Travelling can be quite stressful, particularly if you have heavy luggage to cart around and young children to keep track of. As a result of the recession, many people decided to holiday in England this year giving rise to the term: 'staycation'. But even staying close to home doesn't take the stress out of travelling.
Unfortunately, because of the less than perfect weather British holiday-makers were cooped up across the country in hotels, caravans and tents. Traffic jams, particularly into the west country spanned counties and the costs for hotels, food and excursions weren't actually any less than they would be overseas.
However, 20 million Brits did opt to holiday in England this summer, but now 68% of them want their week in the sunshine. So stress levels go up again trying to plan holiday number two.
Finding affordable winter sun is no easy task. Can you risk taking the kids out of school? Which airlines and holiday companies are reliable? Who is charging the lowest excess baggage fees these days? The stress involved just with getting to your destination can be rather excessive.
Finally you settle for a cheap holiday in the Canaries flying with a low-cost carrier at some ungodly hour on a Sunday. But how do you get to the airport to catch this cheap early morning flight without booking a taxi or paying ridiculous airport car parking rates? It seems like your blood pressure is rising again.
Relying on public transport in London, particularly first thing on a Sunday morning the week before Christmas is a risk too great to take. You could get the train. But that means you have to get to the station, which means bus, tube or back to the taxi idea again. However, there is an alternative that means you and your luggage can be picked up conveniently near home.
From just ?2 each way you could take advantage of easyBus's airport shuttle service from various pick-up points all over London that will take you directly to your terminal at Gatwick, Luton or Stansted; easy as pie and completely stress free.
If you can arrive at the airport stress free, you now just have to home that the online check-in has gone according to plan, the queue at the bag-drop is moving, and that your plastic see-through liquids bag is ready for display at security.
This article is written by Milissa Brusser and inspired by easyBus, the leading low cost airport transfers bus and coach service for all airline travellers. At easybus.co.uk you can buy tickets to and from London Gatwick for just ?2 online.
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