Never had a problem with O'Leary or Stelios
I'm sure I will one day.
For cheap holidays I consider it worth the risk.
I can't afford to throw £400 on a comfy seat and some nice nibbles.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:28, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I agree
if it means I can afford a better holiday then I'm happy.

I wouldn't scrimp on a long haul flight, but then the really crappy airlines don't really do them.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:30, Reply)

^ this
there was one point where I was flying to and from England to Ireland about 15 times in a year. Simply couldn't afford to do anything but Ryanair for the sake of a 70 minute flight
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:31, Reply)

It's not like there's much difference really
An allocated seat and a slightly less chavvy set of passengers.
( djtrialprice, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:31, Reply)

When you fly to former Communist countries
they all wander about on take-off and landing, then applaud if it lands without bursting into flames or plowing through a packed school.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:35, Reply)

I'm not going on holiday with you
to third world countries
( djtrialprice, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:38, Reply)

I've told my mum I won't go to any more of those anyway
Tuscany or freebies to Scandinavia next thxplz.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:42, Reply)

We'll go holiday shopping at the weekend then ok hon?

( djtrialprice, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:44, Reply)

RAH!
*dances*
Not in high summer or for longer than 4 nights, right?
There's always Llandudno ;)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:46, Reply)

not much of a holiday that
4 nights or less, is it?
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:03, Reply)

I prefer little and often
Holidays become a chore for me after too long. I just want to go home.
Around four days is perfect.
A fortnight in 'paradise' would be hell to me!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:07, Reply)

I'm like that!
Even if it's a really fun holiday, by the fifth day or so I start thinking of the things I need to do when I get home.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Yup
I like my home, I like my cat, I like my little world really.

I like to see new places, but I'm not escaping to them.
My mum pins all her hopes on her fortnight in a villa every year, but there's so much pressure.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:13, Reply)

You're both weird
When I'm a millionaire I'll go traveling LOTS, I love holidays!
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:14, Reply)

When I'm a millionaire I shall travel lots too
But in short bursts.
And not in high summer.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:16, Reply)

In Britain's summer I won't holiday
I hate the vast majority of British people abroad.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:18, Reply)

British abroad


me too
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:19, Reply)

Well, that too
But I have an extra layer of hate for Brits abroad, the obnoxious loud-mouthed cunts.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:25, Reply)

I take it you have the same reflex as I do
of shuddering in horror when you hear a British accent abroad and doing your best to pretend you're foreign, just to minimise the chances of anyone realising you share a country with them?
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:26, Reply)

God yes
Although when I was in the States I found my accent becoming much more 'Queen's English'. The Yank ladies loved it.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:29, Reply)

the problem being
that no matter where you go, you'll ALWAYS run into at least one group of them
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:20, Reply)

Sadly you're right
Even in a random fishing village on Koh Samui, there was one red-skinned, football shirt-wearing, irritating British family who refused to even try to speak any Thai at all.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:27, Reply)

this indeed
there are the people who, although failing miserably, attempt to speak some of the language, then there are the fat sun-burned lobsters who refuse to even acknowledge anything unless its in English.

i have actually run into a couple of people I knew on holiday, which was rather strange
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:53, Reply)

I'm the same
I don't actually like the travelling part. most of my mates have been backpacking and stuff, and while it may have been enjoyable for them, I'm sure it wouldn't be for me. I don't sleep well in my own bed, so I'd end up sleep deprived and more paranoid than normal.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:19, Reply)

paranoid?
*cough* weed *cough*
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:21, Reply)

that was for comedy effect
I'm not actually paranoid.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:22, Reply)

damn.
so you don't have those guys partying in your head?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:27, Reply)

n't head arse
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:29, Reply)

some of them
mainly the chatty one, the munchies one and maybe a couple of others. I don't tend to suffer from ill effects
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:31, Reply)

me neither
I think you have to already have that mindset for the drugs to exacerbate it. I never had particularly bad come-downs, whilst friends of mine reported feeling almost suicidally despondent about nothing.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:34, Reply)

I tended to feel a bit blue
and that was it.

it's a funny thing, my brother smokes weed too, and is almost incapable of anything afterwards, whereas I can still adequately carry out most tasks.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:42, Reply)

that's the difference between Wiggy and one of his stoner mates
he can have several joints and still be fine to function, but his mate will have one or two and then not be able to do anything. He'll often say "yeah I'll just have a joint and then I'll come and meet you in town" and never shows up. He also goes to bed early in the evenings, even if he's invited friends round.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:50, Reply)

that must be annoying
my mates are reasonably reliable even when stoned.

going to bed early is just weird. it's rare that I'm in bed before midnight (not that that is not weird)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:56, Reply)

The last few cheapo flights I've got
we've been close to first on the plane and so we've just grabbed the emergency exit seats so there's loads of legroom. Jobsagoodun.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:56, Reply)

nice attitude Roota my dear
I'm too tall for buses, planes and trains to be comfortable anyway, unless in rich-bastard class, which I can't afford, so it makes little difference to me
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:42, Reply)

Yeah, until they introduce Cathedral Class
you're screwed sunshine ;)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:43, Reply)

this is true
*sadface*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:44, Reply)

the saving by going from BA to Ryanair/easyjet/thompson is going to be at most £30 on a shorthule.
Devide that by the amount of hours, say, 3 hours. Then work out if it's worth spending £10/hour to be comfortable for that amount of time, esspeically if you include that all drinks and snacks are free on BA, which would come to at least £10 on the crap airlines. Plus if there is a fuck up, and fuck ups do happen, it'll cost you more than the flight to fix on the other airlines.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:45, Reply)

Then work out you're spending around £100/day or whatever it is, then is it really worth skimping on £30 to have a bad start to the trip.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:46, Reply)

£30?
I don't think so. Take an average flight to Ireland. If I book in advance and only take hand luggage then on Ryanair it will cost me about £20. If I book same time at Aer Lingus it will cost me at least £80 if not more. That's a sizable difference.

Flying to Rome there is an even bigger difference
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 15:52, Reply)

I only really know to cyprus, where that is approxmatly the differance, which I thought percentage wise it would be the same.
Maybe it's difference for what they class as holiday destinations and residential ones, or the airport itself, for example, heathrow is more expensive than gatwick or luton.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 1 Jun 2010, 16:19, Reply)