 2025, though.
Postcard Cabins (formerly known as Getaway) (throughout the USA): Postcard Cabins offers off-the-grid tiny cabins in 30 communities within a two-hour drive of major U.S. cities, including NYC, D.C., New Orleans, Milwaukee, and Seattle. Travelers can take 25 percent off with code “NATUREBOUND” on any stays through March.
Preferred Hotels & Resorts (various international destinations): Preferred Hotels & Resorts is offering 35 percent off its best available rates when booking a minimum of three nights at participating properties (such as Dromoland Castle in Ireland or the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C.) worldwide through December 4. The deal is valid for travel between now and March 31, 2025.
ResortPass (various international destinations): Looking for a staycation? You can get $50 off right now for a day pass at one of hundreds of hotels and luxury resorts throughout the country. Here’s our full review of the ResortPass experience.
Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (various international destinations): Get 30 percent off and a $100 minimum credit per stay at any of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts 32 luxury accommodations around the world.
Sandals Resort and Beaches Resorts (various international destinations): Travelers can save up to 65 percent off stays between now and December 3, 2025, when booked by end of day December 3, 2024.
The Standard Hotels (various international destinations): Save up to 30 percent on rooms for stays at chic boutique properties in New York, London, Bangkok, Singapore, Miami Beach, Ibiza, the Maldives, Hua Hin (Thailand), and Melbourne when you book by December 3, 2024. Valid on stays through March 31, 2025.
Westgate Resorts (various U.S. destinations): Now through December 3, 2024, travelers can save up to 50 percent off Westgate Resort’s 22 locations across the United States, ranging from Park City, Utah, to Orlando, Florida.
Adults-only Virgin Voyages is among the cruise lines rolling out attractive fares this Travel Tuesday.
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The best Travel Tuesday cruise deals
Abercrombie & Kent: If you’re hoping to visit the White Continent soon (and we mean really soon), luxury tour operator Abercrombie & Kent is currently offering up to $8,000 off staterooms on its Antarctica, South Georgia & Falklands: Holiday Voyage (operating December 20, 2024, to January 7, 2025) and its Antarctica, South Georgia & Falklands (running January 5 to 23, 2025) trips. The sailings also include a $5,000 air travel credit per person when booked through Abercrombie & Kent. Looking for something warmer? The company is offering 20 percent off its new Peruvian Amazon cruises through the end of the year.
Explora Journeys: This luxury cruise company is taking up to 50 percent off sailings in the Caribbean and Mediterranean for bookings made by December 4, 2024. Here’s our review of what it’s like to sail with Explora.
HX (formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions): On select 2024 and 2025 all-inclusive expeditions to Antarctica, the Galápagos, Alaska, the Northwest Passage, Greenland, Svalbard, and South America, HX is offering up to 50 percent off. The deal is available for bookings made by December 9, 2024.
MSC Cruises: Nab a discount of up to 40 percent off cruises with this European line that puts a strong focus on the environment, while also receiving free Wi-Fi and drinks, and up to $500 in credit on board. Here’s our review of what it’s like to sail on MSC World Europa, the brand’s largest and most sustainable ship to date.
Oceania Cruises: For bookings made now through December 10, 2024, receive savings of up to $5,500 per guest on more than 90 itineraries in 2025 with Oceania Cruises—a cruise line known for its culinary offerings. Featured sailings include Papeete to Auckland, an 18-day cruise visiting French Polynesia, Fiji, and New Zealand, departing Mach 7, 2025, and Anchorage to Vancouver, an 8-day sailing throughout southeast Alaska, departing May 21, 2025.
Quark Expeditions: Travelers keen on visiting the polar regions can score 40 to 50 percent off select Antarctica 2024/2025 sailings and Arctic 2025 voyages (including one focusing on the glaciers, fjords, and northern lights of Greenland) if booked by December 2, 2024.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises: More than 70 of this ultra-luxury cruise line’s future sailings are marked down by 40 percent until December 17, including a 21-night Tahiti to Sydney sailing and a 20-night Bangkok to Dubai voyage.
Riviera River Cruises: Riviera River Cruises is offering a Black Friday deal for 2025 sailings along Europe’s most iconic rivers, including the Danube, Douro, Rhine, Moselle, Main, Rhône, and Seine. Guests can save $500 per cabin on 7-night cruises or more, and $1,000 per cabin on 10-night or longer cruises, plus receive a 100-euro credit aboard per person. This offer is valid for bookings made by December 6, 2024.
