That’s Some Hike

[Bobbisox1]

We fancied going away for Christmas and NY to our favourite place of Costa Teguise in Lanzarote, we have a friend who owns an apartment there we could use,okay I thought and went on Sky Scanner, the cheapest airfare was over £1000 I expected maybe £500 or so , looks like we’ll be staying here, I won’t be paying that kind of money on principle

[Prudie]

I think you'll find hotels are way expensive everywhere. I book hotels for business trips through work and pre covid the acceptable price pn was about £65 - £80 and now it's £120 minimum most of the time. Premier Inns are particularly over expensive. These prices went up during Covid and have never come down.

[bednobs]

agreed. Im going to bristol this saturday and the premier inn was no cheaper than the 4star hotel i actually booked into. They were both aroung 175 for 1 night!

[Buenchico]

Budget airlines absolutely DETEST 'fare scraper' sites, such as SkyScanner, and do their absolute best to ensure that their fares don't appear on such sites. (Budget airlines make far more money from selling add-on, such as insurance, car hire and accommodation, than they do from many flights. So they need people travelling with them to have such offers leaping out at them when they book on their own websites, rather than not seeing them when they book through third parties).

So, while SkyScanner can be useful for long-haul flights, I'd never use it for short-haul ones. You can fly from Newcastle to Lanzarote for a total of £1078.20 for TWO people with Jet2, travelling out on either the 21st or 23rd December and returning on the 29th.
https://i.postimg.cc/q7zKkHdj/Jet2.jpg

[Buenchico]

For a longer stay, fly out on the 19th and back on the 30th with Ryanair. That'll cost you a total of £729.96 for TWO people:
https://i.postimg.cc/FF8kxB3L/Ryanair.jpg

[Buenchico]

Tui will fly you out on the 22nd and back on the 29th, for a total of £988 for TWO people:
https://i.postimg.cc/85jPJLkS/Tui.jpg

[douglas9401]

£58.99 in early December from Edinburgh if you're staying for a few weeks.
£44.55 Wednesday 18th return journey

[Buenchico]

Oops! I've only just spotted the 'NY' bit in your post. Sorry!

I still think that you'll be able to find some decent prices though if you go DIRECT to the websites of Jet2, Ryanair and Tui, rather than trusting SkyScanner.

[Buenchico]

Revised posting, to take account of the fact that you wanted to be in Lanzarote over the New Year, as well as over Christmas:

Ryanair, out on 19th December, back on 6th January. Total for TWO people = £874.60.

Tui, out on 18th December, back on 5th January. Total for TWO people = £1048.

(I can't find anything decent with Jet2 though).

[douglas9401]

I'm heading that way tomorrow afternoon, I'll maybe report on thing chaos-wise if it happens, otherwise just scoop the brandy and cafe con leches like the locals.

See y'all in a week unless there's free Wi-Fi. :-)

[douglas9401]

Scorchio and breezy.

Buenos noches.

[jno]

hope you took your summer kilt with you.

[1ozzy]

And your budgie smugglers Doug, wouldn't want to scare the locals.

[douglas9401]

Puny budgie smugglers could not contain the bird of prey that lurks behind t'sporran, so a passing senorita quipped.

[Bobbisox1]

We are booked from the 23rd till the 6th ,flying from Manchester ,£473 pp x 4 ,flights from Newcastle were just under £1000,we expected it to be dearer because of the time of year, son in law taking us to Manchester then picking us up on the 6th

[Hopkirk]

Can we all come?

[Bobbisox1]

Well ,not all Hoppy :0)))