People often say to me that it’s virtually impossible to book a really cheap Ryanair flight. unless you are willing to fly to the middle of nowhere in the depths of Winter. To prove that it’s entirely possible to find a cheap flight to a great destination in June, when there’s a good chance of some decent weather and long, light evenings, I spent around 15 minutes today (9 May 2009) on the Ryanair site to check out the availability of their £2.50, including taxes, fares on their current 75% off lowest fares promotion. I searched for return flights from Edinburgh during the middle of June, as there’s no point in getting somewhere for £2.50 and then having to pay a lot more to get back. So for a 7 day trip, travelling midweek, I found £5 return flights from Edinbutgh to Zadar in Croatia, a historic city on the Adriatic coast with access to hundreds of islands, Poitiers in France, a city of art of culture, home of the Futuroscope theme park and Billund in Denmark, an attractive city close to Legoland.

The Sea Organ, Zadar, Croatia

So yes I’d say that there is fairly good availability of the £2.50 fares but remember the price will only be £2.50 if you pay by Visa Electron to avoid the debit and credit card handling fee of £5 per person per flight, you only take one piece of hand luggage weighing up to 10 kgs.  Ryanair are now charging a £5 online check in fee except on promotional fares.

Therfore as long as you don’t travel in peak season, travel midweek and have some flexilblity with dates, you can book really cheap Ryanair flights to some great destinations.

Update 1/10/09

I recently managed to book three £2 return flights for travel during the period from the end of September to the end November 2009 from Edinburgh to Bournemouth, Dublin and Pisa, all great destinations.