Scenic Group: Scenic Luxury Cruises has two-for-one fares and discounts of up to 35 percent off select sailings (like its “Antarctica in Depth” or “Jewels of Europe”). Scenic’s sister company, Emerald Cruises, is also offering two-for-one fares, which can be combined with up to 40 percent off each suite on its river cruises in Europe and Southeast Asia.
Swan Hellenic: Keen on visiting the polar regions? Now through December 4, 2024, cruisers can save up to $8,000 per stateroom on select sailings (primarily in the Arctic and Antarctica) with this sleek, small-ship cruise line.
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises: This luxury all-inclusive river cruise line with sailings in Europe, Egypt, South America, and Asia is doing a 12 Days of Christmas event. A new deal will become available each weekday until December 16, 2024, and could include everything from free trip extensions to waived solo traveler supplements. On Travel Tuesday, the deal is a free Halong Bay extension tacked onto any of three 15-Day Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi river cruise sailings (departing September 8, 18, and 22, 2025).
Variety Cruises: Book by December 3, 2024, to get 50 percent off cruises to the Seychelles, Cape Verde, West Africa, and Europe.
Virgin Voyages: Richard Branson’s cheeky adults-only cruise line is offering up to 80 percent for the second sailor on sailings booked by the end of day on Travel Tuesday.
Explore the ‘Stans, including Uzbekistan, with Exodus Adventure Travel.
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The best Travel Tuesday tour and train deals
Contiki: This tour company for travelers between 18 and 35 years old is celebrating this year’s cyber holidays with savings of up to 25 percent off on 145 trips across six continents, including the comprehensive 12-day European Discovery tour and the 8-day Egypt and the Nile trip that includes three nights sailing along the Nile exploring ancient Egyptian archaeological sites.
Eurail: Until December 17, 2024 select Eurail and Interrail Passes are 25 percent off.
Exodus Adventure Travel: All Exodus tours—including favorites like the Five Stans of the Silk Road and Kenya Safari Adventure—departing from January 1 through September 2025 are 20 percent off. Book by December 6 and use code “BLACKFRIDAY24.”
Explore Worldwide: Explore Worldwide is offering up to 20 percent off more than 1,500 select tour departures in 2025. This deal includes small-group adventures to destinations like Italy, Portugal, Japan, and select Polar Cruises. To take advantage of the offer, travelers must book by Tuesday, December 3, 2024. The eligible travel period runs from February 1 to December 31, 2025.
G Adventures: The global tour operator is offering up to 30 percent off its small-group tours to select destinations like Peru, Thailand, and India for travel booked by December 3, 2024, that takes place through April 30, 2025.
Geographic Expeditions: The adventure travel company Geographic Expeditions (known as GeoEx) is holding its first-ever Travel Tuesday sale from December 3 to 6, 2024, and is taking $1,000 off a selection of 2025 trips, including 10 days in Patagonia, Argentina, and 14 days in Mongolia.
GetYourGuide: GetYourGuide is offering up to 50 percent off tours and activities worldwide, ranging from Pasta & Tiramisu Cooking Classes (with unlimited wine) in Florence, Italy, to a sunrise hot air balloon flight over Cappadocia in Turkey.
Intrepid Travel: Intrepid, a small-group adventure travel company and 2022 Afar Vanguard nominee, is offering up to 20 percent off more than 800 of its itineraries (it operates in over 100 countries worldwide) for 2025, such as its seven-day “Inca Trail Express” or the “Trek Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains” (which was recently recognized in Afar’s Where to Go 2025 list).
One of our favorite outdoor gear brands, Cotopaxi, is offering 25 percent off its popular bags and backpacks.
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The best Travel Tuesday luggage and gear deals
Apple Airtags: Savvy travelers have in recent years discovered one of the most helpful hacks while flying: using an Apple AirTag to keep track of checked luggage. Usually a four-pack is $99; however, during Cyber Monday, they’re just $73 at Amazon and $80 at Best Buy.
Bombas: Afar editors’ favorite compression socks are 20 percent off.
