National Unity Day this year is conveniently located on the calendar next to the weekend. 2018 Russians will once again have three days off in a row - from November 3 to 5. Even though the weekend will last only one day longer than usual, it is already a reason and an opportunity to make mini trip.
In an online travel agency BuyBilet named the countries where it is cheapest to fly for the holidays. The statistics were collected taking into account that the flight "there" falls on November 3, and the return flight, in order not to miss work, must be on the 5th.
The top budget destinations for St. Petersburg residents and all those who want to fly out of Moscow differ, but the first line is true for both: the cheapest way to fly is to MinskRound-trip tickets from Moscow can be purchased for a little less than 8 thousand, if you fly from St. Petersburg, tickets will cost 2 thousand more.
For a little more, for 10 thousand rubles, you can fly from St. Petersburg to London, and from Moscow for about the same money - in Finland. But strangely enough, Petersburgers will find Helsinki only in 4th place in their rating. The flight Petersburg-Helsinki-Petersburg is about a thousand more expensive than the flight Moscow-Helsinki-Moscow, although the distance between the capitals is almost 3 times greater.
Weekends will cost Muscovites a little more Lithuania (about 11 thousand rubles). Then follow Armenia, Ukraine, Sweden, Moldova, Bulgaria, Norway and Latvia — round-trip tickets will cost from 12 to 15 thousand rubles. For 15 thousand you can fly to Italy or Greece.
As for St. Petersburg, the cheapest countries after Great Britain are Ukraine, Finland, Germany, Poland and Denmark. You can buy roundtrip tickets to the capitals of these European countries for 11-14 thousand rubles, and for 14-16 thousand rubles to fly to Lithuania and Austria. A larger budget — 16-18 thousand rubles — will be required to spend the holidays in Bulgaria, Moldova and Italy.
As for the top 5 cheapest destinations (Minsk, Helsinki, Vilnius, Kyiv and Gothenburg with departure from Moscow and Minsk, London, Kiev, Helsinki and Berlin with departure from St. Petersburg), the ticket prices for Muscovites and St. Petersburg residents are approximately the same - from 7 to 11 thousand rubles round trip. A big difference is observed in the following lines of the rating, and trips from Moscow are on average a thousand cheaper.
Kupibilet noted that cheap airline fares for the November holiday dates are almost over, and recommends that tourists not delay planning their mini-trips.
Source: trn-news.ru
