cheap flights

[jojo32]

Hi ive trawled the net for weeks now and made numerous phone calls but cant find anyone cheaper for flydrive than travel city anyone any suggestions id be very grateful we are going oct next year !:confused:

[loobylou]

Hi jojo
Have you tried a DIY? We are going in Feb for 3 weeks. I have booked my flights through Virgin Holidays (sorry mr o!!!) as a flydrive. We haven't taken any car insurance with them and won't bother with the car. I booked our car through usrentacar as it was much cheaper than taking virgins car. We've probably saved around £250 by booking things this way. Virgin holidays flydrive was cheaper than virgin atlantic flights! I even beat my TCD quote!

[Simon Veness]

We always look for flight-only prices to start with to see if they come up cheaper in the first instance, then add on car hire from Alamo (with the Brit's Guide discount ;) ). Then we look at all the different tour operators to see how they compare for fly-drive and even package prices. It sounds like you are doing the right things already, though.

The sites we tend to look at for flights are:

www.travelsupermarket.com
www.kayak.co.uk
www.opodo.co.uk
www.expedia.co.uk
ww.skyscanner.net
www.dialaflight.co.uk
www.cheapestflights.co.uk
www.airline-network.co.uk

Then we look at the individual tour operator flights, like Airtours, Thomsonfly, Monarch, etc. It is a slow and time-consuming business, but it is worth searching all the sites as we have yet to find one site that lists all the possibilities.

[dmrevis]

I always think flight prices are a bit like insurance premiums...they have no logic and can be completely different for different people traveling on the same days.
That said, the list above is a great starting point.

[united]

Hi Guys & Girls

I have been to Florida for the last 4 years and am off again next week(Cant wait). I have always booked a flydrive through skybargins.co.uk. I have spent hours and hours looking each time and always found these to be the best and also very efficent.

Hope this helps.

[Simon Veness]

Just as a quick query on Skybargains, united, do you use their main page search engine or do you click on Florida and use their www.usbargains.co.uk section?

[united]

Hi Simon

You can use either you end up with the same results both ways. I have usually gone through the main page however this i responded to an email update i received from their Florida departmaent.

While i am on whats the weather like at the moment?

Cheers

[Simon Veness]

It is extremely pleasant right now, with temperatures in the upper 70s during the day but a bit cool at night (you'll certainly need a jacket or sweater for the evenings). It's very dry and sunny, though - the perfect antidote to early winter in the UK!! :D