Flight from Naples to Venice on Volotea

What are the baggage rules ( checked and carry-on) for the $25 fare?

How much more does it cost to get to/from the airports vs to/from the train stations?

Take the train, downtown to downtown taking 5.5 hours.

Agree, really much simpler

Get to airport 1.5 hours preflight
Flight 1.5?
Get from VCE to Venice another 1.5
Plus the additional transportation costs and baggage/seat fees

Vs
Roll bags on to train, sit down and enjoy the ride with room to move
Step off train and walk straight out to Grand Canal

the train is dramatically better for the environment

time and money are part of any travel consideration. My problem would be the stress of getting to the airport, delays, comfort (or lack thereof), waiting for bags, getting from the terminal to Venice. etc etc. When looking at price and time, include the price and time getting to the airport, from the airport. Then I think about the Freccia train line. Comfortable, big seats, scenery, no extra transfers. And that unbelievable rush of emotion when first coming out of the Santa Lucia station and seeing this most amazing city. I'll take the train in Italy - except going to/from Sicily.

You need to factor in all costs. Airfare is not the only cost.

Volotea Checked Baggage fee is generally $15 and up for up to 20kg bag ($25 and up for over that weight) if bag fee is purchased online (quadruple that if you pay at the airport).
Taxi from Naples city center to airport is 20€ ($25).
Taxi from Venice Marco Polo airport to Piazzale Roma is 40€ ($50). Triple that if you take a water taxi.
So the cost is more than just $25, as baggage fees and taxi fares (all costs that do not apply to train travel) add up.

Likewise, time of travel is not just the flight time:
Taxi to Naples airport 30 min
Check in and security procedures (pre Covid): 90 min
Flight time: 80 min,
Deplaning, Bag claim and walk to taxi stand 30 min
Taxi wait plus taxi travel to Piazzale Roma: 30 min
So the total travel time is well over 4 hours. A little less than the train but with lots of changes of mode of transportation. The train is certainly more comfortable overall albeit at least one hour longer.

Another vote for taking the train.
WAY less stressful overall, and so relaxing.
I've flown out of Naples airport...it was a disorganized place before Covid, I can't imagine what it's like nowadays.
The train is SO easy...I've taken many many trains in Italy, and would vote for trains over flying every time.
Is this a first trip to either place?
If so, definitely book a train...you can save quite a bit of money booking in advance, and as someone else said: it's "downtown" to downtown, with no extra taxis, water-buses, etc.

Alright people can laugh at me cause I made a mistake. Originally my plan was to take Raynair from Venice to Naples direct for $60 USD or something. It would have left at 8am and gotten there 1.5 hours later. By the time I went to book the flight it was already full so I ended up going with an Alitalia flight in the morning so we could still try and get to Naples early enough visit the Casseta Palace. I love trains and the only reason I thought we should fly would be to save time on a short 3 week trip. For some reason I thought a train would be 10 hours but I'm discovering that a bullet train is only 5.20 hours long to Naples.

After everyone's comments I realized I made a mistake. I really thought going through security at the Venice airport wouldn't take that long as I was thinking its a small airport. Although my flights are none refundable because I was trying to save $ and didn't think we would want to cancel I will call them anyway.

So instead of flying direct like I originally had planned we fly to Rome with 1.25 hour layover before heading to Naples. We leave at 6:50 AM and arrive at 10:30 in the morning in Naples. I know stupid. I'm going to call Alitalia tomorrow and work my charm to see if they will kindly cancel our flight. The airline is going bankrupt anyways so maybe the associate will be kind and as a courtesy cancel it. Lesson learned, over analyze everything so you know your making the correct decision. Oh well. I'm still going to have a great time in Italy.

@Lilianalavezzo, the biggest problem you have is getting to Venice airport for a 6.50 AM flight... you'd have to catch the 4.20 AM airport bus from Piazzale Roma by the train station (or the 5.00 AM as a last resort, but that would be too tight to my liking). So, depending on how far from P. Roma you are staying, you might have to leave the hotel at 3.30 AM or so, perhaps even earlier. Or you could splurge for a water taxi, but the price is in the low triple digits.
Therefore, whatever Alitalia says, I would swallow the cost of the plane tickets. You might get some airport taxes back (this depends on the country, not sure about Italy).

Hi Balso I think your correct. Its not like this is my first time traveling LOL. Ive been all over the world but I made an error. For some reason I read where someone said fly from Venice instead of a train and so I just focused on that thinking it would be faster and that a train would be over 10 hours. When I was last in Italy they didn't have bullet trains so I just had a brain fart. But alas your correct. Thank you. I spent hours waiting on the phone with Alitalia and he said if I canceled which I realize now will be much easier I could get at least $30 airport tax back. Its better than nothing and yes trying to get a taxi in the morning to airport is going to be too much $$. Thank you, I'm calling them back now to cancel. Mille Grazie

I believe I advised you to take train rather than fly but glad you realized it wasn’t best option and can recoup some of your money

Lesson learned, over analyze everything so you know your making the
correct decision

You don't have to beat the horse to death! Just don't assume anything, and check your options before choosing them. No idea where you got the idea that it took 10 hours by train but it would have only taken a minute to pull up the Trenitalia or Italo website to check travel time for fastest trains from Venezia S. Lucia to Napoli Centrale. Yup, 5.5 hours, no changes. :O)

No, you do not want to fly out of Venice. Into Venice is OK.
There is no problem flying Volotea. It connects smaller European cities. Reminded us of Southwest.

