have loads of Florida flights been chopped?
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at the insistence of the 'kids' (daughter 30 & her husband) I've started tentatively looking at a Floridian/Orlando family holiday next year (Feb/Mar time) and am finding it hard to find:
A - direct flights. Obviously there are many available but there are large numbers with some, IMO, insane stop-overs (in one case 8 hours in Amsterdam
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B - decently priced flights. Again there are a few but by the time you add on the 'optional extras' (checked luggage, pre-booked seats) it's nearly the same price to fly to Vancouver (premium) or LA like for like. Problem being that Flori is where they've got their hearts set
Just wondered what I'm missing? Hotels are reasonable enough, car hire seems to have calmed down but can't make sense of the flights (Tui don't seem to have flights in Feb but then will only go to Melbourne, Tampa is substantially cheaper and not too sad to get to our preferred location) and pricing structures these days <whinge whinge> #firstworldproblems
Am I actually looking too early?
A - direct flights. Obviously there are many available but there are large numbers with some, IMO, insane stop-overs (in one case 8 hours in Amsterdam
)B - decently priced flights. Again there are a few but by the time you add on the 'optional extras' (checked luggage, pre-booked seats) it's nearly the same price to fly to Vancouver (premium) or LA like for like. Problem being that Flori is where they've got their hearts set
Just wondered what I'm missing? Hotels are reasonable enough, car hire seems to have calmed down but can't make sense of the flights (Tui don't seem to have flights in Feb but then will only go to Melbourne, Tampa is substantially cheaper and not too sad to get to our preferred location) and pricing structures these days <whinge whinge> #firstworldproblems
Am I actually looking too early?
yellowbentines said:
Mine? £700 each return in economy, including a BA connecting flight from Edinburgh. Happy with that price, but it has increased by £100 each since I booked (yes, I looked). The last time I went to Florida was 5 years ago, and on Virgin it was £515 each return.
Some of the prices quoted were £1500 each return which for an economy flight is silly. BA were around £850 each.
Car hire is still expensive, £900 the cheapest I can find for 2 weeks and that's for the smallest 2 door econobox - I'm used to getting a 7 seat SUV for that price in very recent times.
'Glad' to hear my prices weren't too outlandish then. Some of the prices quoted were £1500 each return which for an economy flight is silly. BA were around £850 each.
Car hire is still expensive, £900 the cheapest I can find for 2 weeks and that's for the smallest 2 door econobox - I'm used to getting a 7 seat SUV for that price in very recent times.
WRT car hire a 'full-size' is often only pennies more than sub-compact
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