When is the best time to make flight and hotel reservations for nov? what's the best site offering lowestrates?

i'm planning to take a trip from LA to Sanfo first week of September. Im wondering if there is a perfect time to purchase flight tickets and make hotel reservations. Any reccomended site offering low rates?

The first week of September is over. But probably the best time to book for the first week of November is about now.

There is no perfect time to start shopping for an airfare - mainly because airline reservation systems monitor dozens of instantly changing variables before deciding the price to quote you - in theory every time you ask for a quote!

Shopping Tuesday at midnight to get cheaper airline tickets is a myth which I have covered in the past.

After watching trillions of airfares fly by over the years, there are patterns we have seen which I want to share with you today about the best time to start shopping which is:

Monday at 3:00pm EDT - continuing on thru Wednesday

Why?

* Airlines typically file airfare sales Monday morning in the 10:00am or 12:30pm EDT airfare distribution

* Over the next 3 airfare distribution cycles, Monday at 8:00pm and Tuesday at 10:00am and 12:30pm, other airlines typically start matching the sale prices

* These sales tend to expire late on Friday, but even worse, airlines typically file airfare hikes (22 attempts this year) late Thursday, so shopping over the weekend is not the best idea

These are just general rules of thumb - but, the best piece of advice I can give right now is, not to procrastinate on your holiday airfare purchases.

Please check:

Tips:

a- use flexible dates

b- use alternative airports

http://www.hotwire.com/

http://www.cheapoair.com/

http://www.kayak.com/

http://www.orbitz.com/

http://www.priceline.com/

http://www.expedia.com/default.asp

http://www.farecompare.com/

http://www.farecast.com/

http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/

http://www.cheapair.com/