Where have all the cheap flights gone

[Zippy]

Odds are if one of his mates works for Nissan then he's based in the North East, the train ticket to London alone would be more than a flight to somewhere interesting from a regional airport.

A cheap flight to Paris seems to be widely available but they've done that city before, so fly to Paris and get a train to somewhere more interesting.

[Mich the Tester]

A cheap flight to Paris seems to be widely available but they've done that city before, so fly to Paris and get a train to somewhere more interesting.

Belgium’s nice; Brussels is good for eating out, Bruges, Antwerp and Gent are nice too. I’ll be in Gent next week for work. What an awful life I have.

[DodgyAgent]

Every year, the lads go away for the 3rd weekend in January for a cheap holiday to soak up some culture and beer....

Over the last few years we've been to Berlin, Barcelona, Milan and Paris....

Flights are now out for January and we have a choice of Barcelona, Malaga, Belfast and Paris.

We used to have a choice of over a dozen destinations which caused great debate, research and plain arguments down the pub....

I realise there's a credit crunch on. But these companies cannot make a penny if their planes aren't in the air.

to shag hookers

[Mich the Tester]

to shag hookers

Yes, I realised too late that my culturally enlightened suggestions of Bruges and Gent might be slightly wide of the mark for this chap.

[ThomasSoerensen]

I took the overnight 'trenotel' from Paris to Madrid; it's a bit of a wobbly ride through France but gets more comfortable as you get on the broad gauge rails in Spain. A very palatable Ribera del Duero and some Patxaranc, some Basque liquor that turns people into terrorists, served by a rather attractive waitress from Bilbao ensured a good night's sleep. Food was OK, scenery in the morning approaching Madrid was stunning.

Patxaranc is good stuff - I always get a little when visiting the family.

[expat]

I don’t use planes these days simply because it’s become such a bloody miserable experience what with all the long queues for security checks, tiny seats, fat sweaty people sitting next to you, food from hell, airport lounges that stink of the world’s strongest perfumes, airlines telling you the flight’s double booked, enormous parking fees at the airport, Americans, chavs, and arriving in some concrete jungle in the semi-desert that’s a 75 minute taxi ride from town through rush hour traffic in a bashed up old Mercedes 190 diesel taxi with no air conditioning and a smelly worker person in the driving seat swearing in foreignese..

You don't have to go to Luton, other airports are available.

[thelace]

Yes, I realised too late that my culturally enlightened suggestions of Bruges and Gent might be slightly wide of the mark for this chap.

Nah, we're all too old for that type of holiday...

Morning's sightseeing (Cathedrals, Museums, Art Galleries, Castles, etc), couple of beers or wine with lunch, maybe further sight seeing if we feel like it or afternoon/evening on the beer . We usually try and get a football game in too.

As yet, we've never looked for or stumbled across a red light district and we're happy to keep it that way . If we wanted cheap slappers, there's plenty about up here

Bruges and Ghent sound good, but again it's the transport It tends to be a 2/3 night break, we don't really want to spend half a day (with checking in) flying to Paris and then jumping on a train with the same on the return leg.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

We usually fly out of Newcastle, though both Durham and Leeds are options. We considered flying down to Stanstead, then shooting off from there, but again it comes down to spending over a day getting there/back.

Considered the ferry too, but we don't fancy the North Sea in the middle of January.