News, Tipps und Hinweise fuer guenstigen Fluegen und Urlaubreisen

Can you recommend a cheap flight to Amsterdam from Italy (Rome-Pisa-Florence)?

I live in Florence, but I can take a train to Pisa or Rome.
I found at KLM for 168 euros, still expensive. The dates are January 10/2008 to 13/2008.

This is a good site for identifying budget airlines that fly between a given pair of cities. http://www.whichbudget.com/

Your best bet right now is to take Ryanair from Pisa to Eindhoven and catch the traqin into Amsterdam. On your dates the fares including taxes and fees come to 62.57 euro round trip. http://www.bookryanair.com/skylights/cgi-bin/skylights.cgi

I go to Amsterdam frequently and use Transavia from Verona, Bergamo, or Treviso depending on which has the best deal. About a month ago, I flew from Bergamo for 90 euro round trip. Obviously, it’s usually better to book as early as possible to get the best deals. http://www.transavia.com/en

The cheapest option on your dates is from Milan Orio del Serio (ie, Bergamo) – there are two flights per day between Bergamo and Amsterdam for 133.56 euro. Even with the train tickets, the Ryan air flight will be somewhat cheaper.

landing in florence a319 alitala from rome (fco)

where can i get a cheap flight from amsterdam to edinburgh return?

out on 29 june back on 2 july 2006

hi, you might google your answer(just enter “cheao flight Amsterdam to Edinburgh).,.. I ve traveled from BUdapest to Amst. for 60 EUros,return ticket, taxes included, via Skyeurope..

SKyeuope does not fly TO Edinburgh, but Rayan air should be flying.. All you need is to buy ticket 3-4 motnhs earlier, since that it is cheap./.. if you buy it a month ahead it will be more expencive… the closer the date of flying the price goes up… THats the policy…
And surely you need e-card to pay (master,visa whatever,,)

good luck.

Flight from Edinburgh to Amsterdam

What is the cheapest way to see europe?

I am planning a 30 day trip to europe with 2 or 3 of my buddies for next summer (2010). I have been looking at prices and destinations for a couple of months and have the total to be between $2,500 and $3,000 per person.
Airfare from Houston IAH to Amsterdam- Roundtrip between $600 and 1,000.
I am planning on finding an apartment for rent for around $400 to 700
Eurail passes $600-$700
and food/ spending money 1,200
Is there anything I can do to make it cheaper?
Also we plan on visiting spain, france, germany, italy, possibly greece and the eastern countries. Is that too much for a 30 day trip or should we concentrate on one or two countries? (Eurail Global pass allows for travel via train in the EU for 21 days)

Some of the links here might be helpful for your trip.

http://travelsimplicity.blogspot.com/2009/03/traveling-to-spain.html

I used them all in planning trips to Hungary and Spain and posted them here so I don’t have to keep searching for my useful sites. There is also a decent post there on packing methods. You don’t want to break your neck overpacking. I have seen so many people with GIANT packs, miserable, in train stations.

Make sure you check out the Seat61 site linked from the page–it was a great deal of help when planning my train routes. I would compare the value of a eurail ticket vs. buying the train tickets separately. Often times it comes out much cheaper. It’s very easy to buy tickets at train stations in Europe–there is sometimes a higher cost associated with prebooking, it all depends. Usually we would arrive in a train station and simply head to the booking office to book our next leg of the trip.

You definitely want to do a little planning–but allow yourself some room for spontenaity. You may get somewhere and hate it, or you might love it and want to spend more time there. Someone gave me this advice “don’t plan as if you will never be back.”

Often it’s covering the little things that make a difference–for instance, do a little research on how to use each city’s metro system, how to get from the train station to your hotel, what are the customs of the country, how much should you tip, etc. Many times you can work this out on google (and google maps) without having to pay the extra money for maps, guides, etc. One Western European guidebook (I like Lonely Planet) is enough weight to carry on your trip, but make sure to check out another guide at your local library simply to compare.

I wouldn’t spend any less than 4-5 days in any given country. I recently spent 10 days in Madrid/Barcelona and still had stuff left to do. If I had 30 days, I’d probably shoot for 4 countries AT MOST. (that is if you want to do a quick run through of europe, as opposed to something more leisurely) Spain/France/Germany/Italy would be a packed trip. There is so much to see and do in those countries that you wouldn’t feel cheated.

Definitely check out a Lonely Planet guide (online you can buy individual pdfs for regions/citis rather than entire books) and look up blogs of English speakers who live in the cities you will be visiting. We found a few blogs that pointed us to CHEAP restaurants like El Tigre in Madrid (a huge plate of tapas if you buy a beer–around 1.80 Euros). You will be suprised how cheap you can get by for if you do a little digging.