End of the month Amsterdam trip - cheapest commute

lazymoezy

Good evening everyone,

I am looking to go Amsterdam on the 31st Aug until 3rd or 4th sept. There's a total of 4 for this trip including me. Flights are roughly £80 return from Gatwick, London per person.

We dont mind coach or train but prices seem either the same as a flight or even more expensive. I have used flight checker and a few other search methods and seem to find that taking plane is cheaper.

Are there any deals of special offers we could advantage of that I may not know of?

Coach is around £50 per person but that means a day lost in travel, so, an extra night to make up for it equal the same.

Any help would be gladly appreciated.

Regards,

MkR

photome

£80 isnt a lot but it may go up if you dont book it soon

Caz3121

Do you have a stash of tesco vouchers? currently £25 in vouchers would give you 9,000 avios then you pay £27 fee for a return to AMS with BA

martindow

Another option is train and boat. There are cheap Harwich - Hook of Holland ferry tickets with train travel at both ends included

http://www.seat61.com/Netherlands.htm

peachyprice

Or Nectar points, you can use the as full or part payment on Easyjet flights.

Obviously_the_best

If you can fly from Southend with hand baggage only you can have flights for all four of you for £233.16

http://soc.li/QO3g7HU

or

http://soc.li/mlBV09B

lazymoezy

Thanks for your replies. Ferry works out at £89 per person, totally not worth it!

Southend route is something which I am considering, but the ticket for rail from London to Southend for 4 would equal the same as getting a flight from heathrow.

Around £80 is ok for flights, its accomodation thats getting me crazy, so, expensive!

hostels are charging similar prices to apartments!

Obviously_the_best

https://www.ryanairhotels.com is reasonably priced for city hotels.

photome

Have you tried booking.com for hotels, but amsterdam is not a cheap place to stay if you want any kind of comfort

Obviously_the_best

If you were worried about train fare, you can have these flights (http://soc.li/efOQ3hd) for £206 the all three people can go on the train from City Thameslink to Luton airport parkway for £25 on a GroupSave ticket.

callum9999

Obviously_the_best wrote: »

If you were worried about train fare, you can have these flights (http://soc.li/efOQ3hd) for £272 the all three people can go on the train from City Thameslink to Luton airport parkway for £25 on a GroupSave ticket.

I'm confused how getting a train up to Luton for flights that are £90 each is better than going to Gatwick for £80! Unless they got the Gatwick price wrong (which sounds likely come to think of it, otherwise you would have found it doing your search!).