Any ideas for cheaper holidays?

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I'm thinking of going to a country in europe around october and november. I was wondering if there are any getaways that are on the cheaper side but are get fun. Any suggestions?
 

fossyant

Ride It Like You Stole It!
Location
South Manchester
Long city break ? Costs about £1,200, give or take, for five nights (for two). Benidorm ?
 

DCLane

Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
North Macedonia was much cheaper than elsewhere for our holiday last year.

Alternatively, could you do a house swap? You go there and they come to yours. We did that a while back, going to Hampshire / Fort Williams / Kent / Almeria. That cost us £50 a time plus travel costs.
 

Sixmile

Guru
Location
N Ireland
What airports or ports are closeby to you? Have a look through what direct routes there are and when they seem to be cheapest. Pick a few destinations and a rough travel time, go and look out hotel/airbnb prices and things to do and pick the one that's most interesting for the money.

Another option which I've done a few times is fly with your bike, build it at the airport and ride to another airport over the course of a few days to fly home. Takes a bit of planning but always a good cheap adventure to be had.
 

steverob

Guru
Location
Buckinghamshire
If you go to Google Travel (https://www.google.com/travel/explore) you can set a range of dates and a flight budget and it will highlight all the locations it knows that you can currently get a flight to under that budget. Okay, that obviously doesn't account for the cost of hotels and other expenses, but it gives you a starting point and maybe some interesting ideas.
 

Emanresu

I asked AI to show the 'real' me.
Sister does house sitting/house swaps. She got Florence in exchange for Nottingham centre which amazed me. You just have to get yourself there and feed yourself. I think there might also be a small fee to join the site.

I'm told that plenty of overseas tourists want to come to Nottingham.
 

vickster

Squire
Book last minute on Groupon, Wowcher etc?
 

Chislenko

Veteran
Become a trusted Dog sitter. My mate from Australia, who I met doing just that in Montenegro, goes all over the world looking after dogs. Just find your travel and spending money.
 

alicat

Squire
Location
Staffs
Another vote for housesitting. I can give you a discount code for TrustedHousesitters if you DM me. I've been to some lovely places in Sweden, France, Italy and Germany as well as various parts of the UK just for the additional cost of the travel.
 

glasgowcyclist

Charming but somewhat feckless
Location
Scotland
My wife and I are just back from a week in Morocco. Flights plus half-board for £582 each. Eating out was cheaper than anywhere I’ve been in Europe.
 

Punkawallah

Veteran
The Eurozone tends to be the Eurozone. I was looking at a midweek ferry from Teeside to Amsterdam at £25, thence a pedal around Holland for a week, returning from Amsterdam. B&B for a night about £150, or £900 for the week? Can’t afford it.
 
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