Paris in October

silly.goose · June 2012

Are flights just under $1000 reasonable, or should I hold out? We're also thinking of flying into London, which seems cheaper and we could take the train.

ETA another question: Most flights are not non-stop, if we had a stop somewhere like Canada, do we have to do customs twice? I know this is probably a dumb question - but I haven't flown internationally since I was a kid.

sucredee · June 2012

Seems pretty reasonable to me. We go around that time every year and usually pay around $1200. We always fly United though so i guess I don't know about other airlines. Considering we are just about to pay $1000 to fly to Maine in August $1000 for Europe doesn't seem bad to me at all. If you are wanting to spend time in London I could see flying into London. If not it would seem silly to fly into London just so you can then pay for the train to go to Paris unless the total would be much cheaper.

bonjourbelle05 · June 2012

I think that's pretty reasonable...I would go for it....much more convenient than having to take the train (unless you want to spend some time in London as well).

sucredee · June 2012

Yes you would have to go through customs twice.

TravelingJen · June 2012

Unfortunately $1000 is pretty standard nowadays for airfare to Europe. You will have to go through customs twice but if the direct flight is the same price or only a little bit more than the one with a layover, I would do the direct instead.

Anasara · June 2012

DH & I just got back 2 weeks ago from Paris. We flew out of Boston on Iceland Air for just under $1k each; it was the cheapest way there. If you're open to a stop over, I'd highly recommend it. I saw several posters in the Reykjavik airport advertising Denver as a new desination served by Iceland Air when we flew. You can stop over in Iceland for up to a week @ no additional airfare. We stayed 3 days in Iceland & 10 days in France. We stayed with friends in France which gave us the extra $ for exploring Iceland. Iceland was amazing (already want to go back) & customs was super easy there. Funnily enough we just walked in & out of CDG without so much as getting our passports stamped. DH was kind of disappointed since he just became a US citizen (he's from India originally) in January & it was his 1st time using his American passport.