Having spent most of my life in Australia, I’m well acquainted with the cost of flights. To get anywhere from Australia costs thousands. I used to envy people who lived in New York or London for whom the rest of the world was just a short, and cheap, plane trip away. Air travel can be an expensive proposition though and it’s getting more so with rising fuel prices, carbon offset penalties and so forth.

On the other hand though, there is increasing competition as air travel routes are opened up to more airlines, and if you book well in advance, you can usually secure cheap flights and heavily discounted seats. Most airlines also have a limited number of bargain priced seats and internet specials available if you are quick enough off the mark to snap them up.

Flights.com is an easy place to find a discount air fare. They have daily specials on offer, such as Delta airlines $59 flights from New York City and Atlanta to 40+ cities across the country. With the increasing number of air commuters and air travellers, the cost of domestic travel has really been driven down over the last few years.

If you act now, you can get a round trip international fare to Australia which includes stop overs in four cities. That’s an amazingly good price – visiting one city would normally cost that much but this offer gives you four cities for the price of one. In fact, travelling to the US from Australia can easily cost up to $3000 so it’s an excellent deal and as a proud Aussie, I encourage you to come on over – we’d love to have you !

Travel like a celebrity in your own private jet!  Private charter services are available through Celebrity Jet and they specialise in both business and recreational travel.  Their charter services operate from 10,000 aiports in the USA, through out Europe, the Caribbean and also in Latin America.  You can expect the highest standards of service and reliabity from Celebrity Jets, and also their sister company, Celebrity Limousines.

Private air charter is the most convenient and flexible way to travel if time is critical.  Many coporations these days factor into account the cost of their executives time and frequently a private jet make more sense and is more cost effective than travelling via a commercial flight.  Additionally, travel times can be cut down if you regularly travel outside the main commercial routes.  Commercial airlines can only land at 580 airports in the US.  Private jets are smaller and can land in over 5,000, saving you time.

If you are looking online to book accommodation in Spain, you can’t go past http://www.hotelsespanol.com/Spain/.  They have all the best value Hotels in Barcelona and Hotels in Madrid.  Check out the AB Viladomat Hotel Barcelona from only EUR60 per night.

If you are travelling through Spain, consider flying between Barcelona and Madrid.  The flights are around an hour long, with very short check in times.  If you don’t have a lot of time to spare, you certainly save a lot of time by flying as the train trip takes anywhere from 5 to 9 hours.

Air Europa depart from terminal B at Barcelona airport and arrives in Madrid Barajas at the newly constructed terminal 4.  Check in at desks B44 to B58 in for the Barcelona-Madrid flight.  There are flights every day and the first one is at 7am and the last at 11.30pm.  There is no quicker or easier way to travel between these famous Spanish cities.  Ticket prices are between EUR94 - EUR320.  Services charges may apply.

These are great links for Hoteles en Barcelona and Hotels en Madrid.  Check out their special web only offers.

Vienna and Berlin are two of the most popular destinations in Europe.  www.cheaperthanhotels.com.uk offer a selection of accommodation deals for the best value Hotels in Berlin and Hotels in Vienna.  In terms of getting there, there have never been so many options for flights between the two cities.

Lufthansa fly direct to Vienna from Tegel airport in Berlin and you can keep an  eye on their website for the web-only deals.

Air Berlin are now offering cheap flights between Austria and Germany with flights out of Dortmund, Hamburg and Dusseldorf. 

SkyEurope fly between Stuttgard and Bratislavia where you board a shuttle bus for the 50km trip to Vienna.  

Additionally Germanwings flies to Vienna from Cologne-Bonn.

You can find great deals on Hotels in Berlin and Hotels in Vienna at these links.