Travel by plane

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I live in Montpellier, a city in the south of France, then to travel to Scotland I had two options.

The first option was to travel with the company Ryanair, which allows a direct trip from Marseille to Edinburgh. If you choose this option, you should plan your car trip from Montpellier to Marseille and then, plan your train or bus trip from Edinburgh to Glasgow.
Even if the flight ticket with Ryanair is cheaper, do not forget to include the extra costs for petrol, tolls, transport and also the extra cost of checked baggage not included in the flight ticket (about €45 extra).


In summer, you can find Ryanair flights from Béziers or Carcassonne, which are closer to Montpellier (check on the Ryanair website depending on the season).

The second option was to travel with KLM (Air France group), which allows you to depart directly from Montpellier with a stopover in Amsterdam to Glasgow. That's the choice I made.
The flight time between Montpellier and Amsterdam is about 1 hour 30 minutes and between Amsterdam and Glasgow is about 1 hour. Then, the air travel time is not long but we have to add the stopover time at Amsterdam airport, which, for my part, was about 3 hours to 4 hours each time. However, Amsterdam airport is huge and many coffee shops, restaurants and shops are open to help you pass the time faster.
Admittedly, the flight ticket is more expensive with KLM than with Ryanair, but in both cases it amounts to about the same budget if we take into account the different additional costs (petrol, tolls, public transport, checked baggage...).

For my part, I went to Scotland at the end of August for the beginning of the school year. In December, I returned to France for a month and my final return is scheduled for April 2019. Each time, I booked my flight ticket with the airline KLM.

To give you an idea of the price, the return trip from Montpellier to Glasgow cost me just under 300€ (1 accessory, 1 hand luggage and 1 checked luggage included for each flight).


It is up to you to choose whether you prefer comfort or speed!


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