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This page updated: December 16th, 2009
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  • SCANDINAVIA: Fly from London to Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg or Helsinki. £59 o/w incl tax. Book at http://sn1p.at/sas by Mar 21.
  • We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: Europe Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/5r8Yhz
  • We've set up a Facebook Group for our sister site, attitude Travel Volunteering! You can join us here: http://sn1p.at/facebook/volunteering
  • We have a proper Facebook address! At last! Now you can post us all your low cost travel questions at http://www.facebook.com/attitudeTravel
  • Eileen Barish gives insight into a unique type of low cost lodging - European monasteries! See http://www.monasteriesofitaly.com/ @eileeneeo
  • Thanks for the #FollowFriday shout-outs yesterday @RobertZurel, @AnalyzingKitty @ARTweestic & @E_Wanjiru ! You guys have a great weekend!
  • We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: Europe Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/5r8Yhz
  • WEST YORKSHIRE: Yesterday, after lunch, I took advantage of a low cost NX FunFare seat: Leeds to London, o/w, £12. A http://sn1p.at/nx ! ^AL
  • UK: New 250mph trains will reduce the travel time between London & Birmingham to 47 mins. A British TGV at last? See: http://www.tr.im/Rwog
  • @RobertZurel WISH ED ALL THE BEST! | Our Editor, Alan L, is now back on form & sends you his thanks for your kind wishes! Have a great day!
  • DENMARK: Sick of flying? DFDS Seaways has 2-for-1 mini cruises from Harwich to Esbjerg for £43 pp. Book by Mar 31 at http://sn1p.at/dfds
  • NETHERLANDS: Fed up with flying? DFDS has 2-for-1 mini cruises from Newcastle to Amsterdam for £89. Book by Mar 31 at http://sn1p.at/dfds
  • We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: Europe Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/5r8Yhz
  • Thanks @RobertZurel, @ARTweestic, @BigBlendMag, @aleombruni & @ReviewResorts for the Friday #FF! Our Ed was ill or we'd have replied sooner!
  • LONDON: KL's budget hotel Tune is coming! See Daily Mail's "AirAsia's £2-a-night no-frills hotels set to open in London" - http://tr.im/QGY2
  • Thanks for your smiles, @BigBlendMag ! It's 06:55 here in London (early!), our Editor is making a coffee - and smiles are just what we need!
  • RT @cheapamsterdam: Budget airline bmibaby has 50% off cheap flights in Mar, Apr, May. Fly to Amsterdam http://sn1p.at/bmibaby (via @att ...
  • @soniagraupera - Moltes grà cies, Sonia! I "Bon dia" de Londres també!
  • @RobertZurel - Thanks for the mention! We enjoyed the thought about what the simple act of observing sunrise & sunset can mean! Any more?
  • KENYA: There are rumours that TWO Ryanair-style no-frills airlines may start up in Nairobi. Wolfgang H. Thome reports: http://tr.im/QEOv
  • USA: Book 2 stays at Sleep Inn ( http://sn1p.at/sleepinn ) or any Choice hotel with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
  • USA: Book 2 stays at Quality Inn ( http://sn1p.at/qualityinn ) or any Choice hotel with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
  • USA: Book 2 stays at Comfort Inn ( http://sn1p.at/comfortinn ) or any Choice hotel with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
  • USA: Book 2 stays at EconoLodge ( http://sn1p.at/econolodge ) or any Choice hotel, with arrival between Feb 22 & Apr 30 & get 1 free night!
  • WEST YORKSHIRE: Just booked a low cost intercity connection. Friday morning, London to Leeds o/w for £8.50! See: http://sn1p.at/megabus ^AL
  • UK: New cheap train fares at East Coast! London to Edinburgh, £13; Newcastle to London, £12; London to Leeds: £10. http://sn1p.at/eastcoast
  • RT @lr3031: @attitudeTravel http://studentsineurope.com review, Sara H writes Attitude Travel great resource for student travelers" http ...
  • EARTH: Chile quake 7th strongest in history. Earth's figure axis shifted 8cm. Terran day now 1.26 milliseconds shorter. http://tr.im/Qtxp
  • In her http://studentsineurope.com review, Sara H writes "Attitude Travel [...] a great resource for student travelers" http://bit.ly/bzcZXG
  • Many thanks from everyone @attitudeTravel to Sara H, Laura C & the team @SIEweblog for their review of attitudeTravel! http://bit.ly/bzcZXG
