Day Trips Abroad from Manchester Airport, and What They Cost
Dublin for 12h 25m at £71.85 is the best day out of Manchester. The £62.00 Shannon day is cheaper but lands you back at Liverpool.
Day trips abroad from Manchester airport come down to Ireland, and that's not a dig, it's just where the cheap early flights go. There are 51 cities on the Manchester board, but the two that properly work as out-and-back-in-a-day are Dublin and Shannon, and in November you can do either for under £75 all in, flights and the day on the ground together.
What a day from Manchester actually costs
These are the whole-day prices, so the flights plus what you'll realistically spend once you're there, not a fare on its own.
- Dublin, Mon 16 Nov. Out 06:05, home 23:00, 12h 25m in the city, £71.85
- Dublin, Thu 19 Nov. Out 07:35, home 21:10, 9h 5m in the city, £69.85
- Shannon, Sun 22 Nov. Out 06:15, home 19:25, 7h 50m in the city, £62.00
Fares checked 8 Nov. If you only want the flight and you'll sort the rest yourself, the cheapest returns in November are Shannon at £29.00 on Sun 22 Nov, Cork at £30.00 on Wed 25 Nov and Dublin at £31.00 on Thu 19 Nov.
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Read the small print on the cheap ones
The £62.00 Shannon day is the cheapest thing on the board and it doesn't bring you back to Manchester, it lands at Liverpool. Same with the Tue 24 Nov Dublin at £69.85. That's fine if you live between the two, it's a proper headache if you've left the car in a Manchester car park, so check the return airport before you book anything.
Manchester against the other airports
Price-wise Manchester sits right in the middle, and on choice it's second only to Stansted.
- London Stansted, 83 cities, cheapest whole day £61.00 to Shannon
- Manchester, 51 cities, cheapest whole day £62.00 to Shannon
- Bristol, 24 cities, cheapest whole day £67.85 to Dublin
The gap between Stansted and Manchester is about a quid, so unless you live in London there's no real argument for travelling south to fly.
So is it worth flying from Manchester?
If Dublin's the target, yes, easily. Twelve and a half hours on the ground for £71.85 is as much city time as anything leaving London, and you're not paying £9.90 for a train to Stansted first. If you want somewhere hot or somewhere German, Manchester thins out fast and you're into three figures.
Everything we've priced is on the Manchester day trips board, and you can compare it with every other UK airport if you've got a second one within reach.
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