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Having booked a flight to India in October or November only to see it double in cost within 24 hours, you already know about the unique challenges that come along with booking flights during the Indian wedding season. There is a small window of time after the shaadi cards are sent and the date arrives where you will be able to book a good price, and then a much smaller window in which that great deal you found suddenly disappears by lunchtime.
At Fantastic Fare, we regularly book USA to India tickets for wedding travelers each and every week, and track fare movement on these routes daily. In this guide, we will take a look at when you should book, why prices change in the ways they do during wedding season, and how to make sure you don't pay the "I waited too long" price.
Indian wedding season generally takes place between October and February, with the highest density of dates occurring around Diwali, the winter auspicious dates in November/December, and once more leading up to Holi. This is all in almost exact alignment with:
If a peak period coincides with wedding season, demand is compounded rather than simply added. Airlines are aware of this, and price adjustments occur well in advance of when customers start looking for tickets.
In light of our observations regarding the fare trends in consolidator and wholesale inventories, here is the simple answer, 90-120 days in advance is the best period for most wedding seasons. This would give you the following booking window:
Usually, airlines release their lowest wedding season adjacent fares quite early, and increase the prices in increments as seats run out in every fare bucket. Bookings made between 90 to 120 days in advance ensure that you secure your seat well within your first or second fare increase, without compromising on the required buffer time to seek PTO approval and coordinate the schedules of relatives traveling to India from various cities.
Riskier Booking Periods
Some trends that consistently hold true on USA to India Flights include:
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Many travelers think that the costs for flying during the wedding season and for holidays in general are the same. This is not true, first of all, due to the lack of flexibility of wedding travelers by a few days compared to other travelers who can move their flight dates within a week or two without much problem. If the wedding of your cousin takes place on November 22, you cannot change it to November 25 to reduce costs as it is possible for other purposes.
It is precisely because of this reason that having an agent who has access to wholesaler and consolidator fares becomes extremely important during the wedding season than any other period of the year. If public fares are sold out, consolidator fares become the only way to have a cheap fare left on the route.
The kind of travel that weddings require is high-pressure travel with dates set in stone, where there may be literally hundreds of dollars saved in the difference between an OTA fare and a consolidator rate per seat, multiplied by all of the family members coming in for your big day. Fantastic Fare focuses specifically on USA to India flights, with consolidator fares not available to the general public through the larger booking websites, an assigned agent for each reservation (not a call center line), and excellent reviews from our repeat customers who book through us every year for their weddings, functions, and family events.
Even if you just send us a WhatsApp message telling us the date of the wedding, we would appreciate knowing sooner so we could start monitoring fares on your behalf before the opportunity slips away.
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