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shoulder season

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  • noun travel industry The time between high and low season in a travel market, or, if the market is divided into four segments, the time just below high season.

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Examples

  • I couldn’t agree with you more. I absolutely hate crowds. Shoulder season is the way to go

    Travel in the shoulder season SirCamoDuck 2025

  • "Shoulder season" — generally April and October — combines the advantages of both peak- and off-season travel. In shoulder season, you'll enjoy decent weather, long-enough daylight, fewer crowds, and a local tourist industry still ready to please and entertain.

    When to Go to Europe: Timing Your Trip 2024

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  • dion23 commented on the word shoulder season

    This phrase is used quite a lot when speaking of tourism (the months in Spring & Autumn between high and low seasons), but it's so recent the etymological source (if there is one) can't be found, at least not in the few minutes I have before the boss notices I'm not actually working. I'm reasonably sure it has to do with borrowing the definition of "shoulder" as that sloping, intermediary zone between pavement and wilderness.

    March 26, 2010