Flight prices have skyrocketed in recent weeks, with an emphasis on Passover
flights: Holiday prices have soared to $ 1,200 for flights to Paris, $ 1,000 for flights to Madrid and almost $ 3,000 for flights to Thailand, and these seats have not been easy to obtain due to high demand.
Following the rise in prices, we compared flight prices between Passover week (April 21-14) and the week between the end of April and Independence Day (April 28 to May 5).
A flight ticket to Bucharest in the week of Passover currently costs $ 398 per person, at the end of April the price drops to only $ 175.
A flight ticket to New York on Passover starts at $ 1,035 per person, after Passover the price drops to $ 549 - a decrease of almost 50%.
An expensive flight on Passover.
New York, Photo: gettyimages
If you want to fly to Prague, on Passover you pay from $ 611 per person, after Passover, at the end of April you will pay only $ 220.
A flight to the United Arab Emirates on Passover will start at $ 616 per person, after Passover the price starts at $ 153 per person.
A flight to Vienna, the favorite of Israeli tourists, costs from $ 503 per person on Passover, at the end of April the price drops to $ 131 per person, a third of the price you pay on Passover.
The large gaps between the Passover period and the end of April and May are valid in the comparison we made to 16 favorite destinations, including the various cities of Italy, Budapest, Barcelona, Madrid, Istanbul and other favorite destinations for the Israeli tourist.
Comparing flight prices, Photo: Yossi Zeliger
Price differences also exist in hotels in many destinations around the world, mainly due to the fact that Easter and Passover are celebrated that week and create high demand from tourists from all over the world and not just from Israel.
A family vacation that will be postponed to the days after Matzah can save a couple and two children thousands of shekels and sometimes even more than that.
Of course it is important to take into account the fact that the children go back to school, the parents go back to work and not everyone can afford to go on vacation after Passover, but those who can afford to wait a bit will save a lot of money and probably the long queues at Ben Gurion Airport .
Gulliver CEO Ziv Rosen commented on the drop in prices: "The drop is due to demand and the big demand is for Passover, May and June are less popular months, airlines bring in manpower, remove rust and have an interest in the lines operating as much as possible in May and June. At the cost of a significant price reduction.
The combination of the decline in demand and the desire of the airlines to fill the planes as much as possible creates the attractive prices.
At the same time, the dollar exchange rate is very low and together it is a situation of a very favorable price for the coming months, for example: a vacation package to Vienna on Passover costs $ 1,100, in May the exact same package will cost $ 360, a package to Budapest on Passover costs $ 630, after Passover 370 dollars. "
According to Shirley Cohen Urakbi, VP of Eshet Tours: "In the transition season between Passover and the summer holidays, we expect a significant drop in prices due to a return to the frameworks.
"In the near destinations and especially in the Mediterranean basin destinations - Antalya, Greek islands, Cyprus and Burgas, this is a perfect time for a vacation - the prices are low, and this is also the beginning of the season so the hotels are not as crowded as in summer."
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