Airfare
My husband and I are booked for Switzerland Crown Jewel on 9/17. I just started looking at flights. We live in upstate NY, plan to fly out of greater NYC area. I am shocked at costs from Zurich home. Any advice on booking flights to Geneva, home from Zurich would be appreciated.
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If you used a travel agent to book your Tauck trip, s/he will help you find the best solution. If you book direclty with Tauck, Tauck may be able to help you.
I use a travel agent and she does a good job of finding the best solution for me.
If you didn't use a travel agent to book your flight, a travel agent will help you but there will be a charge.
Matrix search is not bad - https://matrix.itasoftware.com/search but not as good as what my TA can do.
I start out with Google flight search - https://www.google.com/travel/flights?gl=US&hl=en-US
I use Google flights to find the cheapest tickets as well. Whatever you use though, the tickets you find today may be cheaper than the tickets you find tomorrow, unless the situation with Iran is settled and oil starts falling.
I agree with trying Tauck. You do not have to commit and there is no charge for asking. Good luck with your search.
And be aware, Tauck does not have access to all flights and classes of service. Best to do your homework, as well.
Is it worth the gamble waiting a few weeks in case the war situation improves and maybe prices come down. I’m concerned that any booked flights may also be cancelled if people stop flying for economic reasons.
It going to take more than a few weeks for the oil situation to get back to normal. It'll be months.
I bought tickets for my next Tauck trip which is in September.
Airlines hedge fuel prices by buying futures. They are just using the current prices as an excuse to gouge people.
I currently have to biz class trips to Europe booked, one in May and one in Sept. When I bought the tickets, they were in the usual 4-5K range. Those flights are currently 12K and 14K (though there are cheaper alternative connections available)!
(edited for typo)