We book pur hotel often while we are on vacation. We had reservations for the first half of this years November trip back in nov, 2012. Airfare we generally book ahead as well, but I have yet to see usair have the flights up a year ahead of time, so we ended up booking this year in late April for our November trip. I think I have vacation OCD, and need to have everything done months before we go. I envy those that can plan and leave on a whim.... It would send me to the looney bin though...