The flight went fine and I've just got on the train at Paddington. I've been up for 34 hours so far but I'm feeling surprisingly chipper. I'm sure it'll hit me at some point!
The taxi driver on the way to the airport did try to persuade me to go via his friend's wedding, but I wasn't entirely convinced .
Trying to work out cheapest way to get to Ravenna in Italy. Flights to Bologna are expensive so considering driving or taking train or flying to a cheaper airport but not sure where to start! We probably also need to hire a car but it needs to seat 6. Tried searching a bit yesterday but my heads whirling and beginning to think of cancelling the whole thing! Any advice please??
The flight went fine and I've just got on the train at Paddington. I've been up for 34 hours so far but I'm feeling surprisingly chipper. I'm sure it'll hit me at some point!
The taxi driver on the way to the airport did try to persuade me to go via his friend's wedding, but I wasn't entirely convinced .
Really admire you FW, don’t think I would want to travel around India on my own!
Trying to work out cheapest way to get to Ravenna in Italy. Flights to Bologna are expensive so considering driving or taking train or flying to a cheaper airport but not sure where to start! We probably also need to hire a car but it needs to seat 6. Tried searching a bit yesterday but my heads whirling and beginning to think of cancelling the whole thing! Any advice please??
Fly to cheaper airport and take train or bus . I’ve not done it for a few years but used to when Ryanair used to do 1 penny fares. Their transport was always cheap, punctual and clean x
Morning! Busylizzie, it depends on how short notice your visit is to Ravenna but Bologna does appear to be the closest airport. Have you tried going through Skyscanner to find a cheaper flight? I would not drive to Ravenna. It knackers me just driving to southern France and that's as a passenger! You shouldn't have any trouble getting a larger car but, again, depends when you are going there for the best price. No idea about the trains, doubt it will be any cheaper but certainly will be more stressful.
Trying to work out cheapest way to get to Ravenna in Italy. Flights to Bologna are expensive so considering driving or taking train or flying to a cheaper airport but not sure where to start! We probably also need to hire a car but it needs to seat 6. Tried searching a bit yesterday but my heads whirling and beginning to think of cancelling the whole thing! Any advice please??
Just re- read this as missed the car but . Be very careful with car hire as Italy is notorious for hidden charges x
Trying to work out cheapest way to get to Ravenna in Italy. Flights to Bologna are expensive so considering driving or taking train or flying to a cheaper airport but not sure where to start! We probably also need to hire a car but it needs to seat 6. Tried searching a bit yesterday but my heads whirling and beginning to think of cancelling the whole thing! Any advice please??
Where is your starting point as London flights are dirt cheap except Easter holidays (first two weeks April) ?
Trying to work out cheapest way to get to Ravenna in Italy. Flights to Bologna are expensive so considering driving or taking train or flying to a cheaper airport but not sure where to start! We probably also need to hire a car but it needs to seat 6. Tried searching a bit yesterday but my heads whirling and beginning to think of cancelling the whole thing! Any advice please??
Where is your starting point as London flights are dirt cheap except Easter holidays (first two weeks April) ?
Going end June, London nearest but could travel a bit to get cheaper flight and/or car parking.
Trying to work out cheapest way to get to Ravenna in Italy. Flights to Bologna are expensive so considering driving or taking train or flying to a cheaper airport but not sure where to start! We probably also need to hire a car but it needs to seat 6. Tried searching a bit yesterday but my heads whirling and beginning to think of cancelling the whole thing! Any advice please??
Fly to cheaper airport and take train or bus . I’ve not done it for a few years but used to when Ryanair used to do 1 penny fares. Their transport was always cheap, punctual and clean x
But which airport would be cheaper? Tried Verona and that was more expensive
Good morning peeps sat having a filter coffee I am starting to prefer this to flat whites. Timmy (cat) had 3 seizures in total but not had any for nearly 2 days now, spoke to vet and we are just leaving our appointment for his check to the end of the week unless he fits again - our furry and purry babes make us worry so much.
