Jetting across Europe affordably

By MzTravelDiva ⋅ August 21, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

One of the things I discovered while living in the London, was how affordable traveling throughout Europe could be, if departing from there. I also learned about some cool air carriers that were based out of the U.K. or other countries within Europe, such as easyJet and Ryanair. Back then, I couldn’t believe the prices that were being advertised for flights to places like Spain, Italy, and France. At that time, you could find flight deals for as low as £1! Of course, that didn’t include taxes and fees, but compared to price a flight to the same areas of Europe departing from Atlanta, these prices were dirt cheap.

I had to make the most of these cheap flights…especially on a very slim, college student’s budget. I got the chance to visit places like Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Weisbaden, Germany for less than $100 roundtrip on easyJet and Ryanair, respectively. You couldn’t beat that! Although that was over eight years ago, and in an extremely different economic climate (Dirt cheap flights are now up to £5 on Ryanair…darn inflation) , there are still some affordable flights departing from the U.K. that can be found. Like Travelocity and Expedia here in the U.S, Directline UK is a cool search engine to use to find great flight deals from numerous budget airlines in the U.K.