Cheap Travel Europe Late Fall Snapshot

Hello! Thought I would give a quick snapshop of late Fall and Early Winter Cheap Travel to Europe.

I don't see any offers that I can't pass up right now.

Yes, Virgin Atlantic came up advertising some "cheap travel" but the taxes and exchange rate from dollar to pound right now are apparently not helping and I got rates of over $600 USD between London and New York! They are advertising for about $250, but when you read it, that's one way (I know, I know, it's called marketing). Made me look.

The fares look more friendly in the Spring. I found rates between Chicago and Vienna (right into the heart of Europe!) for $617 on United Tuesday to Tuesday. Spring break anyone? This is cheap travel into Central Europe, especially when you consider that Aer Lingus from Chicago to Dublin for those dates is $567, which makes it seem like a flight from UK to the mainland for just $50!!

These rising rates may push more people to start using their credit cards to rack up frequent flier miles and try to get free tickets! Remember when the fuel prices were so high and air fares went up? Well, oil went back down a bit but the airfares haven't. =)

Oppression - Restricted Experiences. Then Usual Gender activities

Oppression

Slovakia.

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We found fine, warm people, but

• Photo inside a supermarket.  We were not allowed even to take a picture inside the supermarket to show back home how alike theirs are to ours.  No! Arms waving. Stop.  And 
• Sex Trafficking, Farm. out in the country, across the border about half an hour from Hungary, Sign, in English, Sex Farm. A paved road, but a farmland-unsettled area, flat in all directions, some hedgerows, little woods, and a dirt road going off to the left. Nowhere to run. Arrow pointing the way off-road. And the road just went on and on until it disappeared. No getting away from there.  And guess the nationality of the clientele. We did not stop. 
• Otherwise great stay. But there are watchers.

Usual gender activities:

On the more predictable, moneymaking side:

 Passed this little red house need the border from Switzerland to Liechtenstein. Sign for the activities inside in general.

The Red House, Switzerland

• Overnight at a "zimmer" (rooms above a pub, main road) for a room, between Vienna and Bratislava. Had supper, went upstairs, then saw that the room had no curtains, bathroom no door. Just turn off the lights and sleep. Slow night. Good food, friendly people but the function rooms are clearly that. No curtains, and the parking lot below? 

Woman Sass. Equal Opportunity, Gender Equality, Gender Parity, Sass

Woman's armor, Chillon Castle, Switzerland (second from left.

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Woman's armor (left) Thun Castle Museum, Switzerland

The life after the wedding.  She works, he writes. Mariaplain Convent, Salzburg, Austria

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Woman in britches, sass finger signal, Sonderborg Castle furnishing, DK

Woman sass. Body language, hand and finger gestures: two fingers up can mean rudity crudity, see http://www.simplybodylanguage.com/finger-gesture.html.

 

Traffic control

Traffic opportunities, issues.

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 Ultimate Off-Road. San Bernardino Pass, Alps, Switzerland side (no injuries).

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Napoleon crossed the Alps here and also had problems. Here, the motorcycle won. The Grand San Bernardino Pass.

Traffic-calming on a budget, Thal, Austria 

Just put out some square planters in the road, add pretty flowers, and make the cars go around; or stop for each other. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger's home town. The idea actually works. Economical, effective, pulchritudinous.
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Here is Poland, telling you to slow down:

Poland. Budget-friendly speed non-trap

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Here is Switzerland, telling you to slow down.

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Switzerland. Budget-friendly speed non-trap.

That fake one aimed at the bikers, at an Altdorf repair shop.

A Fall Breakthrough for those seeking Cheap Travel to Europe

Are prices to Europe FALLing this Autumn? Perhaps.

Greetings, fellow travelers and bargain hunters! A little Saturday morning stroll through the airfares presents a nice opportunity I thought I would pass on.

Looking first of all for a one of our Gateway Cities, I decided on Chicago. My in-laws live there (and I like them, so that's a positive thing, not a negative one!) and can drop me off.

Arrival city: One of my faves since Ryanair will be waiting on the other side to get me to most of Europe: Dublin.

So Chicago to Dublin.

November 11-21st on Delta, there are flights (through NYC) for a very reasonable price of (drumroll):

Total airfare, taxes and fees: $ 570.30

This one is on Delta and got it on Orbitz (no I'm still not getting any love from them for sharing this). Delta might do it directly on their website, too. Didn't check (it's Saturday!)

Now go find yours!

Note added September 26. Several airlines have joined the fray. Just saw ORD-DUB for $560 with taxes on US Airways!! Dates were Nov. 10-18, which might account for the price difference. Still, not bad!

Weekend Getaway September 2010 Cheap Travel in Europe

The seasons for cheap travel to Europe are quickly approaching. OK. Actually, they are HERE. That's right. Any season except summer is a good time to find cheap travel to Europe



So I am looking for a couple good weekend getaways. I would like to go for around 100 EURO roundtrip... Assuming I'm already in Europe.

The first one to catch my eye is Easy Jet between London and Split Croatia. My dates are September 23-26, 2010. The price with Luggage is 224 EURO and it's in and out of Gatwick, which is preferable anyway. Still a little bit too much of the money.

Let's see. .cheap travel to Europe is what I am looking for. Aren't you?

BUT if you are willing to go RyanAir and go out of Stansted (which might be difficult), AND go to Zadar instead of Split (somehow I've got Croatia on my mind), you can go for just 110 GBP. If you are doing the roundtrip from Zadar to London during our dates (actually they don't fly Tues and Thurs, so 24th-26th). Interesting if I were already in Zadar and just wanted to go to London for the weekend, the price is only 95 EUROs. They are making more off the British!

I'm not that satisfied with these... are you?

Check back for cheaper deals.

Cheapest flights from the midwest to Europe

So I just looked up cheapest flights from Chicago this fall. I am not satisfied with what I found to the mainland. Not satisfied. Germany is coming in around $700 with all the taxes. Some flights start at $308 but add the taxes/fees and their more than the ones that start around $450! Buyer beware!

Finding cheap travel to Europe won't be easy right now.

But my old standby, Dublin, is also close to 700 at 687 USD. SO I guess the prices are just not really cheap right now. So... depending where you're going... go into the mainland. Or better yet, wait for some better prices! "Fall"ing prices hopefully soon this autumn!