Weekend city break

[stevewool]

Trying to arranged a long weekend away for me and Ems , i have looked at Venice, Barcelona, Florence and Pisa and even Edinburgh.
A nice 3 or 4 days away starting at Saturday and maybe back Tuesday.
The trouble i am finding is flights and the times you leave and arrive at your destination, if you are not careful you could lose 2 days with late flight and very early flights coming back, so the weekend break becomes 1 full day out of 3or 2 full days out of 4.
Now if you fly with British airways but from London you can chose what time to fly so you can have 3 or 4 full days at your destination, but the price zooms up.
Now Edinburgh we can drive up when we want get there midday and its just the cost of a tank or fuel, ok we have to travel for 5 hours , but when you add the time at the airport the hour flight plus the cost for two, Well i am gong to put forward to Ems Scotland looks like the winner.
Plus coming back we can pop over to Lindisfarne and Bamburgh castle .
We shall see where Emma wants to go

[Tawi2]

Last minute getaways can be expensive at times,two weeks ago i was with a mate on a saturday,he decided as his two small children were off for a week he might find a flight/ hotel for the week and fly the following day (sunday) spur of the moment decision,he is looking on his phone,everything is top money,cant get a direct flight to spain as they are all chock a block with families taking the kids away,he tells his wife find something for tomorrow and book it they ended up going to the hard rock hotel in tenerife,left sunday morning came back on the friday evening,cost including flights and a really nice suite was 4k

[stevewool]

Last minute getaways can be expensive at times,two weeks ago i was with a mate on a saturday,he decided as his two small children were off for a week he might find a flight/ hotel for the week and fly the following day (sunday) spur of the moment decision,he is looking on his phone,everything is top money,cant get a direct flight to spain as they are all chock a block with families taking the kids away,he tells his wife find something for tomorrow and book it they ended up going to the hard rock hotel in tenerife,left sunday morning came back on the friday evening,cost including flights and a really nice suite was 4k

I like to think i have a budget and try to stick to it, we are lucky we really dont have a budget but i hate wasting money .
Our break to Prague is costing £260 all in except spending money and that is 3 nights . a bargin.
Scotland we can get hotel with parking and breakfast right near the royal yacht for £306 for 3 nights,

[Terpe]

Blackpool

[stevewool]

Blackpool

I thought of there too. But I could never afford the fairgrounds rides

[Terpe]

We went there once.
It was closed, well except for the skateborders druggies drunks and .................

[stevewool]

I shall give that a miss, looking at North way over the Easter break the Lynn pernisula