This week Go Holiday DIY looks at trips to London
Where: Two days in London
When: June 6th-June 8th
With a tour operator Ebookers.ie has a weekend
package (well, it's just 32 hours and five minutes, as it happens)
for two people in a four-star hotel, with a price tag of more than
€650. The deal will see us stay in the Washington Mayfair
Hotel, a "fabulously located property" that, ebookers suggests, is
an "excellent choice". It's on a side street in Mayfair, between
Park Lane, Bond Street and Piccadilly. Our BMI flights leave Dublin
at 9.50pm on Friday and arrive at London Heathrow at 10.55pm,
leaving us little time that night. On Sunday morning ebookers would
have us depart Heathrow at 7am. As part of an eBookers.ie "special
offer" a continental breakfast is included in the price - although,
given our early departure time on Sunday, it's unlikely we'd have
time to avail of it.
How much?
Total€653.94, including taxes and fees.
On your ownThe cost of booking on the hotel
website -
www.washington-mayfair.co.uk- is £139 per night, a total
of £278 (€348.78) for the weekend. This does not include
breakfast, and the continental variety costs £15.50
(€19.40) per person per day. For two mornings this adds
£62 to our bill of £340 (€426.81). Ryanair has
flights to Stansted that weekend initially costing €9.99
each. We have no bags so avoid extra charges. Our flight leaves
Dublin at 1.40pm and returns nearly two days later, at 12.30pm.
Once all the charges are added, the ticket price rises to
€151.94, plus €16 in "handling charges" because we pay
with a credit card.
Total€594.75
DIY savings€59.19
