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Australia holiday with trailfinders

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  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,468 Forumite
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    Monkeykv wrote: »
    ....The flights I was looking at on skyscanner ranged from £5000-£6000!

    How much are they on the airline's website?
    Posts are not advice and must not be relied upon.
  • Ames
    Ames Posts: 18,459 Forumite
    Monkeykv wrote: »
    Thanks so much everyone. My gut is telling me to do it myself. But the itinerary from trailfinders seems perfect for me
    Albeit £9600 for the 4 of us.

    The flights I was looking at on skyscanner ranged from £5000-£6000!

    I think it's Momondo that tells you when the cheapest time to book flights is, it's usually about 60 days before flying.
    Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    Monkeykv wrote: »
    Thanks so much everyone. My gut is telling me to do it myself. But the itinerary from trailfinders seems perfect for me
    Albeit £9600 for the 4 of us.

    What are you getting for £9600?
  • Archergirl
    Archergirl Posts: 1,882 Forumite
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    Ames wrote: »
    I think it's Momondo that tells you when the cheapest time to book flights is, it's usually about 60 days before flying.

    Not if you are going to OZ over Christmas, get them booked ASAP. Book direct with the airline.
  • What are you getting for £9600?

    Flights to syndney, 7 nights in radisson blu, blue mountains trip, internal flight to Melbourne, 9 nights in apt in st kilda, penguin trip, then 4 days car hire and 3 night accommodation along great ocean road, and flight back to Glasgow.
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
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    Monkeykv wrote: »
    Flights to syndney, 7 nights in radisson blu, blue mountains trip, internal flight to Melbourne, 9 nights in apt in st kilda, penguin trip, then 4 days car hire and 3 night accommodation along great ocean road, and flight back to Glasgow.

    To be honest, for four of you, that doesn't seem such a bad deal.

    You could probably do it more cheaply DIY but it would depend on how much you value your time.
  • dawyldthing
    dawyldthing Posts: 3,438 Forumite
    I booked return flights but from dublin for £660 but the exchange rate was brillant. I booked it all myself but the exchange rates got worse for us got Oz now (I was getting 2.1 dollars to the pound in August 2015 when booking stuff, now it's 1.6 I think). Have a look on skyscanner for flights and trivago for hotels and see if it works out much different
    :T:T :beer: :beer::beer::beer: to the lil one :) :beer::beer::beer:
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