Every magazine and travel site have their lists of places to visit in a new year. It’s interesting to see how many places appear on more than one site.
Does that mean everyone will be going to the same sites or take the same trips in 2019? I doubt it.
Are these budget destinations? Some are, but not all can be considered budget.
Here are some listed by Hopper, a company using big data to help consumers predict and analyze their airfare costs. According to them, these destinations have flights where the cost dropped the most from the first part of 2018 to now.
Iceland…the Icelandic krona to the US dollar is better for you by 18% this year.
Buenos Aires…the Argentine peso lost 54% of its value against the US dollar last year.
France…flights are an average of 30% cheaper than this time last year and the Euro is down 4% now. This might be a good time to head to the celebrations surrounding D-Day. June 6 is the 75th anniversary.
Columbia…flights are down in price, so it could be a great time to take in the annual flower festival.
Dominica…after the major hurricane, the government and volunteers have brought back the island’s top attractions.
Finland and Lithuania…apparently Finland has seen a 35% drop in the average price of flights from the US and Lithuania is a cheap 75-minute flight from Helsinki.
Are any of these on your list for 2019?
Or, do you have other places you can’t wait to visit?