Every single year, my whole family and I leave Germany to spend the christmas holidays home. And every year, upon our return, I immediately book our flight tickets for the following christmas holidays. Since we travel during peak season, booking early ensures that we can travel on the dates that we want at a reasonable price.

However, there are those whose schedule cannot be finalized that early. Lucky are those who find special offers which makes it possible to get good deals on peak season travels. Priceline could be it for you...

"Priceline.com's airline tickets service offers customers a choice. Those who don't want to bid for their tickets can choose the exact airline, dates and flight times they want from priceline.com's broad offering of published-price tickets. For deeper savings, flexible customers can use priceline.com's Name Your Own Price(R) option, where they pick the travel dates and price they want to pay for a ticket. Priceline.com then works to find an airline willing to sell a seat at the customer's desired price. Travelers are given their flight times and airline after the transaction is completed."

Read more of Priceline's Top 10 Holiday Travel Tips here and then, apply what you have learned here.

Maybe, this time, you do need not dig deeper into your pockets to pay for that ticket.