My experience with Visa on Arrival at Kathmandu Airport, Nepal (March 2019) Obtaining a Visa on Arrival in Nepal is a somewhat complicated affair, but definitely doable. There are 3 things you need to do before you join the immigration queue: 1) If your airline did not issue you with an Arrival Card on board your flight, grab one from the counter on your left hand side when you first enter the terminal. (I flew in with Malaysian Airlines and…
When considering saving money on air travel, first of all you need to decide whether you’d prefer to fly with a Low Cost carrier (LCC) or with a “full service” airline. If you prefer an LCC, click here. For tips on finding the lowest fare with “full service” airlines, continue reading below. Step 1: I recommend visiting ITA’s Matrix. Once there, select a “Month Long” search, enter your departure and destination cities, enter the earliest date you’re likely to travel,…
What is a “Fare Aggregator”? If you’re not familiar with the term “Fare Aggregator”, it refers to a website which checks a number of other travel sites and sorts and displays the results from each. The website doesn’t actually handle your travel booking – the third party site does. Some examples I have referred to previously in posts are Amadeus and Momondo. I have stumbled upon a new airfare aggregator named, somewhat curiously, Functravel. The site is evidently based in…
Lets put some of the airfare search engines to the test. I’ll use 3 ‘test’ routes for this comparison: The first a straight-forward point-to-point economy class fare search on a route with direct flights. The second will be a more complicated routing with several connections required, also in economy class. The third will be a business class fare search which I’ll publish as a separate post. I will include the result from ITA Marix with each example, even though tickets…
One handy trick that may help find low cost and creative ways to visit a destination is to determine which airlines fly to a particular airport. The tool below will show you just that. Simply enter the destination in the “To:” field. The destination may be entered as an airport, a city, a country, or even “Everywhere” if you’re just looking for ideas. You can refine your search if need be by entering a specific airport, city, or country in…
Low Cost Carriers (LCCs), also known as Budget Airlines, are growing in popularity all the time. Those with a sound business model are going strong and continue to expand. Others collapse overnight. So best to bear that possibility in mind when making your travel plans! I’ve used several LCCs myself such as Air Asia, JetStar, Virgin Blue, Air Arabia, Jazeera Airways. Some impressed me (such as Air Asia) and some did not (such as Jazeera) – but all were significantly…
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