Clearwater/ St Pete's Florida or other... august.. for me mother and I!

db21111

So my mom wants to take a trip with me.. .it's been absolutely years!

She's currently fixated on going to St Pete's/Clearwater area of Florida as I mentioned it earlier.

Problem is it seems super expensive so I thought I'd see what forum knowledge brings up:

2 people, 2 rooms
Aug 20-30 2012 (10nts, flexible!)
Ideally BHX, if not MAN/LHR etc

Don't mind car hire, love near the beach! Seems to be over a grand each so far. Maybe that's what we are dealing with :S

Thanks!

vegasvisitor

We stayed in St Pete's a couple of years ago, only for about 3 nights though. We stayed at the Tradewinds Island Grand - got it on Priceline or Hotwire, although they also charge a resort fee.

I'm not surprised the prices are high though, flights are expensive this year.

Alan_Bowen

£1000 to book now is very good, fares to Florida are very high, don't limit yourself to local departures because there is no real competition for United Airlines on those routes, which all involve changing plans in New York anyway. The nearest airport would be Tampa, only BA fly directly there from the UK, otherwise you either drive from Orlando or change planes along the way. BA direct to Tampa is just under £1000 each, United have flights via Washington from London for under £600 but the journey is much longer

maemaesmummy

Flights are scarily high for the summer and are getting higher and higher..the flights we paid £4100 for are now nearly £17k....yes £17k!