So, the million dollar question right now is whether or not to book that deal that you are looking at for cheap travel to Europe. One opinion I read yesterday on Yahoo says you have plenty of time as none of the airlines are really doing great. They said that as the economy continues to slump, they will get more and more desperate and will drop their prices lower. I have several people looking for tickets now and I tend to agree. If you haven't already booked for cheap travel to Europe between June 15 and August 15, you are probably looking at flights that don't have bargain seats left and your best deal may materialize in the coming months. Is it a gamble? Yes. So if you have to take the trip and can't sleep until you have your ticket in hand (or in your email inbox in the case of an e-ticket), go ahead and jump. The best policy is to keep looking for cheap travel to Europe at consistent intervals. You may hit it right on in a couple weeks from now. Or maybe a couple months, or even a last-minute special.
If you do, here are a couple hot suggestions: Delta has Ireland on sale with some crazy cheap fares to Shannon (Cleveland $415 including taxes, SFrancisco $515 also including tax!). Once you get there, you can get all over from Dublin on Ryanair.com (no I'm not getting any kickback from them--yet!) smile.
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Otherwise, wait. The airlines are going to get more desperate, I'm afraid. But that will mean lower prices hopefully. Have they dropped the fuel charges since oil went way back down?? Just curious.
By the way, I don't know if you saw the news that Ryanair (of which I am a big fan), one of the great pioneers of cheap flights in Europe may start charging for the bathroom (or "one pound for the toilet, please" if you're British). I don't know if it's true or legal or whatever, but it sure is an ingenious idea to get more publicity for free. The "low cost" European airline will be in the heading of most of the stories and I noticed it on my news home-page yesterday. Cheap travel in Europe is alive and well thanks to this kind of ingeniuty. They also make money off the ads on their web-site, which they sell to hotel and car-rental type places and even now has a partnership to book camp sites in Europe. That's just a fun little freebie.
Happy travels!
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