Global travel search site Skyscanner has analysed thousands of searches from the UK to reveal when is the best time to book for the six most popular winter city destinations and found the following: 

  • Bangkok – 3 weeks before departure
  • Geneva – 3 weeks before departure
  • Berlin – 5 weeks before departure
  • Miami – 5 weeks before departure
  • Sydney – 6 weeks before departure
  • Hong Kong – 8 weeks before departure

The destinations picked for this analysis were chosen as they see their popularity soar over the winter period, with the biggest increase in searches between August and December of all global cities.

Earlier in the year, Skyscanner also released the best time to book the top 10 most popular country destinations all year round as follows:

  • Spain – 5 weeks before departure
  • USA – 21 weeks before departure
  • Italy – 6 weeks before departure
  • France – 6 weeks before departure
  • Greece – 3 weeks before departure
  • Turkey – 13 weeks before departure
  • Portugal – 5 weeks before departure
  • Germany – 9 weeks before departure
  • Cyprus – 4 weeks before departure
  • Croatia – 6 weeks before departure

Make a note of these and you could save yourself some serious cashola. For more information on price alerts click here.