National Day or Christmas, which holiday is cheaper to travel this year?

If you are planning to take a break before the year ends, here's a travel question worth checking: Should you fly during the National Day weekend or wait for the Christmas-New Year holidays?

- SM Ayaz Zakir

A quick look at current airfares and packages shows one period is already turning out to be much costlier. Both promise festive getaways, flights filling up fast, and surging fares.

Travel industry executives say records of early checks show short-haul destinations remain cheaper over the National Day weekend while long-haul routes are tightening fast for the Christmas period, with prices climbing up to 90 per cent on some sectors.