Holidays

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board ARCHIVE' started by Red-Taff., Sep 16, 2015.

Page 1 of 2
  1. Red

    Red-Taff. Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2011
    Messages:
    5,373
    Likes Received:
    3,515
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Planning a holiday in Spain at the end of the month - if I leave boking until the last minute will I get a better deal and where is the best place to book these hopefully 'cheap' holidays - on line - which site(s) or travel agent?
    thanks.
     
    Red-Taff., Sep 16, 2015
    #1
  2. Jack Tatty

    Jack Tatty Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2011
    Messages:
    21,880
    Likes Received:
    15,657
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Stanley,Wakefield
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    teletext.
     
    Jack Tatty, Sep 17, 2015
    #2
  3. Mon

    MonkBrettontyke New Member

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2015
    Messages:
    620
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Does anyone know if price of flights drop once they gone up
    Looked at a flight last week and it's since gone up today. Is there a tendency for them to drop back down again
     
    MonkBrettontyke, Sep 17, 2015
    #3
  4. Cur

    Currie&cooper Active Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2013
    Messages:
    299
    Likes Received:
    60
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Occupation:
    Steelworker
    Location:
    Monk bretton
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    If the flight looks as though it will not be full they may come down again , try Ryanair from East Midlands airport ( seems the cheapest place to fly from )then go to Alpharooms website for a hotel easy website to navigate and some amazing deals . Just booked a week in Albuferia beginning of October flights £110 return and a hotel through Alpharooms £55 ( 3 star self-catering ) a week abroad for less than £170 can't beat it.
     
    Currie&cooper, Sep 17, 2015
    #4
  5. Sup

    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 12, 2005
    Messages:
    56,263
    Likes Received:
    30,545
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Booked it. Packed it. ****** off!
     
    SuperTyke, Sep 17, 2015
    #5
  6. Sea

    Seattle_Red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 14, 2015
    Messages:
    713
    Likes Received:
    340
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I booked a flights-only holiday recently. I kept an eye on the prices for a couple of months but was waiting for my credit card deadline to pass so I'd get an extra month to pay it off. As it happened the prices dropped right on cue as flights that hadn't been available before suddenly came online. Prices fell as supply increased and I was lucky.

    I used www.booking.com. If you're prepared to be flexible with dates and times as well as airports then you can just be patient. If you're going in the next week or two though you may not have the choice. But try travel agents as well as websites as they may have special offers on.
     
    Seattle_Red, Sep 17, 2015
    #6
  7. Pon

    Pontered Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Nov 24, 2006
    Messages:
    1,157
    Likes Received:
    792
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Cawood
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I always book everything separately.
    Book the flights first. You'll find if you book 7 or 14 days the return flight will be mega expensive.
    Go for an odd number of days ie 6 8 9 etc
    Then book your accommodation separately to match the flights.
    I do this every year.
    I stayed 10 days in a 3 bed villa in Lanzarote including flights for 3 adults £1400.

    The travel agents wanted between £1900 to £2200!!
     
    Pontered, Sep 17, 2015
    #7
  8. Sta

    Stahlrost Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 13, 2006
    Messages:
    21,331
    Likes Received:
    13,512
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    None
    Location:
    Dodworth
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    If I were you I'd steer clear of flights which "drop back down".
     
    Stahlrost, Sep 17, 2015
    #8
  9. pompey_red

    pompey_red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 27, 2005
    Messages:
    13,721
    Likes Received:
    9,836
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Fareham
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    icelolly.com seemed the cheapest of the websites for me.

    they just give you a minimum price mind and then you have to call a travel operator, who usually bumps up the price a few quid for extras! still was far cheaper than any of the main online companies
     
    pompey_red, Sep 17, 2015
    #9
  10. Gol

    Goldthorpe-Red Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2012
    Messages:
    4,600
    Likes Received:
    4,591
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Courier at DPD group UK.
    Location:
    The City of Darfield.
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Suppose it depends, we fancied a last minute get away to tenerife so we searched on just about every website and travel agents we could find and the cheapest price we got was a Norwiegen Air flight which made 4 stops before we would land in Tenerife and the cost of the flight was 4 grand. Believe it or not most flights happened to be booked up this time of year.

