I just checked (because Novaramedia), and return journeys over the Xmas period are typically around £150, give or take around £30. Left it a bit late? Don’t worry – you can book an evening flight to Luton for 6pm today for just £52.
Basic supply and demand really. We all want to travel for Christmas = more demand, then strikes on the trains = less supply. Get one and the prices go up a bit but if you get both then prices go up a lot.
I recently bought some train tickets to travel north for Christmas and I was surprised by how many trains were fully sold out and unavailable and then surprised again by how much I had to pay.
If you’re looking to travel for Christmas and haven’t organised anything yet then you need to get on it soon or there might be nothing left.
I booked Xmas sail and rail tickets from London to Dublin last week for 100 quid return. You can get a bus from Dublin to Belfast for around 25 quid return. All in all it would be a trek and the point of the article is that direct links between NI and GB are prohibitly expensive, but there is an option if people really want to be home for Xmas.
High prices and strikes are perfect excuses to give to the family for why I don’t want to travel when it’s busy, flu season, stressful and expensive
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I just checked (because Novaramedia), and return journeys over the Xmas period are typically around £150, give or take around £30. Left it a bit late? Don’t worry – you can book an evening flight to Luton for 6pm today for just £52.
[£62](https://www.skyscanner.net/transport/flights/birm/bhd/221217/?adultsv2=1&cabinclass=economy&childrenv2=&inboundaltsenabled=false&outboundaltsenabled=false&preferdirects=false&rtn=0&qp_prevProvider=ins_browse&qp_prevCurrency=GBP&priceSourceId=&qp_prevPrice=75#/details/9909-2212170700–32302-0-9889-2212170815/index/1) from Birmingham on Saturday. Its a lot cheaper than trying to get a train around England.
Basic supply and demand really. We all want to travel for Christmas = more demand, then strikes on the trains = less supply. Get one and the prices go up a bit but if you get both then prices go up a lot.
I recently bought some train tickets to travel north for Christmas and I was surprised by how many trains were fully sold out and unavailable and then surprised again by how much I had to pay.
If you’re looking to travel for Christmas and haven’t organised anything yet then you need to get on it soon or there might be nothing left.
I booked Xmas sail and rail tickets from London to Dublin last week for 100 quid return. You can get a bus from Dublin to Belfast for around 25 quid return. All in all it would be a trek and the point of the article is that direct links between NI and GB are prohibitly expensive, but there is an option if people really want to be home for Xmas.
High prices and strikes are perfect excuses to give to the family for why I don’t want to travel when it’s busy, flu season, stressful and expensive
I’ll see you in January