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Belfast to Iceland from £31 one way

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    #62
    debabyjesus
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭debabyjesus


    Those pictures have better surfaces than a lot of tarmac roads in Ireland!


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    #63
    Greg81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭Greg81


    Muahahaha wrote: »
    Thanks for the pics Greg81, some superb shots there. Just wondering how you would rank those roads if you rented a car rather than 4wd? Do-able but uncomfortable or completely out of the question? The other worry I suppose is chippings from the gravel scratching the paint work, any ideas is this par for the course in Iceland given the roads or do rental companies go charging when the inevitable happens ?

    Lets call it it would be "unconfortable" to use non 4wd car. I would recomend to use 4wd. You can buy extra insurance to protect against gravel chips.


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    #64
    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    If you saw the Walter Mitty movie, the roads look a little different than that.
    Ben-Stiller-in-Walter-Mit-008.jpg


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    #65
    Greg81
    Registered Users Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭Greg81


    Saruman wrote: »
    If you saw the Walter Mitty movie, the roads look a little different in that.

    True. There are places with roads like that.

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    #66
    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    All that empty road and a 90kph speed limit at most.


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    #67
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    €118 return to Keflavik all summer long.
    Wow from Dublin 2 June - 29 September

    Not sure if it's a bargain as you only save €90 on normal prices, bags cost extra & it is a very expensive place. http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/ga-wow-air-2/59828530


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    #68
    absolutegroove
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭absolutegroove


    snubbleste wrote: »
    €118 return to Keflavik all summer long.
    Wow from Dublin 2 June - 29 September

    Not sure if it's a bargain as you only save €90 on normal prices, bags cost extra & it is a very expensive place. http://www.groupon.ie/deals/getaways/ga-wow-air-2/59828530


    I've always wanted to go Iceland and now I am :-)

    €118.00 return is a good deal.

    Thanks.


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    #69
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    Myself and my girlfriend just got the Groupon flights there. We'll probably rent a car and do the ring road around the island.


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    #70
    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    One of the guys in work was there the other week. They rented a car and had to be rescued from a snow storm. Hope you have better luck.


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    #71
    lbj666
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭lbj666


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    Myself and my girlfriend just got the Groupon flights there. We'll probably rent a car and do the ring road around the island.

    Be sure you read up on the advise for car rental , ash damage cover etc.


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    #72
    poeticmakaveli
    Registered Users Posts: 254 ✭✭poeticmakaveli


    There's one here in Longford, but I wouldn't bother flying, you could drive it in 3 hours!


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    #73
    retalivity
    Registered Users Posts: 14,039 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    ive just picked 2 dates on their website (Jun 28th - Jul 2) without purchasing the groupon and the price is still €118.

    Is the groupon just advertising for flights at the price they are anyway?


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    #74
    absolutegroove
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭absolutegroove


    retalivity wrote: »
    ive just picked 2 dates on their website (Jun 28th - Jul 2) without purchasing the groupon and the price is still €118.

    Is the groupon just advertising for flights at the price they are anyway?


    You are right but I'd prefer to go in September - end of peak season, cheaper accommodation and the weather is supposed to be good (hopefully).

    Also I went through fatcheese.ie for 5% cashback from Groupon :-)


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    #75
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    retalivity wrote: »
    ive just picked 2 dates on their website (Jun 28th - Jul 2) without purchasing the groupon and the price is still €118.
    Is the groupon just advertising for flights at the price they are anyway?
    Wowair.ie sez €200.42 for those dates.
    I presume you enter (please enter the Groupon voucher code in the "Gift certificate" field) to acheive the €118 price


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    #76
    dermiestv
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭dermiestv


    absolutegroove wrote: »
    Also I went through fatcheese.ie for 5% cashback from Groupon :-)

    In my experience, its fat chance getting anything from fatcheese.ie


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    #77
    absolutegroove
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭absolutegroove


    dermiestv wrote: »
    In my experience, its fat chance getting anything from fatcheese.ie

    I've used them before and I got my cash back paid out. It did take a while though.


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    #78
    JaMarcusHustle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,719 ✭✭✭JaMarcusHustle


    All booked in, 24/09 - 29/09. Thanks OP! :)


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    #79
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    how does the groupon work in this case?

    does all fights go down to free as you already paid Groupon?


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    #80
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    bpb101 wrote: »
    how does the groupon work in this case?

    does all fights go down to free as you already paid Groupon?

    Groupon send you a link to book your flights on the Wow airlines website. They also send you a code. You put in your code that Groupon sends you and the money comes off. It's a similar idea to putting in a discount code.


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    #81
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭bpb101


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    Groupon send you a link to book your flights on the Wow airlines website. They also send you a code. You put in your code that Groupon sends you and the money comes off. It's a similar idea to putting in a discount code.
    its says the flights from 119 are limited ,
    so what the deal , are there many left at 119?

    if you buy the groupon , are all fights between june and september 119?


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    #82
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    bpb101 wrote: »
    its says the flights from 119 are limited ,
    so what the deal , are there many left at 119?

    if you buy the groupon , are all fights between june and september 119?

    Ya, if you buy the Groupon all the flights between June and September are 118. Myself and my girlfriend booked our flights yesterday. Without the Groupon the flights would have been 204 each.

    I think the limited you are referring to is the availability of the Groupon offer itself.


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    #83
    rcanpolat
    Registered Users Posts: 146 ✭✭rcanpolat


    Cool, must head there some time


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    #84
    Fred Swanson
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    #85
    bittihuduga
    Registered Users Posts: 1,872 ✭✭✭bittihuduga


    JohnMearsheimer wrote: »
    Ya, if you buy the Groupon all the flights between June and September are 118. Myself and my girlfriend booked our flights yesterday. Without the Groupon the flights would have been 204 each.

    I think the limited you are referring to is the availability of the Groupon offer itself.

    Did you see availability for weekends?


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    #86
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    bittihuduga wrote: »
    Did you see availability for weekends?

    I think they only fly to and from Dublin on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. We booked Sunday to Sunday.


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    #87
    samhail
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    Jeez, lucky I checked my voucher... my Groupon deal for Reykjavik that I got a week ago has to be booked by tomorrow !


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    #88
    samhail
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    Oh that's a nice feature.
    The groupon deal didn't apply any discount at all. I went in straight on the wowair website and the price for the flights I booked were the same as what I paid for the voucher.

    I see what they did there.


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    #89
    RedivideR
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭RedivideR


    did you find a solution to this Samhail? i am having the exact same probem but there is no way that is right.


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    #90
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    samhail wrote: »
    Oh that's a nice feature.
    The groupon deal didn't apply any discount at all. I went in straight on the wowair website and the price for the flights I booked were the same as what I paid for the voucher.

    I see what they did there.

    What dates are you looking at? The price of my flights without the voucher for my chosen dates would have been €204.


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    #91
    samhail
    Registered Users Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭samhail


    I guess it was just an advertisement for wow air to get people to buy flights.
    If you miss out on the flights at that price then you have to pay the difference. I initially looked at flying the week after the one I picked, and it would have cost me about 450euro total, so I would have had to pay the difference after €118 voucher was used.


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