In order to get your tickets confirmed with AirTreks you’ll need to set dates of travel for each leg of your journey. We do this because your Personal Travel Consultant makes actual physical reservations on all your flights. In other words, seats are held in your name for all the legs you book. We don’t standby, waitlist or anything besides a confirmed reservation when it comes time to issue the tickets.

Varanassi, India and the Ganges

When planning your trip and getting quotes it helps if you’re flexible with your travel dates. The most ideal request to your agent when planning would go something like this: “I want to leave for Bangkok after about a month in Sydney.”

This leaves them with a rough timeline to find the cheapest date and least expensive fare.  Avoiding weekend travel also helps in keeping prices down – airlines often charge more to travel on busy weekend dates.

Fixed dates or inflexibility might leave you with a more expensive ticket as well. Two to three days of flexibility on either side of your chosen date gives them a chance to skirt the busy day to find the least expensive flight.

Lombok, Indonesia

Of course, that being said, a good amount of advance notice (4-6 months) should allow you the exact dates you want.

When you’re ready to finalize your booking, be sure go through your itinerary and select dates you’d like to fly each leg. AirTreks Travel Consultants are happy to help with your decision and to make suggestions, but cannot to set up final reservations without this information.

** If you can’t (or don’t want to) decide on a leg of travel so far in advance, consider leaving that leg open for purchase at a later date. It’s perfectly acceptable to book your trip in stages.