Any other season apart from low, high, off and shoulder season? [closed]
I just came to know about shoulder season/shoulder period. Apparently, it is the time between low and high season so rates for hotels/hostels/sight-seeing everything would be middling. Are all the four parts/season enough to figure out travel plans or are there any sub-specialization in any sub-period as well ?
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Besides the general seasons, as discribed in the other answers, there can be school holiday seasons.
These are more clear when looking at a relative small area where many people stay within the area for their holidays and show very clearly where holiday parks show calendars with coloured coding for different price rates.
If there is a short holiday in low season, the prices of holiday parks often peak for just the period of that holiday.
Not as clear but working the same way is when there is a school holiday in the country many of the tourists are from, like where a lot of English holiday makers stay in Spain and there is a mid term holiday in England.
The more diverse the tourists are in an area, the less clear the peaks and the more likely a shoulder or high season develops, unless the holiday is a widely celebrated one like Easter and the school holidays fall in the same week in many countries.
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What are the shoulder seasons?
Shoulder season is the travel period between the peak (or high) season and off (or low) season. For instance, if summer is peak season and winter is off season, then spring and autumn are generally the shoulder seasons.Where is June shoulder season?
June \u2013 Baja, Mexico. Prices and temperatures are mild, between the Spring Break rush and the summer heat. Shoulder season is the BEST time to visit Mexico. July \u2013 Northern Caribbean \u2013 Puerto Rico, Dominical Republic, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, The Bahamas.What is the shoulder season in Europe?
"Shoulder season" \u2014 generally April through mid-June, and September through October \u2014 combines the advantages of both peak- and off-season travel. In shoulder season, you'll enjoy decent weather, long-enough daylight, fewer crowds, and a local tourist industry still ready to please and entertain.What is off-peak season?
The off-peak season, also known as the low season, refers to the slowest travel season, independently determined; usually an off-peak season is such due to rainy weather, colder temperatures, and other factors which drive tourism away.Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek (Official Video)
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There are also holiday seasons and event seasons. Those are defined by region and hotel property. I know of several hotels in Montreal for example which have low, high and Grand Prix pricing. There are different prices as dates get closer to major event. Last week, for example, I booked 7 days of hotel in Rio starting and ending before Carnaval and there is a 3X (!!) difference in price between the first night and the two nights which are main Carnaval days, so in this case the increase is more gradual.
Holidays such as the week between xmas and new year or semana santa, the week in which easter falls, often get a higher pricing tier even if they fall in the generally low season. Again, taking Montreal as an example, winter is low season but prices often go up from xmas to new year.
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