My wife and I will be traveling in Europe for three weeks from mid-April to mid-May. I have already got our round trip ticket to Amsterdam and lodging there, plus in Florence and Croatia. We're really looking forward to this. I have a couple questions that are probably easy for some of you experienced European travelers.
For our AMS-FLR-DBV-AMS flights I have found Skyscanner to do a pretty comprehensive job with reasonable fares compared to other sites. I have never used them before. Have others had experience with Skyscanner, and are there any better options?
It seems for some legs of our itinerary a one-way flight is about the same price as a round trip. Is there any way to book AMS-FLR-DBV-AMS all in one shot and get a better price than doing each leg separately? I haven't seen a way to do this on Skyscanner.
Thanks for any suggestions and ideas you can offer.
Ait tickets within Europe: AMS, FLR, DBV
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Skyscanner is just an online travel agent similar to Expedia. What airlines are they suggesting for AMS/FLR, etc.? There are a lot of budget airlines in Europe and round trip isn't always cheaper like US airlines. One way tickets can be quite cheap. Find the airlines that fly each of your legs and book directly with them.
I would have booked my original plane ticket into Amsterdam and home from either Dubrovnik or Florence. I wouldn't want to backtrack to Amsterdam.
www.whichbudget.com will give you flights also.
Both Skyscanner and Whichbudget put you in touch with the airlines' own websites as well as agencies. They connect with more Europe-based lines than such big international sites as Kayak, Orbitz, Cheapoair and so on. You can certainly run the combination you suggested through any of them, probably finding a certain amount of variation each time. Do the comparisons yourself. Like the previous poster, I always go for multi-city itineraries rather than flying into and out of the same gateway airport.
Thanks for your ideas. I'll check the airline sites and see what they offer, but expect it will be the same. Lufthansa, SwissAir, Croatia Airlines are some that come up. There are some budget airlines as well, including a Spanish one, but the layover times are ridiculous.
Many times I have booked flights to Asia, and it generally seems that the cheapest long flights are obtained by booking in and out of a gateway airport. So this is what I did for our Europe trip.
It looks like I'll end up using Skyscanner. They seem to have the best coverage for Europe-based lines. Thanks again, and I'm still happy to hear any other advice on this.