    Weve ended up booking 4 weeks in Tenerife in January now in the 5 star sandos san blas which we go to every year and its cost us just over 550 quid per person which we are obviously over the moon with considering we payed over £1100 per person to go there for 10 days in the summer just gone.
     
    Goldthorpe-Red, Sep 17, 2015
    #10
  11. Marc

    Marc Administrator Staff Member Admin

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2012
    Messages:
    28,803
    Likes Received:
    24,270
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    i need to book a taxi on friday. can anybody tell me the place place to book a taxi please? i also need to get on a train, do the shopping and find my way to the end of the street.

    any help welcome.
     
    Marc, Sep 17, 2015
    #11
  12. Sta

    Stahlrost Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 13, 2006
    Messages:
    21,331
    Likes Received:
    13,512
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    None
    Location:
    Dodworth
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley Dark
    Do you live on a cul-de-sac? If so, the end of the street should be fairly easy to recognise.

    If not, you need to be careful in case you go to the wrong end, which could (if your street is very long) result in significant wasted energy.
     
    Stahlrost, Sep 17, 2015
    #12
  13. RichK

    RichK Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 24, 2007
    Messages:
    30,247
    Likes Received:
    3,761
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley
    I'd try the shops for your shopping.

    Hth.
     
    RichK, Sep 17, 2015
    #13
  14. Cur

    Currie&cooper Active Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2013
    Messages:
    299
    Likes Received:
    60
    Trophy Points:
    28
    Occupation:
    Steelworker
    Location:
    Monk bretton
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Try Travel Republic always decently priced and never let me down once , easy to book aswell.
     
    Currie&cooper, Sep 17, 2015
    #14
  15. lee

    lee_barnsley New Member

    Joined:
    Oct 20, 2009
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    Flights - Via Skyscanner
    Accomodation - Travel Republic (Always look for voucher codes)
    Transfers - Hoppa (Always look for voucher codes)

    Book in that order.
     
    lee_barnsley, Sep 17, 2015
    #15
  16. RichK

    RichK Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Feb 24, 2007
    Messages:
    30,247
    Likes Received:
    3,761
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Style:
    Barnsley
    I've given it some thought and you may like to consider the train station for the train.

    Must get some work done now.
     
    RichK, Sep 17, 2015
    #16
  17. Wayne

    Wayne Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 13, 2005
    Messages:
    6,588
    Likes Received:
    282
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Location:
    Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Home Page:
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Am in Spain nar till tommorow, we always book flights only and book hotel through their own website.

    Weather is good right now, 27/28c
     
    Wayne, Sep 17, 2015
    #17
  18. JamDrop

    JamDrop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 30, 2013
    Messages:
    19,053
    Likes Received:
    20,297
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Leeds
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    Try deleting your cookies/searching in a different browser. Travel websites put their prices up for people returning to their website as they reckon they've got you hooked and as you've come back, you're going to buy. (My husband makes travel websites).
     
    JamDrop, Sep 17, 2015
    #18
  19. JamDrop

    JamDrop Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 30, 2013
    Messages:
    19,053
    Likes Received:
    20,297
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Leeds
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    I always book through Expedia and click through quidco first. As someone said above, try odd numbers of nights. Also, avoid certain days. I helpfully can't remember which ones right now but just clicking it and checking days either side will show you straight away. A Saturday for example was £300 each more expensive on flights to Florida than flying on the Tuesday. I can't remember the exact days but there are about 3 days (some midweek) to avoid unless you are desperate to fly on those days.

    Hubby and I have been to Hawaii and Florida (twice) in the last 2 years and each time we've paid around £1800 which included 11 nights in a 4 star hotel, flights and transfers for both of us. None of the holidays were direct flights though (2 transfers each time), but that saved us literally thousands of pounds. Each time booked through Expedia and as we clicked though quidco we then got 10% back in cashback (they generally do quite good America cashback deals for Expedia) and 1000 nectar points.
     
    JamDrop, Sep 17, 2015
    #19
  20. kir

    kirkhamtyke Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2005
    Messages:
    2,161
    Likes Received:
    1,369
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Kirkham (Between Preston and Blackpool)
    Style:
    Barnsley (full width)
    kirkhamtyke, Sep 18, 2015
    #20
Page 1 of 2

Share This Page