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

[(Anonymous)]

Here's an idea, Matt,

Fly out of Paris. It's fairly inexpensive to take the Chunnel from London to the Continent, and I seem to recall air-fairs are often cheaper. You could spend two or three days in the eternal city, and then just fly back home from there.

It may also be a little cheaper even to spend a few nights in France. The last time I travelled overseas, I recalled it was *much* cheaper to find rooms in Paris than London, and it was more fun to wander at night along the Seine, visiting bars, chatting up fellow travellers, etc.

::Brian::

[arcane-the-sage.livejournal.com]

Not sure if you checked out this airline yet, but I had a decent experience last time I flew with them. I found leg space a little cramped, but then again I have a lot more mass than you do. Check it out.

http://www.aerlingus.com/cgi-bin/obel01im1/index.jsp