Europe Travel Tips: Cheap Europe Airport Transfers

The airport transfer is very important for the comfort and time schedule of every traveler and no matter if you are looking for finding a cheap option, or money is not an issue, we highly recommend a pre-flight booked airport transfer, so you can safe time and effort once you arrive and need to get to town.

There are few ways to travel from the airport you arrive to your travel destination - train, bus, shuttle or taxi, and depending on your time of arrival, airport terminal and comfort standards, you have to choose one of them and to arrange it before you arrive, so you avoid any unpleasant surprises. The benefit of a pre-flight booked transfer is that you already have a ticket and you are informed about the exact place of the train station or bus stop.

Depending on the number of people you travel with and the luggage you bring, you might want to book a shuttle or a taxi, but if you travel alone or you are a couple, using a bus or train is cheap and easy way to reach your destination.

Bellow are some suitable options for different airport transfers:


Bus airport transfers available in several European countries
Terravision - http://www.terravision.eu/

Bus airport transfer in Barcelona, Spain:
Aerobus - http://www.aerobusbcn.com/

Bus, shuttle and taxi transfer services in many European countries:
Airport transfer Service - http://a-t-s.net/

Train airport transfers in many European countries:
Raileurope - www.raileurope.com
Suggestion: try searching your arrival destination in the search engine / top right corner on the main web-site /, so you can find advises which train exactly to use and where to board on. It is very important to know the exact name of the train stops, as there may be many stops on the way.

We wish you an easy trip to your holiday destination and a lovely vacation !

European Consumer Rights: Flight delay and cancellation compensations

Due to the increased mobility within the EU and the increased number of EU citizens traveling abroad, the European Parliament has accepted specified rights of the customers of air carriers when there has been a problem with the flight of the traveler.

Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishes passengers' rights in case of:

- denied boarding against their will
- flight is cancelled
- their flight is delayed

There are standard compensations in each of the above mentioned cases:

"Denied boarding:

In the event of flight cancellation or denied boarding, the passengers concerned have the right to:

• reimbursement of the cost of the ticket within seven days or a return flight to the first point of departure or re-routing to their final destination;
• care (refreshments, meals, hotel accommodation, transport between the airport and place of accommodation, two free telephone calls, telex or fax messages, or e-mails);
• compensation totalling:
  - EUR 250 for all flights of 1500 kilometres or less;
  - EUR 400 for all intra-Community flights of more than 1500 kilometres, and for all other flights between 1500 and 3500 kilometres;
  - EUR 600 for all other flights.

Delays
The Regulation introduces a three-tier system:

• in the event of long delays (two hours or more, depending on the distance of the flight), passengers must in every case be offered free meals and refreshments plus two free telephone calls, telex or fax messages, or e-mails;
• if the time of departure is deferred until the next day, passengers must also be offered hotel accommodation and transport between the airport and the place of accommodation;
• when the delay is five hours or longer, passengers may opt for reimbursement of the full cost of the ticket together with, when relevant, a return flight to the first point of departure.

Upgrading and downgrading
If an air carrier places a passenger in a class lower than that for which the ticket was purchased, the passenger must be reimbursed within seven days, as follows:

• 30% of the price of the ticket for all flights of 1500 kilometres or less;
• 50% of the price of the ticket for all intra-Community flights of more than 1500 kilometres, except flights between the Member States and the French overseas departments, and for all other flights between 1500 and 3500 kilometres;
• 75% of the price of the ticket for all other flights, including flights between the Member States and the French overseas departments."

The full conditions and text of the Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 can be found on the European Commission web-site regarding the Denied boarding compensation system:

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/protection_of_consumers/l24173_en.htm

Fly cheap – Visit More

If you are looking for a good way to organize a low-budget holiday to one of Europe’s wonderful cities, or you are wondering how you can visit two or more countries during your vacation and still use only a reasonable amount of money doing it, there is only one way for you to make it happen – fly cheap.

You can choose from one of the more popular low-budget airlines and you can have a memorable holiday in every major European country. If you have a whole free week at your disposal, you can even make a combination of the departure/arrival airports and visit two countries within the same vacation. If you manage to use some of the special offers of the low cost airlines, or you are using some of the preferential pricing programs they have, you can practically flight almost for free, paying as much as 50 EUR/per person for a two-way ticket. If you decide to use a three-flight schedule for spending the first days of the trip in one country and then going to another, and you are lucky enough, you can spend about 100 EUR/per person for all three flights using a low cost airline.

Planning your holiday a little upfront can be very useful, as some of the best prices are available around a month prior to the departure date. Buying the tickets earlier can also allow your budget to be quite low, as you buy the flight tickets a month before the actual holiday, and you could pay for your hotel room the next month on arrival at your desired destination.

Having a whole month for planning your vacation also gives you the opportunity to find an available quality lower price hotel room on time, as they are usually fully booked well in advance by the thousands of travelers, who are visiting Europe’s most interesting cities both in high and in low tourist seasons. If you are registered in some of the web-sites for on-line booking services, you should definitely benefit from their frequent promotions and book a wonderful three or four-stars hotel room at an incredibly low price.

This means you can for example have an unbelievable four day holiday in Rome or in Barcelona for two for about 250 EUR in total (airplane tickets and hotel room for two).

We advise you to browse through some of the below mentioned low-cost airlines. Do not hesitate to act impulsively when you find an incredibly low price for a flight to a city you have always wanted to visit.

http://www.wizzair.com/

 

http://www.intersky.biz/

http://www.jet2.com/