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.
Here are the Travel Tuesday deals that we know of so far. Be sure to check back as we get closer to the day—we’ll be updating this article as additional deals come in.
Travel Tuesday airline deals
American Airlines: On Travel Tuesday (and Travel Tuesday alone), American Airlines is offering round-trip fares under $200 on select domestic flights.
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.
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.
Travel Tuesday hotel deals
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 offering. 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.
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 also offering up to 80 percent off the second sailor on sailings booked now.
Travel Tuesday tour deals
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 before December 2 and use code “BLACKFRIDAY24.”
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.
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.
Additional Travel Tuesday deals
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.
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.
This article was originally published in November 2019 and was updated on November 22, 2024, to include current information.