Haven't hired for a while but when we did we often found it was cheaper to hire two small cars than one 6+ seater and you get more luggage space (assuming you have 2 drivers). Obviously buy the separate excess waiver policies in the UK.
Airports with scheduled flights sorted by distance.
Type Airport Name City IATA Code Connectivity Distance
medium_airport Forlì Airport Forlì (FC) FRL 26.87 km
medium_airport Federico Fellini International Airport Rimini RMI 54.96 km
large_airport Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bologna BLQ 73.57 km
medium_airport Peretola Airport Firenze FLR 104.33 km
large_airport Venice Marco Polo Airport Venice VCE 121.53 km
medium_airport Ancona Falconara Airport Ancona AOI 128.67 km
large_airport Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport Treviso TSF 136.86 km
medium_airport Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport Perugia PEG 149.07 km
large_airport Verona Villafranca Airport Verona VRN 150.05 km
medium_airport Parma Airport Parma PMF 157.38 km
large_airport Pisa International Airport Pisa PSA 165.94 km
The flight went fine and I've just got on the train at Paddington. I've been up for 34 hours so far but I'm feeling surprisingly chipper. I'm sure it'll hit me at some point!
The taxi driver on the way to the airport did try to persuade me to go via his friend's wedding, but I wasn't entirely convinced .
Really admire you FW, don’t think I would want to travel around India on my own!
I was pleasantly surprised by how smoothly it all went. I met some lovely people on the trains. I found you just have to be quite firm with taxi drivers and make them just take you straight to your destination as opposed to going via their friend's shop/restaurant/wedding.
Good morning peeps sat having a filter coffee I am starting to prefer this to flat whites. Timmy (cat) had 3 seizures in total but not had any for nearly 2 days now, spoke to vet and we are just leaving our appointment for his check to the end of the week unless he fits again - our furry and purry babes make us worry so much.
Have a fab day if you can
I'm really sorry to hear about Timmy. Hopefully he won't have any more seizures.
Haven't hired for a while but when we did we often found it was cheaper to hire two small cars than one 6+ seater and you get more luggage space (assuming you have 2 drivers). Obviously buy the separate excess waiver policies in the UK.
Airports with scheduled flights sorted by distance.
Type Airport Name City IATA Code Connectivity Distance
medium_airport Forlì Airport Forlì (FC) FRL 26.87 km
medium_airport Federico Fellini International Airport Rimini RMI 54.96 km
large_airport Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bologna BLQ 73.57 km
medium_airport Peretola Airport Firenze FLR 104.33 km
large_airport Venice Marco Polo Airport Venice VCE 121.53 km
medium_airport Ancona Falconara Airport Ancona AOI 128.67 km
large_airport Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport Treviso TSF 136.86 km
medium_airport Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport Perugia PEG 149.07 km
large_airport Verona Villafranca Airport Verona VRN 150.05 km
medium_airport Parma Airport Parma PMF 157.38 km
large_airport Pisa International Airport Pisa PSA 165.94 km
Thanks!
Need a large vehicle as only one driver
Is there a quick way to find out which UK airports fly to the other airports or do you just need to do multiple searches?
Be careful when hiring a car in Italy. Some of the town and village streets are very narrow and Sat Nav will most probably try to direct you through them so scrapes are easily acquired - speaking from experience. Definitely pre book collision waiver policy cheaply in the UK and never at the airport.
Haven't hired for a while but when we did we often found it was cheaper to hire two small cars than one 6+ seater and you get more luggage space (assuming you have 2 drivers). Obviously buy the separate excess waiver policies in the UK.
Airports with scheduled flights sorted by distance.
Type Airport Name City IATA Code Connectivity Distance
medium_airport Forlì Airport Forlì (FC) FRL 26.87 km
medium_airport Federico Fellini International Airport Rimini RMI 54.96 km
large_airport Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bologna BLQ 73.57 km
medium_airport Peretola Airport Firenze FLR 104.33 km
large_airport Venice Marco Polo Airport Venice VCE 121.53 km
medium_airport Ancona Falconara Airport Ancona AOI 128.67 km
large_airport Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport Treviso TSF 136.86 km
medium_airport Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport Perugia PEG 149.07 km
large_airport Verona Villafranca Airport Verona VRN 150.05 km
medium_airport Parma Airport Parma PMF 157.38 km
large_airport Pisa International Airport Pisa PSA 165.94 km
Thanks!
