peak season

Meaning

This term refers to the time of year when a destination receives the most visitors, resulting in the highest prices and largest crowds. It is commonly used when planning trips, booking flights, or discussing tourism trends. The tone is completely neutral and practical.

Examples

• Hotels are twice as expensive during peak season, so we decided to travel in the spring instead.

  Hotels are twice as expensive during peak season, so we decided to travel in the spring instead.

• If you want to visit Paris during peak season, you need to book your museum tickets months in advance.

  If you want to visit Paris during peak season, you need to book your museum tickets months in advance.

• The island is beautiful, but peak season brings so many tourists that the beaches get incredibly crowded.

  The island is beautiful, but peak season brings so many tourists that the beaches get incredibly crowded.

• Flight prices always skyrocket during the summer peak season.

  Flight prices always skyrocket during the summer peak season.

• We prefer traveling just before peak season starts to get better deals and avoid the crowds.

  We prefer traveling just before peak season starts to get better deals and avoid the crowds.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We traveled during the high season peak.

  ✓ We traveled during peak season.

  Learners often confuse 'high season' and 'peak season' by combining them into an unnatural phrase. Use one or the other.

• ✗ The hotel is full because of the peak of season.

  ✓ The hotel is full because of peak season.

  Do not use 'of' between 'peak' and 'season'. It functions as a compound noun or noun adjunct.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Flights to Tokyo are incredibly expensive in April because of the cherry blossom ___.

  💡 The busiest time of year for travel.

  Show answer

  peak season

• If you hate crowded beaches, you should avoid traveling during ___.

  💡 The period when tourism is at its highest.

  Show answer

  peak season