Best Buys of Spring (March, April, May)

To get the very best deal, you have to know when to buy.

To get the very best deal, you have to know when to buy. Most things are marked down at certain times each year. So planning your purchases to get items when they're at their lowest price can potentially save you hundreds of dollars.

Trees and flowers aren’t the only things blooming in the spring. Plenty of deals pop up in March, April and May. You’ll find sales on a variety of products, ranging from chocolate to luggage to mattresses at this time of year.

Here are nine things that you'll find at their lowest prices of the year in the spring.

Cameron Huddleston
Former Online Editor, Kiplinger.com

Award-winning journalist, speaker, family finance expert, and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk.

Cameron Huddleston wrote the daily "Kip Tips" column for Kiplinger.com. She joined Kiplinger in 2001 after graduating from American University with an MA in economic journalism.