Kathy of course not trying to beat the horse to death. I think I did look up the train time actually but I was thinking it would be just an easy flight in into Naples from Venezia. I also was thinking it wouldn't take long to get to airport from Venezia and to go through security so I think I decided Id save travel time and fly. Don't know why I thought the airport would be an easy one to go through. Plus for whatever reason someone suggested flying to be faster and it just stuck in my head so I fixated on that. Not the end of the world we will get to our destination one way or another. Grazie

@Grateful Traveler: As others have said, take the train. Make sure you look at the total cost, low cost airlines like Volotea usually have a lot of hidden fees that can make the final ticket a lot more expensive. You also need to add the cost of travel to and from airports. In the end, the train seems like the better choice.

After everyone's comments I realized I made a mistake.

Indeed, but you are not the only one. And I've seen worse mistakes made. Like the American tourist that was a bit annoyed about the lack of direct flights between Prague and Berlin. And never thought about the train, so they booked a flight via Brussels. So in the end, instead of a 4 h train journey for €20, they booked a 6 hour (airport to airport) flight for around €100-€150.

Although my flights are none refundable because I was trying to save $
and didn't think we would want to cancel I will call them anyway.

Good plan, it's always worth asking. And you might get some taxes and fees back.

When I was last in Italy they didn't have bullet trains so I just had
a brain fart.

I'm not sure when your last trip to Italy was, but the first Italian high speed rail line opened in 1977.

I seem to recollect the Venice Naples train hitting 300 km/hr on a stretch south of Rome. And yet the train was as steady as a rock, no risk of spilling your drink in the bar car. Great trip.

Hi Badger I didn't know Italy had high speed trains all the way back in 1977. The last time I was In Italy was 93 and I don't recall seeing any fast trains or going on any. I just learned something new. Thankss for educating me..

It's nice to know someone else out there is more dumb than I. In my defense I was originally planning on flying Raynair direct from Venice to Naples but flight was full and so I was scrambling to come up with something else. That means there's a whole flight full of people flying Naples who are not taking the time. Ha ha ha. It would have been a 1.5 hour flight. As I wasn't thinking about time spent getting to airport, checking in etc I still was just thinking flying would be faster. Just as an FYI I have a college degree and have traveled all over the world. I blame the person who told me I should fly. 🤣🤗🤪

a whole flight full of stupid people flying Naples who are not taking the time. Idiots all idiots.

perhaps not idiots, perhaps not so well informed as you....

Ryanair and Venice? In that case you are talking about a 70 minute bus ride between the Venice bus station and the airport, as Ryanair flies out of Treviso, not Marco Polo.

At quick glance, it appears Ryanair's partner, Malta Air, flies the direct VCE to NAP route. That was quick glance, though. There could be any number of reasons people take a flight like this, particularly if Naples isn't their final destination. They could be connecting in NAP with a different airline. Just noodling...

Liliana, the RS forum groups are about as friendly as I've seen for online travel forums...and I have belonged/do belong to three others besides RS. It's best not to confuse the direct response with unkind or unfriendly? Tone can be hard to convey in the written form. And to be honest? People on this thread have been pretty forgiving as you've been allowed to "hijack" Grateful Traveler's thread versus being politely asked to start your own. Forum etiquette, ya know? :O)

Travel is complex right now. Things are really fluid and so a lot of thumb-on-the pulse is involved to stay on top of things. It's probably a reason for a lot of direct responses in the forums right now as it's so important that information being given is current and accurate. A lot of Information in old guidebooks, or even older forum threads, very likely doesn't apply these days either so it's REALLY important to go to the correct sources for attractions, for train schedules, etc.

As well, you've expressed your feeling of needing to "over analyze everything" but as well appearing to be overwhelmed with choice. The big picture can get lost in minutiae (can't see that forest for the trees) so, very kindly, maybe less over-thinkng will help? Trust that everyone here means well. :O)

(Apologies, Grateful Traveler, for the side discussion!)

Thanks Kathy, I didn't realize when I start a comment on a thread after someone posted about something else that it was bad form. In all honesty I thought starting a new threat would be more cumbersome to others than just using same thread. Thanks for your comments Grazie. 🙂

That's OK. I can see where that seemed to make sense as you had questions around a similar topic. No biggie.

It's just that if an OP has signed up to get email alerts, they get dinged every time someone responds to a topic they've started. If the original topic is about THEIR trip but many responses/new questions are about someone else's, that can be become a little annoying. Make sense?

Thanks Kathy. It's all good. I canceled the flight on Volotea in response to the advice offered on this thread. They refunded the airport tax at least.

Glad the thread was helpful, Grateful. Now we'll just cross fingers that there aren't any MORE complexities thrown at travelers to The Boot, eh?

The last time I was In Italy was 93 and I don't recall seeing any fast
trains or going on any.

That was at least before the big expansion of the network. In 93 the network was pretty limited compared to today.

It's nice to know someone else out there is more dumb than I.

I'm not sure I would use the word dumb, they could just be americans. No offence intended, but I sometimes get the feeling that talking to Americans on travel forums is 90% telling them to don't fly and take the train instead, don't rent a car and take the train instead, and don't tip silly amounts. Which kind of makes sense I guess since many Americans never encounter trains in their daily life.