This summer I am going to Greece for 6 weeks.
I'm going to Zakynthos for 43 days from the 7th July.

I've been searching online for a while now trying to get a cheap flight but I'm having a real hard time trying to find anyone that even fly on those particular days! Getting 2 one way tickets isn't an option as I can't afford it.

Whats the best way to get the tickets?
Can I just go into a travel agent and tell them what I need? I don't need a hotel or anything, just a flight.
Or is there a travel company(online?phone?shop?) who can help me?

This is my first time travelling on my own so I want to book the flights within the next week or so so I can plan ahead pn what needs doing.
Thanks

this might sound kind of stupid, but have you tried the expedia/travelocity/hotwire type sites? they always seem to hook me up when i need travel things ('specially when it comes to flight/hotel/rent-a-car deals).

the only thing i really have to say is don't go to a travel agent. coz they lie & they'll rob you retarded.

there's this sxually confused gangsta greek kid at the center i volunteer at. & he's always talking about taking me back to greece to meet his mom. he's pretty intense.

fyi.

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I've tried expedia.
What are the other sites? I really don't want to spend more than £260 on a flight.
I mean, I went to greece last year and the flights + 2 weeks self catering was only £300! So i guess its expensive if you just want a flight.
I don't really want to change at Athens because it adds another 5 hours to the journey or just waiting around basically.

Hotwire.com - Discount travel deals.
Travel: Airfares, hotels, vacations, cruises, car rentals and more at Travelocity.com
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those are the ones i usually stick w/. usually its a tie between orbitz & hotwire. though one time hotwire did book me a room in a "three-star hotel" in lincoln heights los angeles. so not mellow.

but for flights, just check & compare through all of those. you're bound to find something golden.

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for greece i always use olympic but i dont think that would work out cause their rates shoot up during the summer. but i know that all those web sites have good deals not different from what you'd find frmo a travel agent. if they are different the results from the sites would prob be cheaper.

late post sry i had the window open and didnt submit till like 15 min later l'avatar got it down lol

I've looked at Olympic but they don't go direct from London to Zakynthos. I would have to get a flight to Athens then change. I wouldn't mind but it adds so much longer to the Journey and I would rather not have to wait for hours in an airport for a 50 minute flight.
Thanks lav for the links. I will search now.

cheapflights.co.uk is always useful.

Try momondo.com.

rebecca loos used to book flights.

she loved the region formerly known as macedonia.

so did alexander the great.

i was having a look walter and it seems that you have to go via athens? i can';t find any direct flights. i might be wrong though i mean i probably am


Zakynthos Flights, Greece: Travel information about cheap flights to Zakynthos island, Ionian
Zakynthos, Greece: Travel information about Zakynthos flights to Greece:

Zakynthos Island can be reached by plane from almost all the international airports, via the airport of Athens.
The flying time from Athens to Zakynthos is about 45 minutes.

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Your best (or possibly only) bet for this sort of thing would be charter flights, so you should probably have a poke around on the major travel agents' websites to see who runs them and what kind of price range you're looking at. You'll be lucky if you get anything for the precise dates you're after, tbh, so if you're willing to make a sacrifice on your dates +/- a day or two then you will come across cheaper prices. Otherwise, I suspect the only airline you're likely to get those dates from is Olympic and you'll pay over the odds and have to change at Athens. Bit of a mofo, really.

There's nothing wrong with going in to a travel agent and getting a quote from them. You don't have to be bound to them if their prices/dates don't suit you.

On a separate note, your thread reminded me of a rep you gave me a few weeks ago in the 'boasting' thread and you asked me where in Greece I was going to this summer... Athens.

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Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait.

Thanks for the help everyone.
Basically I changed the date to the 8th and I leave that morning. I can't be arsed with waiting round in airports changing planes so I'm goign from Stansted that day and coming back the day I said.
247QUID! Still. It should be worth it.

I've been reading up on the place. It get the most earthquakes in Europe or something. Exciting!

Are you going to work out there or is it just a holiday?

Volunteer work with turtles

i just bought a ticket to spain for 10pounds including taxes.

ryanair is having a sale but it ends today if anybody is interested

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I am! Thanks for telling me!

today is the last day to buy tickets though!!!

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Oh, I checked and they aren't going to Lanzarote where I was gonna buy tckets for.

cool, what organisation are you doing this with? could you leave a link?