Back to the checklist Buy your plane ticket. That depends largely upon the season, your plans and your budget. The high season for flights to Australia and Latin America is during our winter. Shoulder season is the average travel period. It stretches from April to the first half of June and from September to the end of October.
Low season is the slowest travel season.
It lasts from January through the end of March, but also includes November and early December. If you want to leave during high season, it is best to book your flight a few months in advance, says Miguel Reynaldo, a travel consultant for Council Travel. During low season, you are more likely to find tickets on short notice, and you can often get them for half the price of high season tickets. That means no matter when you buy the ticket, it will usually be priced the same. Not everyone is lucky enough to find a ticket on such short notice, though.