Europe Holiday

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use www.kayak.com to find the cheapest route and booking.

Day of week travel times have a significant impact on affordability; also this time of year is peak season, so you're going to pay more (July / August are Europe's peak period).

Btw if your destination is flexible, then also shop around on destination. For example currently: Madrid (Spain), Frankfurt (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Milan (Italy) are cheaper ports of entry than for example: France, Amsterdam, Rome, Barcelona, ...

Europe's tough on a shoestring, yet there's many backpacker solutions, and way up the prices between trains and easyjet.

 

[Benster]

You can also use:

http://matrix.itasoftware.com/

Its works well to compare different airlines and you can get prices in ZAR.

 

[Hosehead]

He's travelling in DECEMBER.

Look at the seasonal airlines that will be flying. Try Edelweiss Airlines http://www.edelweissair.ch/en/ twice weekly resumption starting in the Autumn.

 

[drkev]

If you don't mind some very long stopovers, try KLM. Always used to be the cheapest, but the overall journey could take as long 24 hours. (This was to London)