This weekend I’ll leave you with some advice:

Start planning your holiday trips!

I know you are thinking that it’s really far away, but travel has gotten expensive and airlines are cutting flights. I suggest that you sit down and make a list of some possible Thanksgiving and/or Christmas trips. If you can book a hotel now that’s refundable, go ahead and do it. As far as airfares go, do some searches and start looking at routes and prices for places on your list. If your choices are limited to one flight on specific days, you should book as soon as possible. If you have a few options and the flights seem pretty empty, go to Kayak and sign up for their Buzz e-mails which will let you monitor the price of a route daily and notify you when it hits the price you are looking for. The minute you see a good price, go ahead and book!