flights in Feb half term holidays

hi there

I am trying to work out my budget and wondered if anyone had a rough idea of how much a flight would cost in the Feb school holidays from Manchester to either Salzburg, Innsbruk or Munich and also transfers to the resort?

The cheapest one i have found is about £275 each. is this expensive? or is that what you would expect to pay? I am hoping to fly with easyjet so I am hoping to get them for less? does anyone have a ballpark figure?

many thanks
Karen

How about £221.98 pp Feb 16th 2009 to 23rd Feb.
Thomsonfly Manchester to salzburg.

Courtesy of supermarket.com



AJ Adele

As I mentioned on your other thread, Easyjet only offer flights about 5 months ahead, so you won't be able to address this until Septemberish.

This will be further complicated by the fuel situation, and my guess is that even Easyjet will not know the price just yet.

You could get say three choices of accomodation, that meet all your criteria. At the end of August, re-contact and check availability. When the Easyjet flights appear, telephone the accomodations and check on availability, book your flights, book the accomodation.

Re the cost, have you checked the Newcastle Ferry routes/cost? Count on 10 hours drive from the coastal ports to Niederau, (two drivers) You can play "I spy" in several different languages.

thanks Dave. I dont think I would even factor in getting the Ferry. Far too long a journey. I am in a quandry now. as it is June and my options for accomodation are extremly limited, if I wait until the easyjet flights come up the accomodation could be gone. I was considering booking the accomodateion without the flights and just hoping for the best.

Be careful about the order you do things. If you have flights, then most times you can book somewhere. I do agree that the ferry/drive is a lengthy journey, but it can be done.

Certainly, do not get yourself into a tizz, stay cool. Just keep your enquiries moving, and stay objective.

Have you talked to the schools, is keeping the kids out of school for a week a possibility?

Re the Oberau thing, you could stay at Oberau, 3km from Niederau, and catch the skibus each day to Niederau. You just have to be better organised. But I think that you could more easily find somewhere to stay at the edge of Niederau.

You should perhaps use multimap or google and get familiar with Niederau's layout.

its funny you should mention the ferrys because just as i sent my last reply I mentioned to hubby about driving and getting the ferry and he said he would do that. so that means i can book the accom and plan on getting the ferry but in the meantime when the easyjet flights come out and they are cheaper, then we can fly.

Do we need to buy anything like snow chains for the car? are there any specific requirements? I am just pricing the ferry from newcastle to amsterdam now.

Karen

OK, ferries, think through the logistics. Think about timing, when do you all sleep. Is the ferry an overnight and can the main driver sleep?

We have driven from Scotland to Niederau, with the view that we drive and sleep, as required. That is a bit different with younger ones.

You might check the ferry cancellation policy. Can you book and cancel at no/low cost?

Snow chains. There are laws in Austria and some other alpine countries, that if you go into mountain areas, you must have snow tyres or be carrying snow chains. You might check the AA website for the precise wording. You can hire snow chains in the Uk or abroad.

When you enter the Austrian motorway system, you are required to buy a vignette, £12-ish for 10 days. It is possible to drive through on standard roads without too much hassle.

You should also check the other requirements such as carrying yellow vests and first aid kits.

You will have insurance and breakdown costs.

i have had a quick price check and to go from newcastle to amsterdam is £550 return. It is an overnight ferry leaving at 6pm getting in at 9.30am.

I will check the cancellation policy because i need to book now as it is I cant get a 2 birth and 3 birth for return journey but i am going to check other ferrys, only really looked at dfds.

I would hazard a bet that you could do Niederau on a package for less than all this.