  • Laura C on FB: "I wanted to share a review that my colleague wrote about your site. Thanks for all you do!" Find us: http://sn1p.at/facebook
  • RT @SIEweblog: Sara reviews @attitudeTravel -- a great resource for student travelers in search of cheap flights! http://bit.ly/bzcZXG
  • UK: Travelodge is offering 150,000 en-suite double rooms for £19! Stay Mar 19 to May 31. Low cost Easter breaks at http://sn1p.at/travelodge
  • EUROPE: bmibaby is 8! Fly Mar 15 - Jun 30 from the UK to Nice, Cork, Faro, Lisbon & more. Save up to 80%! Book now at http://sn1p.at/bmibaby
  • ROMANIA: airBaltic begins cheap flights from Riga in Latvia to Bucharest on Mar 29. Fares from EUR 84 o/w inc tax. http://sn1p.at/airbaltic
  • RT @unoblogger: Chile quake toll tops 700 as tsunami devastation emerges (AFP) http://bit.ly/bEJjU0
  • HAWAII: HI has escaped a tsunami. RT @theobserver AP: An official at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said: "We dodged a bullet"
  • CHILE: An 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Santiago at 06:34 GMT this morning. A tsunami warning has gone out as far as Japan & Australia.
  • SOUTH YORKSHIRE: On Aardvark, our Editor, Alan L, answered a travel question about Halal Restaurants in Sheffield: http://vark.com/t/51b108
  • EUROPE: Budget airline bmibaby has 50% off cheap flights in Mar, Apr, May. Fly to Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, Venice... http://sn1p.at/bmibaby
  • LONDON: Low cost airport bus easyBus has 30k o/w seats for £1 between London & Stansted airport. Book by March 1st. A http://sn1p.at/easybus
  • @swilly2009 - Thanks for the RT on our USA budget hotels album on Facebook, Sandi! Which are your favourite low cost hotels in the USA?
  • We added 3 new Budget Hotels to our Facebook album "Cheap Sleeps: North America Low Cost Budget Hotels and Hostels" - http://bit.ly/4mJaYG
  • @swilly2009 - Thanks very much for the RT on Mark's comment, Sandi! We are working on some FB apps now, so more Facebook news to come soon.
  • Mark O'Dwyer on FB: "OMG Air Europe are dam cheap! I never even heard of them... you are a legend!!!" Join us on http://sn1p.at/facebook !
  • Mark O'Dwyer on FB: "Attitude travel is an amazing site. It's got me so much cheap flights. Well done!" Join us on http://sn1p.at/facebook !
  • LONDON: O'Leary said 25-min turnarounds are necessary & Ryanair won't fly into London Heathrow, Paris CDG or Frankfurt Main, even for free.
  • VICTORIA: Our Ed, Alan L, asked for an update on Ryanair's Transatlantic budget airline plans. O'Leary said to expect nothing for 4-5 years.
  • LONDON: O'Leary claims Ryanair has the most beautiful flight attendants, adding that 'you might find their great-grannies' working on BA.
  • VICTORIA: Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary is trying hard to embarrass easyJet, asking: Why don't they publish their punctuality statistics?
  • LONDON: Our Editor, Alan L, is at the Grosvenor Hotel in Victoria now, waiting for a Ryanair Press Conference to start...
  • @lowcostairlines - Thanks for the RTs on our quotes from Tony Davis (Tiger Airways) & Peter Harbison (CAPA) from LCA World Asia Pacific 2010
  • Want one of our 8 GoogleWave invites? Tweet your favourite low cost airline/bus/train/ferry/hotel & WHY @attitudeTravel. Best 8 win! Pls RT!
  • @BhutanTravels - Thx for the RT on the 'Best Flight Attendant' idea! We can't claim credit but we think budget airlines should introduce it!
  • CHINA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Bruce Buchanan confirmed Jetstar will now fly Singapore to Haikou & Shantou. http://sn1p.at/jetstar
  • ASIA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Tiger Airways CEO Tony Davis boldly claimed: "There are 50 [more] destinations we could fly to today"
  • HONG KONG: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, CEO Tony Davis confirmed Tiger Airways will now fly from Singapore to HK. http://sn1p.at/tiger
  • AUSTRALIA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Buchanan said Jetstar is planning 100% self-service check-in for domestic & trans-Tasman travel.
  • AUSTRALIA: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010, Bruce Buchanan confirmed Jetstar will soon introduce SMS Boarding Passes! A world first! @jet2com
  • SINGAPORE: At LCA World Asia Pacific 2010 (http://sn1p.at/wlcac/asia/2010) there was much talk of the Jetstar + AirAsia strategic alliance.
Friday, 3rd October, 2008
Low cost Airlines in Europe

