The next challenge was the inter and intra city/country travel. This was sorted pretty fast with Norwegian (Norway's low cost carrier), SAS and Iceland Air. Booking early helps in getting super cheap fares with Norwegian. But one needs to be ready for bad service, as i don't have very good experience in the past, especially with SAS. Keeping my fingers crossed on the choice of airlines made this time.
So this is how it looks for air connections:
The plan is to cross from Frederikshavn into Goteborg via Stenaline Ferry budgeted at 32 USD. This also includes the lounge access. Without lounge access it is a mere 15 Euros.
So this is how it looks for air connections:
Date
|
From
|
To
|
Airlines
|
Cost
|
04/08/14
|
Copenhagen
|
Aalborg
|
Norwegian
|
170USD
|
10/08/14
|
Stockholm
|
Bergen
|
Norwegian
|
184USD
|
13/08/14
|
Bergen
|
Oslo
|
Norwegian
|
118USD
|
16/08/14
|
Oslo
|
Reykjavic
|
SAS
|
240USD
|
19/08/14
|
Reykjavic
|
Helsinki
|
Icelandair
|
316USD
|
The plan is to cross from Frederikshavn into Goteborg via Stenaline Ferry budgeted at 32 USD. This also includes the lounge access. Without lounge access it is a mere 15 Euros.
For Goteborg to Stockholm i decided to use the 3rd mode of transport, the SJ High speed train between Goteborg Central and Stockholm Central. It Seems, in europe train travel is more expensive than flights. With some research i found out that special fares open 3 months in advance and they are pretty cheap if booked in advance. So booked a 2nd Class ticket at 259 SEK (38 USD). The bookings were done on www.sj.se . The website has an english version and is pretty straight forward to book.
What is left now? Hey how can i miss the last mode of transport? So road is what i need to hit now. Driving in Iceland is something everyone is raving about, so why not? Started looking at various car rental companies and finally zeroed down to Faircar Rentals. Got a very good rate for an Automatic Transmission Opel Astra along with unlimited mileage, extra driver, insurance, tent,sleeping bag and mats at 355 Euros (483 USD) for 4 days. Pretty good deal i believe. The bookings were made on www.faircar.is .Last but not the least, we have a trek planned in Oslo and needed to book a car to go from Oslo to Gjendheim and back. So SixT car rentals (www.sixt.com) came to rescue with a super deal for a Mercedes A Class with insurance, unlimited mileage and theft protection for 2434 NOK (393 USD) for 2 days.
Whewwwwww! So now i am all sorted on my inter and intra city travel and i will be flying, driving and sailing!!!!!!!!!
The entire travel cost including the international flights boiled down to 273,392 INR for 2 Pax
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