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If the hotel you want to stay at is available now at a reasonable price I would book now.
I used to wait until 3 weeks before going to book but I have found the hotel we stayed in last May on Thomas Cooks website at a price for May 2010 for less than what we paid this year.
I have booked it as the price is great and I cant see how it can come down any more in price nearer the time. :sun2
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find the hotel we want to stay in

This is the important bit of your post. If you know where you want to go & you find a price that you think is reasonable then I'd certainly go ahead and book now, while its still available.
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Hi Brian, I hear your dilema I'm in the same boat really, have been researching our march 2010 hols to mexico for a little while ( about 6 months now !) and have now narrowed it down to 3 hotels and the prices have been quite steady ( pretty good prices really ) now they've gone up by a good £300 ! aaargh ! so am biding my time too in the hope they'll come back down to what they were, but it is a bit of a lottery, so am gonna check on a daily basis, think that may be the answer and when I see the holiday at a price I don't mind paying, then am booking straight away and never looking at the price again !!! ( if it goe's down in price after I've booked , am always gutted !!)
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We always used to book late deals. This time we decided to book early because we saw our hotel on a holiday programme on tv, and thought it looked great. I had a peek at the thomas cook website last night and discovered our holiday is now £200 per person cheaper than we paid. I don't mind really as we got what we wanted, but now not sure next time whether to book early or late.
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Thanks for all the comments and experiences.
I think that I will wait a little longer, and see what happens (fingers crossed).

Cheers

Brian
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Although getting a room in your favourite hotel might not be a problem, most tour operators are cutting down on the number of flights/seats on flights they have available because of a drop in bookings due to the recession, so you may find the flights get sold out for your chosen dates if you leave it too late :wink:
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If there was a particular hotel & date and price that you were going for then I would go for it now, I booked my April 2010 in April this year, as I wanted a specific Hotel, resort date etc and got a brilliant deal with the t/a for early bookings.

It would be a shame if you missed out on the holiday you wanted. :cry
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Delaying the booking hoping for a good late deal is probably not as feasible if you want to stay in a specific hotel in a specific resort. If you widened your options by having a contingency plan of a 2nd or even a 3rd choice of holiday destination and hotel then you start stacking the odds in your favour to get a good late deal. Personally, I would also price up the cost of the flights and accommodation separately as that is another option that could also save you money, possibly even more than any late deal might.
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Hi Brian, well, I had to go and book mine today as I went on one website to see if I could do d.i.y for our mexico holiday, and it was flashing up ' only 5 seats available' for the particular flight I wanted, now, I spoke to my mate who knows about these things and she said it would mean that only 5 seats were available at that particular price, the prices were only going to go up and up, so, I bit the bullet and went ahead and booked and I was happy with what we paid, so I would say now to you, if you want a particular flight and hotel, sort it now pal !!!!
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