I love doing vacations that start/end midweek. It’s nice to buffer either end of the trip with short work weeks, midweek travel can be less frantic, and being able to spend weekend days at your vacation destination often lets you do more fun things rather than being there on weekdays
Strange comment. Isn't travel on work days better? People are at work, so plane and train tickets seem to be cheaper on those days because there's less demand.
Yes, I traveled recently and flights were about 20% cheaper if it was Thursday-Monday than if any Friday, Saturday, or Sunday was included. Even given the extra nights of hotel I overall saved money on the trip because I extended it.
same here, flight prices are through the roof on those days.
also on the plus side, lot of colleges takes leave in December. so, workloads on that time are also less. it's like a mini vacation if one WFH during that period.
It's fine as long as you avoid the very specific times people commute at, and/or are heading to a place where there aren't so many 9-5 jobs, like a beach town.
Ummm... driving out of my metro area, in any direction, on a work day: zero traffic! Doing so at the start of a long weekend / during Xmas - New Year: horrendous traffic! Is that not the case for you?