Dublin-London-Dublin?

[kent_allard_jr]

Looking through the cost of travel for my June trip. I was thinking of taking a side-trip to London after the Ireland tour, but I came upon a small problem: Airfares from London are about $500 more than from Dublin! I'm wondering whether to take the rail/ferry back to Dublin, then fly back to NYC from there. That would be the cheap route -- I'd save about $400 that way -- but I don't welcome the 7-hour trip (assuming the schedules are reliable). Any advice?

(Normally this post would be friend-filtered, like most that discuss personal plans. I'll make this one public, though, to see if I get any info from people I haven't met, or friends without LJ.)

Comments

[mylescorcoran]

Ruthless competition in the budget airlines market has driven the prices way down for the well used routes. It's also worth noting that many of these really low price fares are limited availability, i.e. only a handful of seats on any particular flight. It's not a problem if you're booking well in advance.

I think it should be simple to get a Dublin-London-Dublin flight for well less than $100, let alone $500. Don't bother with the train/ferry. You won't save much money that way. Ryanair and Aer Lingus both do cheap flights from Dublin to London.

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip, and for a bit of reassurance on the airlines. I wish I could stop by Cork, but it doesn't sound like I'll be in the area; looks like the tour is east coast to west coast and back...

[mylescorcoran]

Glad to help. No worries about missing Cork. I imagine that your schedule is already pretty tight.