Holiday flights from tour operators are also suitable for self-employed travelers. Did you know how cheap charter flights can get you to holiday destinations?
What are holiday flights?
When booking a trip, many committed self-employed travelers only compare scheduled flights, but don’t even think about holiday flights from tour operators.
In the middle of the holiday season, it’s worth fixing the matter: researching holiday flights can save you hundreds and take you to destinations that you can’t even get to on a scheduled flight.
Holiday flights are charter flights filled by tour operators, operated by several different companies such as Finnair, Sunclass Airlines and Jet Time. During the booking phase, you can see on the tour operator’s website which company operates the flight and which type of plane is used.
The cheapest round-trip flights can be found for as little as 50 euros, but the typical price for round-trip flights is around 100–150 euros. At the time of writing, the cheapest flights cost 63 euros from Helsinki to Split, Croatia and back.
The best holiday flight deals are made when the travel date is approaching. The best seasons for sudden departure flights are spring, early summer, late summer and autumn. In winter, you can find cheap flights to, for example, the Canary Islands.
Vacation flights are available in addition to round-trip flights, either from Finland to the destination or from the destination back to Finland.
If you’re worried about the outdated alcohol-fueled reputation of holiday flights, you can forget the stereotypes – the era of Javelin trips is already over.
Where can you go on holiday flights?
Holiday flights typically travel to beach resorts favored by Finns. Holiday flights are operated not only to Europe but also to distant destinations.
In the summer season, typical holiday flight destinations are, for example, the Greek islands, the Turkish coast and Spanish beach destinations such as Mallorca. With holiday flights, you can also reach Italian beach destinations such as Sicily.
When traveling to the smaller Greek islands, holiday flights are usually the only way to reach the destination by direct flights, as scheduled flights are only operated to larger islands such as Rhodes and Crete. Holiday flights offer an excellent opportunity to fly directly to, for example, Zakynthos, Samos or Karpathos.
During the winter season, holiday flights can be used especially when traveling to the Canary Islands, as they are often cheaper than scheduled flights. Charter planes operate to Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
Thailand, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and Cape Verde are examples of destinations outside of Europe that can be reached during the winter months by holiday flight.
This is how you book cheap holiday flights
Holiday flights are often left unused by travelers because they are simply not noticed. Charter flights do not come up in searches comparing scheduled flights.
Holiday flights are listed on the tour operators’ websites, but it is easiest to compare the offers of different operators through Rantapallo’s holiday search. You can see at a glance what is available.
In addition to package tours, for example Apollomatkat, Aurinkomatkat, TUI and Tjäreborg sell just holiday flights.
Depending on the tour operator and the operating company, luggage may be included in the price of the ticket or it may have to be paid for separately – just like with scheduled flights.
When buying only holiday flights, you can choose during the booking phase whether you want to buy other additional services for the flights, such as meals or airport transfers.
Source: www.rantapallo.fi
