low coast holiday destinations - info?

u751904 · 2 June 2012 at 10:05AM

I am changing my tactic for overseas holiday I am finding the traditional package outside my budget now. So I am hoping to beat the costs by booking low coast carriers and hostels. Hopefully picking hostels where they have a family atmosphere. HAs anyone done this? So I've ordered a budget guide to europe / med and consulting back packing guides. I was hoping to find a guide to budget airline destinations but can't see a recent publication. Any advice on planning, destinations, doing it cheap with a six year old on tow etc.. thank you

gibson123 · 2 June 2012 at 10:09AM

Think of a destination you would like to go to and then find an ex-pat forum , ex-pats are always posting about bargain flights etc. these forums also often attract holiday home owners who may rent their home out cheaply.

Voyager2002 · 2 June 2012 at 10:33AM

Rather to my surprise, the guides to destinations on the Ryanair site are actually pretty good.

Anyway, please be aware that what you end up paying to fly on a "no-frills" airline can often be the same or more than for a "full-service" carrier. I suggest that you use the tools available through this site (such as Sky Scanner) to see what cheap flights are available, and then investigate the destinations until you find somewhere you like.

111KAB · 2 June 2012 at 10:51AM

Worth looking at what your money will buy you in each country - from memory typical shopping basket in Portugal was cheapest euro country last year ~ this year it is Spain. In my experience Spain so much cheaper than say France. Gibson123 also spot on ~ my local forum has plenty of apartments etc to let where the owners just don't want to pay excessive fees to letting agents/cleaners etc. Start with your flights, then the resort and add in your transfers ~ easy peasy.

u751904 · 2 June 2012 at 11:41AM

111KAB wrote: »

Worth looking at what your money will buy you in each country - from memory typical shopping basket in Portugal was cheapest euro country last year ~ this year it is Spain. In my experience Spain so much cheaper than say France. Gibson123 also spot on ~ my local forum has plenty of apartments etc to let where the owners just don't want to pay excessive fees to letting agents/cleaners etc. Start with your flights, then the resort and add in your transfers ~ easy peasy.

good suggestion... how do you find this out though?

111KAB · 2 June 2012 at 2:25PM

Just Google for shopping basket e.g.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/holidays/article-1725136/Majorca-choice-budget-holiday.html

If you mean how do you find out about local forum then ask on here once you know the area/resort. For example the above article refers to Majorca/Mallorca being the cheapest in Europe (which personally I doubt) ~ plenty of local forums for Pollensa/Alcudia/Palma Nova etc if you search.

mcfisco · 2 June 2012 at 3:11PM

Find places that are easily accessible via public transport from the airport

ie - Costa del Sol
There's a train that leaves [every 20 mins] from just outside the arrivals hall at Malaga airport and goes all the way down as far as Fuengirola
It's new and clean and costs about €2, the ticket machines even have English instructions/menus
https://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/cercanias/malaga/index.html

callum9999 · 2 June 2012 at 6:29PM

My tactic is kind of the opposite to yours. I go onto Ryanair's website and find out where their sales flights go to at the time I want to travel then look up destination guides etc. and choose some.

That way I've found places that had never occurred to me before that make great holidays, but for only a few pounds.

u751904 · 2 June 2012 at 7:03PM

I think someone should write a guide ! good tips thank you.

low coast holiday destinations - info?

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