Need a large vehicle as only one driver
Is there a quick way to find out which UK airports fly to the other airports or do you just need to do multiple searches?
I think some of the flight search tools (skyscanner etc) have a check box for 'nearby' airports and for the UK I use LON airport code rather than LHR, LGW etc as this searches all London airports.
Haven't hired for a while but when we did we often found it was cheaper to hire two small cars than one 6+ seater and you get more luggage space (assuming you have 2 drivers). Obviously buy the separate excess waiver policies in the UK.
Airports with scheduled flights sorted by distance.
Type Airport Name City IATA Code Connectivity Distance
medium_airport Forlì Airport Forlì (FC) FRL 26.87 km
medium_airport Federico Fellini International Airport Rimini RMI 54.96 km
large_airport Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bologna BLQ 73.57 km
medium_airport Peretola Airport Firenze FLR 104.33 km
large_airport Venice Marco Polo Airport Venice VCE 121.53 km
medium_airport Ancona Falconara Airport Ancona AOI 128.67 km
large_airport Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport Treviso TSF 136.86 km
medium_airport Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport Perugia PEG 149.07 km
large_airport Verona Villafranca Airport Verona VRN 150.05 km
medium_airport Parma Airport Parma PMF 157.38 km
large_airport Pisa International Airport Pisa PSA 165.94 km
Well it’s a lot cheaper to fly to Venice and train seems to connect to Ravenna
Last Edit: Feb 17, 2020 11:20:53 GMT by Busylizzie
When you find Ryanair on Skyscanner, how much do you need to add on for ‘essential extras’?
It depends on what you think is “essential “ only a medium hold-all is included unless you op for the 10kg wheels case and priority boarding which is about 6 - 10 each , each way . If you all want to sit together that costs from £4 each per flight but I don’t do any of this and there are no extras that are compulsory x
Is there a quick way to find out which UK airports fly to the other airports or do you just need to do multiple searches?
I think some of the flight search tools (skyscanner etc) have a check box for 'nearby' airports and for the UK I use LON airport code rather than LHR, LGW etc as this searches all London airports.
Don’t book yet - I know it’s tempting but wait until Easter as prices are high for June until about 8- 10 weeks before x
Oh really? Why is that?
Because people like you have specific dates and worry if they haven’t booked etc etc .... I fly every month in the summer and keep checking daily - just my thing IYKWIM x
Haven't hired for a while but when we did we often found it was cheaper to hire two small cars than one 6+ seater and you get more luggage space (assuming you have 2 drivers). Obviously buy the separate excess waiver policies in the UK.
Airports with scheduled flights sorted by distance.
Type Airport Name City IATA Code Connectivity Distance
medium_airport Forlì Airport Forlì (FC) FRL 26.87 km
medium_airport Federico Fellini International Airport Rimini RMI 54.96 km
large_airport Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport Bologna BLQ 73.57 km
medium_airport Peretola Airport Firenze FLR 104.33 km
large_airport Venice Marco Polo Airport Venice VCE 121.53 km
medium_airport Ancona Falconara Airport Ancona AOI 128.67 km
large_airport Treviso-Sant'Angelo Airport Treviso TSF 136.86 km
medium_airport Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport Perugia PEG 149.07 km
large_airport Verona Villafranca Airport Verona VRN 150.05 km
medium_airport Parma Airport Parma PMF 157.38 km
large_airport Pisa International Airport Pisa PSA 165.94 km
Well it’s a lot cheaper to fly to Venice and train seems to connect to Ravenna
Done train Venice to Milan - simples and ticket machines do English x
Because people like you have specific dates and worry if they haven’t booked etc etc .... I fly every month in the summer and keep checking daily - just my thing IYKWIM x
Thanks, but not sure I could stand the stress Wendy!