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AIRPORT BY ROAD
Living close to an airport? A taxi is a viable option: comfortable, no driving stress and direct to the terminal drop off point so no problems with parking or transfer from a car park. The fare could be less than the cost of airport parking.
Allow for possible traffic delays: missing your flight will be a bad start.
Driving to the airport on the day can be stressful, especially if there are traffic problems. You must allow extra time for parking and transfer from car park to terminal (with more luggage handling). Fuel cost and parking fees could cost more than hiring a taxi.
GETTING AWAY
National Express has also partnered with Holiday Extras for combined coach travel and airport hotel packages which include return coach fares and an overnight stay at a hotel. Package prices offer excellent value.
There are local bus and coach services to many regional airports and London Heathrow. Details are usually given on airport web sites.
London area is particularly well served but local services elsewhere are sparse.
The Gatwick Flyer and The Stansted Flyer operate door-to-door services for those airports from south Essex and parts of Kent and Surrey.
easyBus* operates airport bus services from central London to Luton, Gatwick and Stansted and runs transfers to them from Heathrow (in combination with London Underground). Fares are from £2.00 one way.
easyBus can be used by anyone - no need to be a passenger with easyJet or any other airline.
- Travel by rail is quick and convenient.
- Birmingham, Gatwick, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted have rail links.
- Tickets for all routes and train operators throughout the UK can be bought bought on-line from four official ticket agencies:
- mytrainticket.co.uk
- thetrainline.com
- eastcoast.co.uk
- raileasy.co.uk
- All train operating companies sell tickets for the whole rail network
- Prices are all sourced from the same national rail database. All are powered by one of the ticket agents so prices should be identical but some anomalies occur and, because there are so many fare options mistakes are made occasionally.
- Ticket agents’ booking fees differ but variations are generally less than £1.00. Many train operators don’t charge a fee.
- Holiday Extras who have special deals (with some restrictions), including reduced return fares and free travel for two children under 15 (under 5s always travel free). Airport hotel stays can be included, too.
London has excellent rail travel links
- Heathrow Express (to Paddington).
- Heathrow Connect, a six-stop journey to and from Paddington.
- Gatwick Express (to Victoria).
- Stansted Express (to Liverpool Street).
- London Underground connects all Heathrow terminals to the entire transport system of Greater London and to the national rail network.
- Railair is a bus and coach service connecting Heathrow to the national rail network at Feltham, Watford, Woking and Reading.
No flights to Crete from your local airport ? Flight days unsuitable?
Flying to another UK airport could be an economical proposition. Fares to Crete from Gatwick and Stansted are often cheaper than those from more distant airports and can offset the cost of an internal flight.
Example: There are no flights from Edinburgh direct to Crete but many from Gatwick. BA and easyJet both offer competitive fares from Edinburgh to Gatwick.
On 02/12/2011 a Thomas Cook flight Glasgow/Heraklion return for 5 - 19 June 2012 was cost £350. For the same dates easyJet Edinburgh/Gatwick + Gatwick/Heraklion return could have been booked for £289.
Other routes may be found on airports’ web sites under “Destinations”. For more detail go to the “Flights” page.
Information about:
- Various airport parking options
- Airport hotels
- Airport lounges
can be found on the Airport services page.
National Express has an extensive, nationwide network of coach services, including routes to ten UK airports.
We have used their service several times and have found it reliable, safe and cheap and comfortable in modern coaches.
National Express has partnered with Booking.com for hotel rooms countrywide (separately booked from the National Express web site).