One of the ways that I save money when traveling to Europe is by using a major airline to a large European city such as London, Frankfurt or Paris, and then purchasing a flight within Europe on a low-cost airline.
The prices to cities such as Athens, or Malaga can often hike up the airfare, so the low cost option for a short flight can mean being able to stay and visit the gateway city, and then continue on. It isn't for everyone, but if you want an extra stop-over and don't want to pay a lot for it, this strategy can work well.
In the spirit of this, Virgin Express (based in Brussels) is having a 12 hour sale from 10am-10pm (4am-4pm EDT)on April 10th to celebrate its 10th anniversary, which you can book online.
Plus I have listed dozens of low cost airlines for Europe all in one spot, saving you valuable search time!
The prices to cities such as Athens, or Malaga can often hike up the airfare, so the low cost option for a short flight can mean being able to stay and visit the gateway city, and then continue on. It isn't for everyone, but if you want an extra stop-over and don't want to pay a lot for it, this strategy can work well.
In the spirit of this, Virgin Express (based in Brussels) is having a 12 hour sale from 10am-10pm (4am-4pm EDT)on April 10th to celebrate its 10th anniversary, which you can book online.
Plus I have listed dozens of low cost airlines for Europe all in one spot, saving you valuable search time!
You won’t save much, and the hassle is really not worth it. Not a lot you can see in several hours or a day.
I personally plan my connection no more than 2 hours away from each other. Having good search engine helps a lot in planning. Recommend cites such as http://www.lessno.com or maybe Expedia.
You ‘ll save huge sums of money if you know how…The trick is to buy your tickets when the airlines have promotional deals : I fly on average at 30 EUR (one way, tax included)…
And sometimes it’s a bit more expensive :
I was in Istanbul lately from Germany from 35.87 EUR ( : one way from Cologne) and I returned to Holland for 47.97 EUR (with to Eindhoven)
And a correction : most flights formerly done by AirServicePlus, are now executed by a new company :
Greetings from Belgium
Still a few (I hope) helpfull remarks :
-EUJet is out of business.
-OnAir took over most of the flights from Pescara (AirServicePlus is out of business).
Other interesting lowfare airlines :
-Eastern Airways from Wales
-Hemus Air flying from Sofia – Bulgaria
-Hewa Bora Airways : cheap flight between Congo and Belgium
-Sun-Express : from Germany to Turkey and in Turkey
-Blue Air Web : from Boerarest-Romania
-Air One : in and from Italy
-Corendon : from Holland & Germany to Turkey
-InterSky from Germany / border with Switserland
-Air Baltic from rest of Europe to Baltic states
-LTU from Germany (also to USA !!)
-Iceland Express : cheap flights from smaller European airports to Iceland (last week for 25 EUR excl tax)
-L’Tur from Germany to holiday destinations
-Eurostar : high speed trains to European continent from Britan (form 34.5 EUR one way, tax in )
-Thalys : high speed trains from France to Belgium, Holland & Germany (sometimes very cheap promotions)
-(Maybe not an airline for American citizens : the Libian airline)
Afriqiyah flights from Europe to Africa
-Martinair : from Holland to USA & Caraïbean
-Aerlingus : this national carrier has to compete with Ryanair and has cheap flights from Ireland to USA (and in Ireland you can take or Aerlingus -pe.without tax 14 EUR to Brussels- or connect to the Ryanair Network…
-Hapag-Lloyd : sister company of HLX
-SN Brussels Airlines : since they teamed up with Virgin-Express : cheap flights from Belgium to the rest of Europe (to Africa is still not cheap…)
-FlyBMI : sister of BabyBMI ( rather cheap flights…pe. Brussels-Heathrow : 36 EUR tax in)
-Welcome Air : from Austria
-Jetairfly : very cheap flights from Belgium to Portugal, Spain, France, Greece, Turkey,…..
(one of the cheapest & best airlines)
-Estonian Air : cheap flights from the rest of Europe to Estonia
PS : Dear Ms. Arlene Fleming, if you want you can always contact us…maybe we can advise you or read articles for you in advance…
With ‘Flemish’ Greetings, Paul RODTS – Belgium…
By the Way : I fly on average in Europe at around 30 euro (tax in)…
The trick is to buy your ticket when the airlines have promotional deals….
You know this promotions via their newsletters…
Great info Paul, and greatly appreciated!
Hi Guys!
I am new to Europe and want to explore, spending nominal price and I have 10 days in April ‘09
Can any one tell me where should I head first and then….xxx
Now a days I am in Denmark,Sonderborg (40 kms from Flensburg)..Even hamburg is near by.
I want to see as many good places as possb. . I won’t mind travelling by any means of transport(but fast)
Pleas revert me as Quick as Possible.
TAK!!!