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James Daulton

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So, with England's decision to pull out of the EU, their currency will likely take a beating in the short term.  For those of who are so inclined, what's the best way to take advantage of trips to England now going on sale?  Having  never booked an overseas trips before, do I use a travel agent or just book online like always?  Is one week enough?

Help me out here FBGs

 
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I was just talking to my brother about this. Is it as easy as waiting for the pound to get pounded?

 
use the major portals to check for the best fights (expedia, orbitz) and then go to directory to the airline's site with the best rate to book.

Use booking.com to book your hotel.  Look for the last minute discounted deals that you can book without prepayment.

 
Bring The Stink said:
use the major portals to check for the best fights (expedia, orbitz) and then go to directory to the airline's site with the best rate to book.

Use booking.com to book your hotel.  Look for the last minute discounted deals that you can book without prepayment.
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That's true for any trip. We are thinking of England specifically due to the vote yesterday. Any way to take advantage of what just happened.

 
Going to England is like going to Kentucky, except instead of no teeth, there is just 45 teeth thrown into a mouth that can't annunciate cummerbund. 

Book online, get local tours once you get there via a hotel or whatever.  I would recommend Ireland/Northern Ireland over England, and I never was a male hooker in Guildford.  Completely unsubstantiated IMO. 

 
Will be there July 27-Aug 8.  Renting a car for a week, driving over to Wales and up to Scotland.

 
Doctor Detroit said:
Going to England is like going to Kentucky, except instead of no teeth, there is just 45 teeth thrown into a mouth that can't annunciate cummerbund. 

Book online, get local tours once you get there via a hotel or whatever.  I would recommend Ireland/Northern Ireland over England, and I never was a male hooker in Guildford.  Completely unsubstantiated IMO. 
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So far I've been told to use the sites I would use anyway and to not go to England. 

Board is letting me down.

 
What are your interests? That to me would dictate where to go.

Someone with an interest in Neolithic or older archeology would have a different itinerary from someone interested in visiting modern sites.

 
I've been a couple times, family there so can't really help with hotel, but for flights (from Canada mind you) booking direct or through travel agent with Air Transat we were able to get cheaper flights than posted on the kayak/Expedia/etc... sites.

Once you're there train transit is cheap and easy. Their public transit infrastructure is incredible compared to most places I've been in North America.

 
Also, go to a football (soccer) game obviously. We've seen Sheffield Wednesday both times we were there (again for family reasons), great, great experience.

 
Also, the Euro is down too and once you're there it's cheap to get to other countries (or was :unsure: ), if you can, take more than a week and see a couple others IMO, especially since you've never been overseas.

 
Northern Voice said:
I've been a couple times, family there so can't really help with hotel, but for flights (from Canada mind you) booking direct or through travel agent with Air Transat we were able to get cheaper flights than posted on the kayak/Expedia/etc... sites.

Once you're there train transit is cheap and easy. Their public transit infrastructure is incredible compared to most places I've been in North America.
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I really liked the trains in England. Too scared to drive on the "wrong side" of the road, so it is trains and buses for me.

 
I'm headed to London July 7/7-12, Amsterdam 7/12-15, Barcelona 7/15-21.  Looking forward to a break on the exchange rates for meals and activities.  Flights and airbnb's were already booked/paid for.

 
James Daulton said:
So far I've been told to use the sites I would use anyway and to not go to England. 

Board is letting me down.
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Exchange dollars for pounds at the now more favorable exchange rate.  You may have to look around for a bank or other place that won't charge much for that.

 
I have a work trip in the UK scheduled for mid July, and I hadn't bought my flights. Prices dropped about $200 between Thursday and Friday on British Airways.  This trip just got about 10% cheaper overall I would imagine.

 
Settled on a plan - spending a few days in London, then renting a car to drive up to Edinburgh for 5 nights, then got a place for one night on AirBNB just north of the Cotswolds and will drive through the Cotswolds to Bath and back to London.

 
We'll be going in August. London for a few days, then I have no idea after that.

 
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cstu said:
Settled on a plan - spending a few days in London, then renting a car to drive up to Edinburgh for 5 nights, then got a place for one night on AirBNB just north of the Cotswolds and will drive through the Cotswolds to Bath and back to London.
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British Airways is having a Brexit sale that ends today.  Book now.

 
well no London for me in the next while. had some major seat sales up here so off to Barcelona for 2 weeks in oct and 1 month to Italy next april

pretty excited about these future trips  

 
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