Holiday Travel Deals the Whole Family Will Love

September 4, 2019 - Kate

To start, we all deserve a break between the epic Thanksgiving meal and the ongoing holiday celebrations to come. If that’s not enough, it’s also a less busy and less expensive time to travel. Traveling right around Thanksgiving itself can be rough because most years, it’s the busiest time for air travel and flights are expensive. But right after the long weekend of turkey and family comes to a close, air travel dies down quite a bit for a few weeks, which not only means that airports will be easier to navigate with your family, but also that flights and other travel experiences are often more affordable. If you can’t swing a vacation between holidays because of your schedules, there are still amazing local experiences to be had and deals to be found during the holiday weeks themselves. 

Choosing the right vacation will depend on your kids’ ages and your family’s travel type, but there are some destinations that stand out as being kid-friendly and affordable and offer activities for a variety of travel styles and preferences. To help you start thinking about the best vacation you and your family will go on this winter, here are holiday travel deals your whole family will love:

Sometimes, the best way to save around the holidays is to leave the hosting (and decorating, cooking, and clean-up) to someone else and take a vacation. And when you’re celebrating with your family, is there any better host than Disney? Disney Cruises offers two different holiday specials during this time of year. The first is Thanksgiving at Sea, setting sail on the following dates departing from various Florida cities and cruising to either the Bahamas or the Western Caribbean:

• • November 22, 2019 – 7-Night Bahamian Cruise from Galveston

• • November 23, 2019 – 7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Port Canaveral

• • November 23, 2019 – 6-Night Western Caribbean Cruise from Miami

• • November 25, 2019 – 4-Night Bahamian Cruise from Port Canaveral

On Thanksgiving Day, each of these cruises features a multi-course feast of a meal, including all of the traditional dishes such as turkey and stuffing. As you and your family dine, you’ll be entertained by Disney characters in holiday-themed costumes afterward, you can enjoy live broadcasts of the day’s football games on a giant screen by the family pool.

Disney Cruises also hosts Very Merrytime Cruises around the Christmas holiday. There are tons of options setting sail from Florida and cruising to areas like the Panama Canal, Mexico, and the British Virgin Islands. Very Merrytime Cruises are incredibly festive, offering a tree lighting ceremony with Mickey himself, a party called Santa’s Winter Wonderland Ball, a life-sized gingerbread house, youth parties, and more. 

While these cruises can be a bit less affordable than the other vacation options, they include all meals, accommodations, and most onboard entertainment, so you can get away with paying very little more than the cost of the cruise for the duration of your trip!

Whether you’re traveling with your family, friends or solo this holiday season, you’re going to need travel insurance, but your policy will likely change quite a bit depending on who you’re with and where you’re going. To make sure you have the right travel protection coverage for your particular trip and the people going on it, start by choosing your travel type and get a free price quote here. 

Kate

Kate's authoritative voice in travel writing is backed by years of extensive travel experience, allowing her to infuse her writing with the tips and tricks she has gathered over time. This wealth of experience enhances her ability to write authoritatively on travel-related topics.