How far in advance do you usually begin to plan and book your vacations?

BlackCup: How far in advance do you usually begin to plan and book your vacations?
As the title states, how far ahead do you personally begin to start planning and booking your vacations? Do you book as early as a year ahead, or more like 6 months?

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Answer by Laura L
Hi BlackCup,

It depends. We’ve had accomodation plans for Disney 2 years in advance. That was only one time though. Generally speaking we try making our vacation plans 4-6 months in advance. When time isn’t a luxury we like to book flight arrangements through Southwest since they are so easy to work with should there be last minute changes. Hope this helps and Happy Vacationing!

Answer by conley39
Often much shorter times like a week or less. I take a lot of short trips on weekends and generally don’t do a lot of advance planning. Some weekends when I’m just going out exploring here in Italy, I decide where I’m going for the weekend on Saturday morning when I check the weather and head for the train station. For longer trips like going back to the US, maybe I’ll book things at most a month in advance.