freebird
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Post by freebird on Aug 14, 2014 17:49:29 GMT
My husband and I are planning a trip to Europe next summer. Paris and London. Maybe Ireland too for a few days.
What I kind of planned was flying into Paris, spending a few days, then taking the train (bucket list) to London. Hitting some of my fav places there for a few days and then hitting Ireland then back home (Missouri). What's a cheap route to do that? I'm finding that a one way ticket to Paris costs as much as a round trip so it makes more sense to fly into Paris, take the train to England, then fly back out of Paris. I'm sure there's probably a better way (read: cheaper) but we're not seasoned international travelers so guidance is great!
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oblibby
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Location: Bonnie Scotland
Jul 10, 2014 10:30:12 GMT
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Post by oblibby on Aug 14, 2014 17:55:26 GMT
When I booked my trip to the States for this year, it was just as cheap to fly Edinburgh to San Francisco then a few days later onto Portland OR, then 10 days later to New York, then back to Edinburgh a few days later as it was to fly Edinburgh to Portland and back again (well I think it cost about $50 more) so you might find you don't need to go in and out of the same airport.
If you're going to Ireland from England try Easyjet and Ryanair - they do really cheap flights. No frills but the flights is short (not sure how long from London but Edinburgh to Dublin is only an hour or so).
ETA: most airlines give you the option to do multiple destination flights.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 14, 2014 19:06:14 GMT
It must vary by time of year, airline and destination airport because when we went last summer we flew in mid July on United from Newark into London and out of Paris back to Newark for $80 higher cost per person than round trip out of London cost. The $80 was actually pretty much a wash though because the train fare back would have been about $69 and then we would have had another approx $10 fare from the train station to the airport in London. I have heard many people with the same experience as you though. If you do a google trip search you can pick a multi city flight as opposed to 2 one way flights that might help.
Book your train tickets online early, the closer you get to your date the more expensive it is. Also the train ticket prices vary by time of day. Some times being $50 more than a different time that same day.
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 14, 2014 19:30:12 GMT
We just did this trip in April. Well, we flew into London, took the train to Paris, and few out of Paris back home. I would have loved to have been able to add in Ireland!
When you are pricing tickets, put in for "multiple destinations" rather than one way tickets. It wasn't any more expensive for me when I did it that way. I also bought our train tickets ahead of time and you could see the different pricing for different days and times. I found that very helpful, especially since we were traveling with the kids and everything was x4.
You can't really see anything but dark when you are going through the chunnel. I took a nap and woke up an hour later and I was in France. The countryside is very pastoral along the train path in northern France and it was fascinating to try and take a picture, only to have the scene disappear in seconds. It helped me get a better sense of how fast we were going.
It really was a wonderful trip and the trains/planes aspect of it was very easy.
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