Cadence Capsules: These customizable, leakproof travel containers are another favorite of Afar staffers, and they’re currently available at up to 25 percent off. Each holds about a half an ounce of beauty products and come in a variety of fun colors.
Cotopaxi: Get 25 percent off some of Afar editors’ favorite outdoor gear, including durable duffle bags and colorful down jackets. On Travel Tuesday proper, you can also get a free Luzon 24L Backpack when you spend $150 or more (an $80 value).
Dollar Flight Club: This cheap flight alerts website is offering a three-month trial of its premium service (usually $99/year) for just $1. The promotion runs through December 3, 2024.
ExpressVPN: When traveling, it’s a good idea to use a VPN to protect your online privacy and security and until December 5, ExpressVPN is offering a two-year subscription for $152. This deal saves you 61 percent on list price and includes an extra six months for free.
Going (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights): Going, a cheap flights newsletter and app, is offering up to 50 percent off one-, two-, or five-year memberships through December 3.
Helly Hansen: Get 25 percent off sitewide, plus a free lift ticket at premiere ski resorts across the USA. and Europe, when you buy winter outdoor gear from this iconic brand.
Hydroflask: These stainless steel water bottles (with double-walled insulation to really keep drinks cold) are among Afar’s tested and approved travel water bottles. And now they’re 25 percent off.
Lo & Sons: During Cyber Week, save up to 70 percent on Lo & Sons’ entire site of travel bags, including the Catalina Deluxe Tote ($103, was $205) and the Waverley 2 ($110, was $220)—one of Afar’s top picks for fanny packs.
We love this Monos Carry-On Pro Plus with laptop sleeve—and it would make the perfect gift (this Terrazzo colorway looks stylish and hides small scuffs and marks).
Courtesy of Monos
LugLess: Sometimes it’s easier to ship your luggage rather than drag it to your destinations. LugLess will ship everything from traditional suitcases to skis, bikes, and golf clubs. Use the code “TRAVEL24” now through December 3 to get 10 percent off its services.
July: Australia’s version of the coveted Away luggage is offering 10 percent off when you spend $300, 15 percent off when you spend $500, and 20 percent off when you spend $1,000. The bags come with free personalization, so nobody will mistake them for theirs at the luggage carousel.
Monos: From now through December 5, 2024, Canadian luggage brand Monos is offering savings of up to 40 percent site wide with code “CYBERWEEK.” The sale includes Afar favorite carry-on with a laptop pocket: the Monos Carry-On Pro Plus.
Paraval: Both Paravel’s Fold-Up Bag and Cabana See-All Vanity Case made Afar’s best gifts under $100 list—and now they’re part of a site-wide sale with items up to 50 percent off.
Parks Project: Score up to 50 percent off national park inspired clothing and accessories, like this enamel mug and this book on low-impact, sustainable exploration of the protected lands.
Point.me: This search engine for award flights, which Afar contributor (and loyalty expert) Paul Rubio calls “a smart tool for helping decide how to spend miles and how to best transfer credit card points into miles for desired tickets” is offering 50 percent off any annual point.me plan when you book a points strategy consultation for $200. That’s a points strategy consultation and an annual Standard membership for just $265—a savings of $64 off the usual total of $329. To redeem this offer, purchase a gift card for a points strategy consultation and a gift card for an annual Standard membership using code “PSC50.”
Priority Pass: Priority Pass lounges are found in airports all over the world—in 600 cities across 148 countries to be exact. It includes access to stellar lounges like the Chase Sapphire Lounge by the Club at LaGuardia Airport and the Club SFO in San Francisco, where there are complimentary drinks and snacks, free Wi-Fi, and occasionally access to spa treatments. And right now, you can score 30 percent off membership.
Rumpl: We’re advocates for BYOB (bring your own blanket) on flights, even if airlines do wash the linens between flights. Rumpl is offering 25 percent off site wide, including the Afar-approved Rumpl NanoLoft Travel Blanket.
State Bags: This bag brand offers some of the most fun kid-approved backpacks and suitcases—and the entire site is currently 30 percent off with the code “BF24.”
Tumi: This high-end luggage company is offering up to 30 percent off select products, including its gorgeous aluminum carry-on ($1,035, down from $1,295).
Michelle Baran contributed reporting.
This article was originally published in November 2019 and was updated on December 3, 2024, to include current information.
