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Started by Ellistine in Ski Chatter - 39 Replies

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Tony_H
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posted May-2008

Tend to agree about the so called cheap airlines. Now that Ryanair and Easyjet are adding extras on for baggage etc, their flights are no longer what I would call low cost. Yes, you can still get the odd bargain if you travel light or are a business user, but I cant seem to get anywhere for under £100 return for what I would call a worthwhile trip.
I have even found Thomson or First Choice cheaper to a lot of destinations nowadays, if you book flights and hotels seperately.
For instance, 1 weeks in Skiathos in Sept, online package price £846 per person (yes, its a posh hotel). However, booking the same flights and the hotel seperately, it came out to £374 per person. That is a ridiculous saving, and just goes to show ot does pay to spend the time looking into things in more detail.

Mike from NS
reply to 'I name this boat....'
posted Jun-2008

ellistine,

Have you named your boat yet ??

I have a little story about a sailing boat which sailed from the UK to Nova Scotia in 1930. It was a ketch called "Seaplane". The story is that the owner, G.F.G. Plooard was planning a trip to the US to take part in a race from Boston to Halifax. He was in a pub talking up his plans and searching for a couple of crew mates. Anyway, he ended up in Bedford Basin which today can be seen in this web cam site:http://cam.artmosher.ca/ Maybe "Seaplane" may be a name to consider. There is more to the story which I'll send you via PM.

Mike :wink:
Age is but a number.

RossF
reply to 'I name this boat....'
posted Jun-2008

Bandit-budget airlines make their money in the peak times, and lose money in the off-season. Would regard just now as "off season" so wouldn't imagine them being full.

Bandit
reply to 'I name this boat....'
posted Jun-2008

Rossfra8 wrote:Bandit-budget airlines make their money in the peak times, and lose money in the off-season. Would regard just now as "off season" so wouldn't imagine them being full.


Been flying into Valencia on budget airlines for a number of years.Used to fly there on BA, but they pulled the service. Last year we started seeing empty seats on Thomsonfly, this year they pulled the service-coincidence, maybe. Now seeing empty seats on Easyjet.
Until last year, all the flights we used were pretty full.
It's not really a big touristy airport, so scheduled operators, should not have too many peaks and troughs.

Topic last updated on 05-June-2008 at 19:37