We are taking Thurs-Mon of Labor Day weekend. Headed to Denver and Vail.
Our district just announced on Wed that they would be delaying the start of school until Sept 8.
My son had already decided to do the online option, but he didn't want to have to worry about logging in to do school work during the trip. The change also allowed us to take the full day on Thursday, rather than flying out in the evening.
As soon as he heard school was delayed, he got excited about the trip. I booked it that day.
I was able to get flights and hotel rooms just fine, but I wasn't seeing great discounts. Round trip HOU to DEN was about $250 per ticket (I paid for one of them with points). It would have been a little cheaper had I booked the week before, but not much.
Best hotel rate I found in Vail was stay two nights, get one free at the Hyatt. That works out to $299/night.
There were a few hotels in Denver in the $100-$125/night range.
Rental car is $270 for Thurs-Mon.
Prices tell me to expect a fair number of people.
Prices to Phoenix and Florida were cheaper (at least when I looked last week). But Phoenix is hot, and I didn't want to deal with a storm in the gulf affecting the trip.
Southwest also still has a limited flight schedule. I could not get a direct flight to ABQ or SLC. Didn't even look at California, since most everything there is still closed. Nixed Portland and Seattle because of the civil unrest.
I checked prices to DEN on United just for fun, and they were the same or higher, depending on which economy option you selected.