【Get Discounts】Summer Travel Abroad Battle: Seize Direct & Budget Flights, Depart Smartly & Avoid Crowds

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Summer vacation is approaching. Want to plan a trip but avoid the crowds? The hotel booking website Hotels.com has specially searched for recently added direct flight routes and affordable new flights from budget airlines. It also observed from the platform that these destinations saw a significant increase in searches for hotels from January to May this year compared to the same period last year. Houston saw a 135% rise, Ho Chi Minh City 87%, while Japan—affected by the weaker yen—and Istanbul saw increases of 58% and 12% respectively. Recently, many budget airlines have also launched ultra-low promotions. Fans who haven’t yet planned where to go for summer vacation should hurry up and start planning.

● Direct Flights from Cities Across Taiwan to Japan Make Travel Closer

Spotting the business opportunity in Japanese tourism, various airlines are competing to expand their routes to Japan and offering attractive ticket deals to attract customers. For example, Peach Aviation offers one-way tickets to Osaka for as low as NT$1,980, while Jetstar Asia also launched a NT$1 promotion for flights to Osaka and Singapore, which is very cost-effective. Following the launch of a new budget airline route from Kaohsiung to Osaka at the end of May, there are also new routes or additional flights departing from Taichung and Tainan. This provides travelers who love Japan, no matter which city they live in, with the ease of taking advantage of the weaker yen to fly to Japan for crazy shopping, enjoy delicious food, visit Tokyo Disneyland or Osaka Universal Studios.

◎ Peach Aviation: Taipei to Osaka one-way fare excluding tax starts at NT$1,980, Taipei to Okinawa at NT$1,680!
Sales period: June 23, 00:00 – June 25, 23:59. Applicable departure dates are August 8, 2015 – October 24, 2015
◎ Jetstar: Purchase a one-way ticket from Taipei to Osaka or Singapore, and your return ticket is only NT$1*!
Sales time: June 26, 10:00 – July 1, 23:59 or until sold out
Applicable departure dates: Specific days between August 12, 2015 – March 10, 2016 (see the image below)

Applicable departure date table. (Image provided / Jetstar Airways)

◎ Recommended Accommodation: Mitsui Garden Hotel Osaka Premier – 3.5 stars, starting from just NT$3,321 per night*.

● Direct Flights to Turkey Are No Longer a Dream—Unveil the Mysteries of Istanbul

The newly added direct flight route to Turkey at the end of March has made this mysterious country much more accessible. Travelers can now visit the millennia-old capital of Istanbul without any transfers, taking in famous World Heritage Sites such as Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and the mysterious Basilica Cistern all in one trip. Travelers can also head to Cappadocia—one of the world’s hot air balloon capitals—to admire breathtaking natural wonders from the sky.