Flying overseas to Europe usually means paying a high cost for your airfare. However, with just a little planning and perseverance, a person should be able to travel to any of the towns in Europe inexpensively.
Just take a look at the following list of hints:
Follow this method to make the best decision. First, attain in whatever way you see fit, from whoever you see fit, be it neighbors, friends or enemies, three yellow page phone books. Then, go to your local sporting goods store. Pick out your choices of rigs, stuff the phone books inside, adjust for your comfort and walk around. This next step might make the store clerks nervous, but break out into a run, to get a good feel for it.
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3. Don?t use first class and business seats. What you want to do is get to Europe the cheapest way you can. First Class and business sets might cost two times more than coach. You shouldn?t worry about whether or not people will look down on you for sitting in the back of the aircraft. What the heck, you still will get there at the exact time and arrive in the exact place as those who paid a higher cost.
4. Plan your trip during the off-season. Within that time of year, the cost of a plane ticket is cheaper. Airfare prices to Europe are lowest in the winter. However, be ready in case of a heavy snowstorm.
5. Trains and buses. These may add hours, days, or even weeks to your travel time. Yet, if money is the main concern these would not hurt to consider. Landing near a train station or long bus route to take to your final destination, a plus is the scenery in between.
6. Make sure to figure out the slow days. Most of the time there are fewer travelers on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Take advantage of that fact and plan your European vacation for less money. Besides, there isn?t a difference if you get there on a Sunday or a Tuesday, is there?
7. Go home on slow days. Taking arrival days a step further, you can save even more on the travel expense if you plan to leave for home on Tuesday or Thursday (slow days).
8. Reservations should always be made as far ahead as possible. Except for choosing your seat, you can book cheap plane tickets two to three weeks before the plane is scheduled to leave.
9. Buy round trip tickets because it costs less than one-way seats.
10. Be aggressive and ask if there are lower rates. Most of the time all you have to do is ask, and there may be a lower fare. You never know until you try it.
These chants were developed originally by the little known, Oh-My-Back Monks, or the ?OMB? Monks of Southeast Asia, who would travel to far off cities, only to turn around half way and return home, to then travel the full way to said city.
Religious experts opined as to the deep metaphysical meaning of such trips. They were later embarrassed when the monks revealed the back and forth nature of the trips was due to forgetting something, often as small as whether or not they had turned off the iron. Joking aside, these have become the guiding light of experienced backpackers.
And if you have the courage, you might consider these tips:
1. Find people who changed their mind at the last minute and buy their tickets at a bargain price. The only problem is that your passport must match the ticket name, solve this either through a ticket agent or matching names.
2. Try seeing if there are any disabled passengers on the plane and see if they want some help. In exchange, they might offer to pay part of your ticket costs.
The above hints will unquestionably help you get to Europe. While some may seem a bit crazy for your tastes, just using one of the possible ideas should be sufficient.
Author Resource:
Graham McKenzie is the content coordinator for the leading UK Flight Comparison website, which offers detailed information on Booking a Flight in the UK .
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