As travel agents, we know that the shortest and most direct journey usually isn’t the cheapest option in our GDS – as paradoxical as that may seem to the consumer.
Finally, some consumers are starting to figure that out for themselves.
Case in point: British teen Jordon Cox.
Jordon (18) recently uploaded a video on his YouTube page which documented his journey from Sheffield to Essex via Berlin – 1,600 kilometres away.
Via Berlin?
Yep – that’s right.
The goofy teen actually flew to Berlin from East Midlands Airport with Ryanair, spent the day sightseeing in the German capital, and then hopped back on a Ryanair flight to London Stansted before getting a bus back home.
And why? Well, because it was about £7.72 ($14 AUD) cheaper than buying a one-way train ticket back home.
This was his cost breakdown:
- Train from Sheffield to Derby: £4
- Bus from Derby to East Midlands Airport: £4.20
- Ryanair flight to Berlin: £11.83
- Train from airport to Berlin city centre: £5
- Currywurst sausage for lunch: £1.50
- Ryanair flight to London Stansted: £9.54
- Bus home to Hutton from Stansted Airport: £8
Total: £44.07 ($90 AUD)
Compare that with the £51.79 ($105 AUD) it would have cost Jordon to get the train back home, and we think that’s a pretty good deal: Jordon got to travel back home AND explore a new city for £7.72 ($14 AUD) cheaper than just taking the train.
We like that….a lot…
The spirit of travel is strong within you Jordon… Godspeed!
