Bing Travel Holiday Forecast: Thanksgiving and Christmas Fares Down More Than 17 Percent: Holiday travelers receive the gift of lower fares and lower hotel rates.

See the full press release for some interesting data analysis

Today the Fareologists at Bing Travel (http://www.bing.com/travel) issued a preliminary outlook for the 2009 holiday travel season, uncovering a holiday season that is distinctly more traveler-friendly than the 2008 season. This year, airfare for Thanksgiving travel to domestic destinations averages $327, down 22 percent from 2008 and virtually on par with 2007 fares. Christmas and New Year’s holiday airfare to domestic destinations averages $353, down 17 percent from this point in 2008, but still about 8 percent above 2007 fares.

Bing Travel Holiday Forecast: Thanksgiving and Christmas Fares Down More Than 17 Percent: Holiday travelers receive the gift of lower fares and lower hotel rates.