Is it time to book your flight yet? I think round trip air fares to Europe in early July will still come down in the next 4 weeks and be cheaper than today. This is my guess albeit one born of experience. Here's why; in mid to late May as the airlines assess their inventory of unsold seats for trips in July, they do so recognizing this will not be a banner year for travel to Europe given concerns about the economies of both the US and Europe. The exception will be for Olympics related travel mainly to London in late July. The airlines assessment will be factoring in the higher cost of fuel which is still somewhat of an overhang affecting everything against the lost revenue of flying with empty seats. My sense is that they find a balance by discounting from these levels enough to try and fill all the flights heading over the Atlantic.
I'll repeat some of what I've covered in previous blogs regarding flight bookings:
Use an aggregater like Kayak.com (or even Priceline.com to make an offer). Pick some round trips to assorted European gateway cities that you might have wanted to visit (or just to change planes) and be sure and check the box "My dates are flexible." Stockholm and Helsinki are good ones with cheap round trip connections to Tallinn on local carriers. Once you've found the best fares to and from the cities of your choice then match them up by picking the best fare coming in (for example to Munich) and then best fare coming home (e.g. from Amsterdam). Each of these cities also offers very reasonable one way fares to Tallinn on several airlines. You can even get real creative and pick some "out of favor" cities that have been stigmatized of late in the news due to their political and financial problems such as Athens and Barcelona. Tourists are still welcome there and hotel and airline rates are better than they were prior to their problems.
This is an ideal time to play around with your bucket list and see what strikes your fancy. Here is another option to consider; Round trip to Dublin, Ireland which also has a direct non stop flights to Tallinn or one way to Dublin and then come home from Helsinki spending a few days in each city coming and going. Anyway...best to start playing around with the many options online or contact a travel agent. If you don't have an agent, we recommend Wayne Mullis Travel who is coming to the convention and will book your round trip to the convention for only $25 amoe@wmtvl.webmail.com or 800-225-4815
I'll repeat some of what I've covered in previous blogs regarding flight bookings:
Use an aggregater like Kayak.com (or even Priceline.com to make an offer). Pick some round trips to assorted European gateway cities that you might have wanted to visit (or just to change planes) and be sure and check the box "My dates are flexible." Stockholm and Helsinki are good ones with cheap round trip connections to Tallinn on local carriers. Once you've found the best fares to and from the cities of your choice then match them up by picking the best fare coming in (for example to Munich) and then best fare coming home (e.g. from Amsterdam). Each of these cities also offers very reasonable one way fares to Tallinn on several airlines. You can even get real creative and pick some "out of favor" cities that have been stigmatized of late in the news due to their political and financial problems such as Athens and Barcelona. Tourists are still welcome there and hotel and airline rates are better than they were prior to their problems.This is an ideal time to play around with your bucket list and see what strikes your fancy. Here is another option to consider; Round trip to Dublin, Ireland which also has a direct non stop flights to Tallinn or one way to Dublin and then come home from Helsinki spending a few days in each city coming and going. Anyway...best to start playing around with the many options online or contact a travel agent. If you don't have an agent, we recommend Wayne Mullis Travel who is coming to the convention and will book your round trip to the convention for only $25 amoe@wmtvl.webmail.com or 800-225-4815
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