12 Months of Travel Deals - A Guide to Traveling Every Month in 2020

You can bet there'll be plenty of travel deals to choose from in the new year. However, a surefire way to save on travel in 2020 is by working with a trusted travel agent, who can not only point you to the best deals and recommend the perfect destination based on your budget, their experience and client feedback but can save you time, stress and money while putting in a good word to ensure enhanced service and unexpected perks along the way. Even if you decide to go it alone, there are some destinations you should avoid and others you should target depending on the time of year to maximize your travel budget. Here's your guide to saving on travel for every month in 2020.

Although you may be over the cold weather come January, it's important to know that winter is high season in the Caribbean so savings on a trip to the tropics will be limited. Destinations like Cancun, Mexico; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and Jamaica might not be at their cheapest but should still provide excellent value if you wait until the latter half of the month. If you don't mind packing a few extra layers, you're likely to find the best January deals in cold-weather cities, including bustling destinations like Boston, Chicago, Dublin and London.

The shortest month of the year is a great time to travel, especially for those looking to experience some of the nation's top national parks like Yellowstone and Death Valley with fewer crowds. If you're wanting to go somewhere warm for less, consider Honolulu, Islamorada in the Florida Keys or an off-the-beaten-path destination in Central America such as Nicaragua or Panama. You also can't go wrong in one of America's many beach towns where accommodation prices should be much lower compared to summer's peak season.

March is the perfect month to take an exciting theme park vacation to Orlando or immerse yourself in overseas culture in Cairo, Egypt. The latter boasts far fewer crowds, comfortable temperatures and the potential for hotel deals at the start of spring. You'll also find savings on stays in some of Europe's most popular cities this time of year, including places like Rome and Lisbon.

Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Hanoi, Vietnam are just a few of the international destinations where you can expect to find a great travel deal in April but, if traveling domestically, you might also consider one of America's many charming college towns, where your dollars are sure to stretch much further. April is also a great month to experience an underrated Caribbean destination like Aruba as the offseason brings with it more excellent weather and awesome room deals.

While many Americans will be eyeing short trips to the beach for Memorial Day in late-May or counting down the days until their summer vacation, coveted places like Athens, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey will be wowing springtime visitors without harassing their wallets. Pulling the kids out of school for a few days in May could net you major savings on a once-in-a-lifetime family getaway in 2020.

Families prioritizing affordability and fun this coming June should consider overlooked U.S. cities far from the coasts like Kansas City and Minneapolis. The former offers a free streetcar traveling two miles through downtown and the latter is one of the nation's most walkable cities so you can explore more without spending a ton on transportation. With summer underway, demand for travel is way up in June and thus you'll need to plan several weeks or even months ahead rather than be able to rely on a great deal falling into your lap.

The Bahamas, New Orleans and Sydney, Australia are three places travelers can expect to find on sale this summer. Experience Nassau with fewer crowds and more spending money in your pocket or take in one of the Big Easy's many summer festivals. July marks winter Down Under so comfortable temperatures and discounted hotel rooms will await July visitors to Sydney.

If you can stand the heat, you stand to save a significant amount of money in some scorching-hot destinations during the dog days of summer and throughout the month of August, including places like Key West and Las Vegas. Fortunately, it'll still be pool season in Vegas. Meanwhile, Caribbean islands like Barbados and St. Lucia are also easy choices. The latter is more likely to be impacted by a hurricane this time of year but you can protect your investment in advance by purchasing travel insurance.

With the kids back in school, September is the ideal month to visit Orlando, Florida as you'll benefit from discounted hotel rooms and shorter lines at popular theme parks like Disney and Universal. Bali, Iceland and Montreal are some exciting international destinations to target for September. However, you'd be hard-pressed to find a bad destination during this post-summer shoulder season period when airlines, hotels and resorts are slashing rates to entice consumers to book.

Missed out on Cape Cod over the summer? Visit during October when the deals multiply and the crowds thin. This is also a good time to find a deal on travel to Alaska if you can bear the cold. Tourist-friendly destinations like Washington, D.C., Bermuda and Buenos Aires, Argentina are also going to be more forgiving on your bank account this time of year. Like September though, October brings the potential for significant shoulder season savings in destinations around the world so it's important to be open-minded.

Eastern Europe will be chock-full of wallet-friendly destinations come November. Places such as Budapest, Hungary and Romania's Transylvania region are no-brainers but travelers also shouldn't sleep on the former Yugoslavia-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia-which will be more connected than ever in 2020, meaning cheaper flights from the U.S.

Traveling around the holidays can be both stressful and expensive but timing your December getaway during the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas increases your odds of finding a phenomenal deal. Maybe you've always wanted to take a ski trip to Utah or Vermont or perhaps you'd like to go someplace warm like South Florida. If the latter best describes you, book a cheap end-of-the-year flight to Fort Lauderdale, where you can take advantage of affordable accommodations less than an hour from Miami.