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  "response": {
    "Key": "US-HN",
    "orig": {
      "code": "US",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "HN",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Honduras"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which U.S. cities can I fly from to reach Honduras?",
        "answer": "Most nonstop flights to Honduras depart from Miami, Houston, Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale, primarily serving San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa and Roatán. Dallas, New York and Los Angeles offer one-stop options via those hubs or through San Salvador and Panama City. Travellers choose based on proximity to a gateway airport, with Miami and Houston offering the highest frequency and often lower fares."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Honduras are the best to fly into?",
        "answer": "The main airports in Honduras for flights from the United States are Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport in San Pedro Sula, Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, and Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport on Roatán. San Pedro Sula is the busiest gateway, ideal for business and access to the north coast and Copán. Tegucigalpa serves the capital and central regions, while Roatán is best for beach resorts and diving on the Bay Islands. Each offers domestic flights and bus connections to other parts of the country."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight to Honduras?",
        "answer": "From Houston to San Pedro Sula or Tegucigalpa, direct flights take about 2.5 to 3 hours. From Miami to the same cities, non-stop times are similar. With one stop, flights from New York or Los Angeles typically last 6 to 9 hours. Return times are usually comparable."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights to Honduras?",
        "answer": "Direct flights connect several U.S. cities to Honduras. American Airlines, United, Delta, Spirit, and Avianca operate non-stop routes from Miami, Houston, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, and Dallas to San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, and Roatán. Flight times range from 2.5 to 4 hours."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which U.S. airports are usually cheapest for flying to Honduras?",
        "answer": "Miami, Houston, and Fort Lauderdale are usually the cheapest U.S. airports for flights to Honduras because of their high volume of direct and connecting service. Smaller U.S. cities often require a connection through one of these hubs, which can raise the total fare."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly to Honduras?",
        "answer": "From the U.S. to Honduras, American Airlines, United, Delta, Spirit, and Avianca offer direct and connecting flights. American and United have the most nonstop options."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly to Honduras?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from the US to Honduras are February, April, June, and October, while December and March are the most expensive, especially around Christmas and Easter. Booking 9–11 weeks ahead yields the best fares, and departing on a Thursday afternoon tends to be cheaper than flying on a Sunday or late at night.",
        "methodology": "This 'good deal' estimate shows a representative best price for each departure date across roughly a 12-month window (about 3 months back and 9 months forward). It is built from real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, accumulated into a price history for each departure date. Rather than weighting all of that history equally, we apply exponential time decay so recent prices dominate — a price seen yesterday counts almost in full, one from about a month ago roughly a third, and prices from a few months back very little — giving a figure that tracks today's market instead of a stale long-run average. Clear price outliers are removed before any calculation, departure dates with no observations are filled in from nearby dates, and the resulting curve is lightly smoothed so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. The cheapest day of the week and time of day to depart are drawn from the same large sample of real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, grouped by the day of the week and by the time-of-day window of the outbound departure, with the lowest and average price reported for each."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Do I need a visa to travel to Honduras?",
        "answer": "United States citizens do not need a visa for short tourist visits to Honduras; entry is visa-free.\n\nThis is general guidance to help you plan, not official immigration advice — entry rules can change and can depend on your nationality and circumstances, so please confirm the current requirements with the relevant embassy or official government source before you travel.",
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          {
            "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Honduras",
            "title": "Visa policy of Honduras",
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          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/honduras/entry-requirements",
            "title": "Honduras entry requirements — GOV.UK",
            "favicon": "https://www.gov.uk/favicon.ico"
          }
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      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Honduras after I arrive?",
        "answer": "Within Honduras, buses are the primary form of intercity travel, with both direct and connecting services linking major towns. Domestic flights operate between San Pedro Sula, Tegucigalpa, La Ceiba, and Roatán, offering faster but pricier alternatives. Arriving in San Pedro Sula provides the most bus connections nationwide, while Tegucigalpa is central for southern destinations. Roatán arrivals limit you to island transport unless you fly to the mainland."
      }
    }
  }
}