Flight into Rome, departing from Switz.??

clp1027 · June 2012

My sister and I are trying to plan a trip to Europe in October. We will be there for 10 days and would like to visit Italy and Switzerland while we are there. I'm trying to find flights that arrive and depart from different locations, but it seems like you take a really big $$ hit to depart from a different location. Does anyone have experience with this?

alithebride · June 2012

not really. do a multi-city search.

mouse10031978 · June 2012

Yes- multi-city search.... We are flying into Venice and out of Rome for not much more. Do you plan to take the train from Switzerland to Rome?

alithebride · June 2012

mouse-ugh. i dont envy you flying out of rome. that place is a disaster. leave a lot of time!! the 7 or 8 times ive been through there for arrivals, departures or even layovers it's ALWAYS a mess. good luck

TravelingJen · June 2012

I have taken several trips to Europe where I should have flown into and out of different cities. My most recent example was our trip to Italy this past September. The trip began in Rome and ended in Venice but we had round-trip tickets into and out of Rome. As a result, we had to take a budget flight from Venice to Rome (cost about $200 for both of us) and also had to stay an additional night in Rome near the airport since we weren't able to find a flight that departed Venice early enough in the morning prior to our flight from Rome back to the US. In the future I will be willing to spend a little extra money to ensure that we fly into and out of different cities even if it means spending more money. It's worth the time and hassle it saves.

Mrs.BFinally · June 2012

How much time would suggest on a departure flight? What do you thinkt he time frame on an arrival will be once we are off the plane, customs, and claiming luggage prior to heading to the pier to get on the Navigator? I think DH pulled train schedules for a 12:00PM departure to the pier (we land in Rome at 9AM).

Glad I read this .....

Tyrna · July 2012

Mrs. B - We landed at 9:40 and were on a train around noon so that should be fine. Just head to the train and go to the newsstand or a machine to buy tickets.

Heading home from Rome took much longer. The international terminal we left from required walking from train to outside main terminal, bus to int'l terminal, through customs, through security, onto another bus to actual terminal, and then walk to gate. Plan to get there 2 1/2 hrs to be on the safe side I'd say.

Tyrna · July 2012

clp1027:
My sister and I are trying to plan a trip to Europe in October. We will be there for 10 days and would like to visit Italy and Switzerland while we are there. I'm trying to find flights that arrive and depart from different locations, but it seems like you take a really big $$ hit to depart from a different location. Does anyone have experience with this?

You might also check the trains and see if that gets you to/from a better airport choice.

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