We all need to get away sometimes. Whether it's a day trip to another city, a long weekend in the countryside, or a month-long hike through the Himalayas, it's a refreshing experience to immerse yourself in a different culture and relax your stress-addled mind and body for a little while.
But it's not necessarily so easy to book a holiday and head away. First, you have to take off time from work and do the same for anyone going with you, or even take your kids out of school if you have any. Then comes the relentless planning of your destination and how to get there, then what activities you will take part in and what sights there are to see once you arrive.
Adding up the costs of your stay, from any planned excursions to the accommodation, you might forget how expensive the cost of travel itself can be. I have no clue why it happens with certain routes and not others (I'm sure there's logical reasoning behind it), but some holidays seem much less likely to happen just down to how expensive the plane tickets would be.
One such route is heading from the United Kingdom to the United States of America, or vice versa. If any British citizens want to head over to the big apple for a short stay, they will likely be paying hundreds just to get there, which can easily put someone off the idea entirely. Luckily, there is one airline that you can use to get to the US from England with much less trouble, as long as you go at the right time.
From April, the budget airline WOW Air will be heading from London Stansted to New York City's JFK airport at a surprisingly low price. The fares can be as low as just £99 ($130) each way, as long as you fly between April and June, or during September and October next year - and this is including all taxes and charges.
"The airline will begin flying to JFK in spring 2018, with the inaugural flight departing on 26 April. Flights will operate seven days a week," WOW said in a statement. Skúli Mogensen, founder of the airline, added:
"We are proud to constantly be lowering fares across the Atlantic, enabling more people to fly in our brand new aircraft and to experience the world."
"Air Passenger Duty in the UK is one of the highest in the world and we would love to change this. These low fares make a statement and allow our passengers to fly affordably."
The planes go via Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, but it's a small price to pay for the literal small price of the tickets. It's unlikely these tickets will stick around for too long, so it may be worth checking them out far in advance. I wonder how New York is in April?
