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Old Jun 11th, 2012, 03:59 PM
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Why are flights out of EVERYWHERE in Italy so expensive on Jan 5?

Looking to fly out of either Naples or Venice on January 5, but EVERY flight is over $1700 per person? Any idea why that is? Am I booking too far in advance?
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Old Jun 11th, 2012, 04:04 PM
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It is the end of Christmas and New Year's holiday and everyone is returning home for school or work. The weekend after New Year's has always been very expensive.
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Flying to... Boston? Bahrain? Barcelona?
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I don't know if it's relevant, but to the Italians, January 6 is more important than Christmas. It's the Epiphany. Perhaps people start vacation or go visiting on the 5th so that they can celebrate January 6. It's just a wild guess, but who knows?
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Another newbie who never does research before posting.

Only post, member since june 2012. She'll (?) go away soon.
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Rastaguy, what do you find so wrong with newbies?
How do you know that they do not research before posting?

When you posted for the first time, did you receive a similar "welcome" from older posters?

I see that you "respond" to a lot of persons these days, without saying nothing, you do not give any help or info, just tell us that they are new and will go away soon.

If I would receive answers like these when I joined to Fodor's forum, for sure also I would go away.
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Rastaguy : How many posts must a newbie write before he/she is allowed to ask a question?
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