We are traveling from Fresno, CA to Prestbury England and to Aachen, Germany. We have one commitment date in Prestbury. We looked into a multiple destination airplane ticket from Fresno, to Manchester, to Brussels and then Brussels to Fresno. This seems more affordable than a roundtrip ticket and then going by train for the European travel. Does anyone have thoughts on this? Thanks for your help.
Posted by
San Jose, CA
1994 posts
For travel with in Europe, the low-cost European airlines are often cheaper than the international airlines or trains. You can check the website skyscanner to see if there are low-cost flights between your destinations in Europe.
Posted by
Green Bay
20955 posts
Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
388 posts
For budget flights, try looking on www.skyscanner.com. I couldn't find any decently priced direct flights from Manchester to Brussels. However, you could try some neighboring cities like Liverpool or Cologne. I did find a flight for about $90 with one change from Manchester to Cologne. Then a train from Cologne to Aachen would only take about 1 hour direct and cost about 17 euros. Ideally if you left at 7:50am from Manchester you could be in Aachen by about 3pm.
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
4085 posts
Aachen-Maastricht airport serves both cities and has some scheduled flights. Flybe, for instance, flies there from Manchester, which would be quicker than going to Brussels. Lufthansa has one-stop service. If you want to do Brussels as well, you could take the train from Aachen and get your trans-Atlantic flight from there. Aachen is a pleasant small city, with its Charlemagne history, old and new industry, and a big population of students. It is near enough to Cologne for an easy side trip.