Advice on travel to and around Lithuania

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Have you checked Wikivoyage for information: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lithuania#Get_around? In June, Lonely Planet will have an updated guidebook available on Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Vilnius airport is not the largest airport in Europe so the options to get there will be limited. From North America your options are Lufthansa via Frankfurt, Austrian via Vienna, Swiss via Zürich or SAS via Copenhagen or Stockholm.

For getting around Lithuania, don't forget the trains. They have a decent network of mostly modern trains. Although buses are often needed to get to places the trains don't reach. You can find bus schedules and prices at https://www.autobusubilietai.lt

There is now also international rsil service to Riga, in Latvia (on modern western style trains, not the old Soviet style cars), connecting in Riga for Estonia.
It is now possible to day trip to Riga by train.

I'm planning a trip to the Baltic countries this spring although I'll be arriving by train from Poland.

The Man in Seat 61 has some good information on train travel in Lithuania.

For flights, use Google Flights

We flew on LOT, from JFK or Newark, via Warsaw. Lufthansa also works well.

For transport within Lithuania, we used buses more than trains. The only bus that sold out was the direct bus from Vilnius to Nida. There were only 2 direct buses a day and Nida is a vacation destination, so quite popular. You can buy your tickets on line. I wouldn’t worry about which company. Pick the one with the best schedule.

Thank you, everyone for the information. I will follow up on your tips.
Too bad the new Lonely Planet Guide might come out too late to be of much assistance (maybe on future trips to the Baltics)

It has been reported that Lonely Planet has restructured its guidebooks, the result being that many travelers do not like the new versions as well as earlier editions. I've noticed sharp drops in their ratings on Amazon. You might consider buying an older edition.

I cannot recommend any travel by bus but a certain town is my recommendation, one well worthy of seeing, above all for its historical significance and its geographic location.....the city of Klaipeda.

It has been reported that Lonely Planet has restructured its guidebooks, the result being that many travelers do not like the new versions as well as earlier editions...

Boy, howdy. It’s been a few years since I relied on a Lonely Planet guidebook, but I’m currently traveling with one right now (in Colombia). The (current) LP book sucks - it’s nearly useless. I’m extremely disappointed; if all new LP editions are as fluffy and lacking in useful details as this one, that’ll be a sad day for all travelers.

Alas, we are spoiled by the quality of the RS guidebooks - they’re really good. The only other series I’ve found that are very high quality (though different in many ways) are the excellent Bradt Guides. Alas, Bradt doesn’t update theirs very frequently.