Flights To Florida
Thinking a Flight to Florida just isn’t on the cards this year? Think again.
The current economic climate may have us all keeping an extra eye on the budget, but businesses are in exactly the same position with constant thought of tight budget control and sales maximisation and non more so than the airline companies.
Despite oil prices dropping, consumer confidence is low, so airlines are keener than ever for our custom.
There are great deals to be had but you just have to find them, with the internet being your best friend, it is the prepared traveller who is the one who will get the best bargains.
First step is to go online and check the airline sites for the deals, being flexible with your requirement will pay the greatest dividends.
Consider schedule flights as well as charter flights, surprising these can some times be more cost effective.
Consider non direct routes, connections may involve a little sitting around but can save you many £’s/$’s. The added benefit of a non direct route is that you can stop over a couple of days at your connecting airport and have a multi centre vacation, this is especially possible when following on to a villa with flexible start dates and duration of stays. With so many villas to chose from Its easy to search for a villa meeting your exact requirements.
If you can, be date flexible, a day earlier or day later than your planned outward or return date can save you £’s/$’s and the internet makes it so easy to identify these differences.
Your departure airport can save you £’s/$’s, for example if leaving the UK, flights in August are generally cheaper from Glasgow Scotland than from England. This is because children have returned to school in Scotland and it is therefore no longer peak season.
Fly drives don’t always work out cheaper than booking a flight and car separately, check it out. For car rentals check in advance what is exactly in the package, and check the rates of the car rental companies. From personal experience we once rented via the web a car from “Thirfty” which is part the Dollar Car Rental, as the rate was much cheaper than the “Dollar” website, only to collect the car from the same “Dollar” car compound!
Your arrival airport can also impact on flight price; try alternatives arrival airports such as Sanford International, Orlando International, Tampa International or even Miami International. With villas throughout Florida you are bound to be able to find accommodation near your desired location and airport. Tampa is also only around 1 hours drive back to the Disney area – this is about the same distance as Sanford airport to the main villa areas around Disney.
Don’t get caught out with excess luggage charges read the ticket small print and get yourself a set of luggage scales so that you can be confident when you check your baggage in at the airport that you won’t have to pay excess fees.
Finally as with any online transaction check out the cash back opportunities- Quidco is my personal favourite. At the time of writing this article via the Quidco site for example Expedia were offering 1% back for flight sales and Virgin Atlantic 3%. Other great cash back deals can be had on airport parking, car rentals, airport hotels etc and don’t forget to put it on a cash back credit card as well!
So you can save some money with a little investigation and planning, enjoy your vacation.
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