Day Trips Abroad from Edinburgh, and What They Cost
The cheapest day trip abroad from Edinburgh right now is Cork on Saturday 14 November, nine hours on the ground for £87.85 including flights, transport and food.
Day trips abroad from Edinburgh are the best value in Scotland, and the cheapest return flight on the board at the moment is £29.00. Add what you actually spend once you land and a full day comes to £87.85, which is Cork on Saturday 14 November with nine hours on the ground. We cost every one of these the same way we cost all the other extreme day trips from the UK, so the figure covers the tram, the lunch and the dinner as well as the airfare.
Cheapest full day from Edinburgh right now is Cork on Saturday 14 November, nine hours there, out at 05:55 and home at 19:55, £87.85 all in. Checked 5 November. See the day
Where can you fly from Edinburgh and be back the same day?
Ireland is where the value sits, and it is not close. Cork and Dublin take the top six places on the board right now, and both give you more hours on the ground than almost anything flying out of London. Here is where they stand, cheapest first, with every price checked in the last two days.
- Cork, Saturday 14 November. £87.85 for the whole day, nine hours there, out 05:55 and home 19:55.
- Dublin, Wednesday 25 November. £87.85, and ten hours twenty five minutes on the ground, out 06:30 and home 21:35.
- Cork, Saturday 21 November. £88.85, nine hours there, same 05:55 flight.
- Dublin, Wednesday 18 November. £89.85, ten hours twenty five minutes.
- Dublin, Tuesday 17 November. £92.85, eight hours five minutes, a later 09:45 start if the dawn ones put you off.
- Dublin, Monday 23 November. £95.85, seven hours ten minutes.
Which Edinburgh day trip gives you the most hours abroad?
Dublin on Wednesday 25 November, with ten hours and twenty five minutes in the city for £87.85. That is a working day and then some, and it is the same price as the cheapest Cork day. If Dublin is the one you fancy, we have gone through the day trip to Dublin from the UK in more detail, including what to do with that much time.
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What does a day in Cork from Edinburgh actually cost?
£87.85 a head on 14 November, and the flight is only a small slice of that. The rest is getting to Edinburgh Airport and back, the bus into Cork, a lunch and a dinner. Cork is a good first day trip because the airport is close, the centre is small enough to walk and the English Market does lunch for very little.
Is it cheaper to fly on a weekday or a weekend from Edinburgh?
Both, depending on the city. Cork is cheapest on Saturdays here and Dublin is cheapest midweek, which is backwards from how most people assume it works. If your dates are flexible, check both before you decide which city you are going to.
Can you do a beach day from Edinburgh in one day?
You can, but you are looking at February rather than November. Alicante on Thursday 11 February is £100.75 for the whole day with seven hours twenty on the ground, out at 06:05 and home at 23:50. That is a long day for a beach, and it is still cheaper than most weekends away. See the day
What about Christmas markets from Edinburgh?
That is its own job, and we have costed the lot in Christmas market day trips from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Are day trips abroad from Edinburgh worth it?
At £87.85 for ten hours in Dublin, with no hotel and no annual leave, yes. The thing that catches people out is the 05:55 departure, which means leaving the house around 04:00, so look at the whole day rather than just the fare before you book.
Fares move as seats sell, so check your date on day trips from Edinburgh before you book. Founders pay £19 a year for every date we check.
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