The New Way to Travel Europe
I’m researching a spring mini-trip right now, in the days preceding the magnapop spring tour, and am absolutely stunned at the prices you can get from RyanAir. 0.79 GBP to fly from London to Dublin! Say what? That’s cheaper than Taco Bell. A few years ago, we got RyanAir flights from Milan to Girona (Barcelona) for 40 EUR, which is obscene to begin with. I’m thinking now that this has got to have changed the way people travel Europe. Don’t get me wrong, crappy train rides are always a bohemian blast, but…
Let’s do an experiment. If I had to spend say a month there, starting in April, hmmm…let’s see:
London -> Girona (near Barcelona) = 1.79 GBP
Girona -> Rome = 29.99 EUR
Rome -> Brussels = 42.99 EUR
Brussels -> Dublin = 3.49 EUR
Dublin -> Glasgow = 0.99 EUR (!)
Glasgow -> Krakow = 19.99 EUR
Krakow -> London = 59.00 PLN (about 18.70 USD)
So in a month, you can hit all over Europe, 7 countries, for about 140 USD. There is tax on every ticket of about 15 USD, but still, that’s fucking amazing.
February 2nd, 2006 at 6:31 am
FYI, Ryan Air now flies direct from London (Stanstead) to Parma for 99 cents plus tax. Come and squeeze some cheese.
February 2nd, 2006 at 8:37 pm
Um, that’s 99 EURO cents, which is more than one dollar and 10 cents. Can’t afford it…
February 3rd, 2006 at 10:48 am
Tell you what, I’ll send you my Starbucks gift card, which I was unable to max out, and with the remaining $3.17 you can get a jug of coffee and tickets to Parma for you and your best lady friend.
February 3rd, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Deal. Starbucks is so awesome.