Jet 2 to fly new sunshine routes

North England's own budget airline, Jet 2 plans to expand its route network in 2009, flying to many more sunshine destinations - including Cornwall, Croatia and Cyprus.

In fact, next year, Jet 2 will fly more low cost routes to the Mediterranean, Adriatic & Dalmatia than ever before - not only from the North of England, but also from Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Jet 2 will fly to many more sunshine destinations from Northern Ireland and the North of England in Spring and Summer 2009
Friday, 26th September, 2008
Transatlantic Low cost Airlines

Ryanair's sister to fly the Atlantic

It's official! Europe's most successful no-frills carrier plans to launch a sister-airline to fly the Atlantic, offering unprecedentedly low fares.

If you're an anti-aviation eco-activist, this probably sounds like your worst nightmare, so join in our debate on anthropogenic global warming. If not, you may be happy that transatlantic low fare flights, first introduced by Sir Freddie Laker may yet re-emerge in the 21st century.

Ryanair has plans to create a sister-airline which will operate low cost transatlantic flights...
Wednesday, 24th September, 2008
Low cost Airlines in Europe

Budget Airlines focus on Ukraine

You wait years for an LCC, then 4 come along at once. This autumn, Wizz Air, germanwings, Germania & Air Arabia all start flying to Ukraine.

The former Soviet Republic has long only been accessible via flag carriers such as British Airways and Austrian Airlines. At last, no-frills carriers will make transit to cities such as Kyiv and L'viv affordable.

Wizz Air - one of the European low fare airlines to start operating direct low cost international routes into Ukraine in 2008...
Wednesday, 24th September, 2008
Low cost Airlines in the Middle East

FlyDubai to sheikh up Arabian skies

Air Asia will fly beyond the borders of Southeast Asia with new routes to both India and Bangladesh.

Attempts by other cheap Asian airlines such as Mihin Lanka, Nok Air & Fly Yeti to operate low cost flights across the Bay of Bengal, linking South Asia with Southeast Asia have so far all failed. Only the Indian LCC AI Express currently links Thailand & Singapore to India & Bangladesh.

The Tyn Church on Prague's Old Town Square...
Wednesday, 24th September, 2008
Low cost Airlines in Asia

Mihin Lanka will fly again...

Sri Lanka's only low fare airline, grounded for most of 2008, expects to take to the skies again in December.

Mihin Lanka is uniquely placed to offer inter-regional low cost routes linking the Persian Gulf to Southeast Asia. But the revived carrier will now face increased competition from aggressively expanding low cost rivals AI Express and Air Asia.

Mihin Lanka plans to take to the skies again in December 2008...
Monday, 22nd September, 2008
Low cost Airlines in Asia

New low cost routes to South Asia

Air Asia will fly beyond the borders of Southeast Asia with new routes to both India and Bangladesh.

Attempts by other cheap Asian airlines such as Mihin Lanka, Nok Air & Fly Yeti to operate low cost flights across the Bay of Bengal, linking South Asia with Southeast Asia have so far all failed. Only the Indian LCC AI Express currently links Thailand & Singapore to India & Bangladesh.

Air Asia - due to fly into India in November 2008...
Monday, 22nd September, 2008
Low cost Airlines in Europe

Air Arabia expands into Europe

The largest, best established budget carrier in the Middle East, Air Arabia has set its sights on Europe.

The low fare airline will commence flights to Ukraine on October 15th, 2008, and plans to establish a new base in the Moroccan capital Rabat from which it will fly to many Mediterranean destinations in both North Africa and Europe.

Air Arabia is now expanding its route networks into Europe...
Friday, 29th August, 2008
Low cost Airlines in Asia

Air Deccan is now Kingfisher Red

India's pioneering no-frills airline Air Deccan has been swallowed up whole by Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher. The phoenix rising from Deccan's ashes is Kingfisher Red.

Crucially, this means that what was once the cheapest air network in India has now been superceded by leaner, meaner competitors such as spiceJet, IndiGo and also GoAir, based out of Goa. And in India, of course, there's always the train...

Kingfisher Red now operates domestic low fare flights across India out of Delhi and Mumbai
Wednesday, 21st March, 2007
Low Cost Buses & Trains in the UK

No-frills intercity routes in the UK

In March 2007, Stelios Haji-Ionannou's easyBus launched its first new route in three years, from central London to Stansted Airport.

Meanwhile other budget intercity operators such as Terravision, megabus, megatrain and NX Funfare continue to expand their networks. A greener alternative to flying?

megabus operates the largest low cost overland network in Europe
Tuesday, 3rd April, 2007
Low Cost Travel Cafe

Share budget travel tips...!

One of attitude Travel's ongoing objectives is to help backpackers & independent travellers share useful information and advice.

The Low Cost Travel Cafe is a great place to find out about the latest budget air routes and to get quick answers to your own independent travel questions.

The Low Cost Travel Cafe on attitude Travel is an online hang out for backpackers and independent travellers
Thursday, 10th April, 2003
Budget Travel in the Czech Republic

Backpacking in Bohemia & Moravia

The Czech capital, Prague, is an architectural jewel and offers a wealth of sights to explore.

attitude Travel also has travel photos, maps, advice and original articles to help you plan your travels to other towns and castles including Český Krumlov, Kutná Hora, Karlštejn, Telč and Karlovy Vary.

The Tyn Church on Prague's Old Town Square...
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