As temperatures rise, many people are eager to head for a spring outing. At e-ticketing platforms, like Trip.com and Qunar, the flight prices from Hangzhou have dropped significantly (by Feb. 27), with some as low as 200 yuan, providing a great opportunity for early spring travels.

Qunar offers a plenty of affordable flight options for popular domestic routes in March. For example, flights on Mar. 5 from Hangzhou to Wuhan are sold with as much as an 80% discount. Most tickets are priced less than 300 yuan, and some as low as 200. You may book a flight from Hangzhou to Qingdao on the same day at around 240 yuan. Discount tickets (as low as 90% off) are also available for flights from Hangzhou to Haikou and Sanya in the first half of March, with prices generally hovering around 300 yuan.

Flights to Sichuan and Chongqing are also economical. Economy-class flights from Hangzhou to Chongqing on Mar. 4 are discounted to just 10% of the original price, costing only 200 yuan. Flights to Chengdu on Mar. 5 are similarly priced with 90% off, even cheaper than taking a high-speed train.

For those eager to visit Kunming, the “Spring City”, tickets for early March can still be purchased for less than 300 yuan. For instance, the lowest price for a flight from Hangzhou to Kunming on Mar. 9 is 258 yuan, bringing the total one-way cost (including airport construction fee and fuel surcharge) to approximately 350 yuan. As spring approaches in late March, prices for flights to Kunming are expected to rise accordingly.

So do the prices for outbound travel flights. For example, the total fare for a round trip from Hangzhou to Jeju Island, South Korea, is as low as 726 yuan, including taxes, and there are also many options for round trips to Osaka, Japan, within 1500 yuan.

March is the season to inspire flowers, and therefore many people set out to find and enjoy such blossoms. Once you click open Qunar on the phone, it features a trip for “Cherry Blossoms in Japan” on its first page. When keywords, such as “Luoping’s Rapeseed Flowers” and “Wuhan’s Cherry Blossoms,” are entered, more than 10,000 travel notes appear on the result pages on Red Book or other platforms. 

“Even though I know it will be crowded, I still want to find cherry blossoms in Wuhan this year!” Le Jia, a university student in Hangzhou, said to the journalist. She plans to book a flight on April 14 to join her high school classmate studying in Wuhan for a memorable cherry blossom trip. 

Yun’nan’s rapeseed flowers, Xinjiang’s apricot blossoms, Beijing’s magnolias... “Spring Flower Guides” now are unveiled on major platforms, such as Ctrip and Fliggy. Anyone you want?