To go abroad for one day?

Portugal is a great option, Lisbon or Porto, both beautiful cities, only a couple of hours away and on the same timeline.

@Teacherbee85 this is a useful site

https://www.flightsfrom.com/EDI

I did this last month, my friend and I went to Copenhagen for the day from Edinburgh, would definitely recommend it. We had a lovely lunch, did the canal boat tour to see the main sights and then sat at the harbour for a couple of drinks and did some people watching. It was just the perfect amount of time for us.

@Bjorkdidit "... I've been put off this idea by the Aer Lingus pilot's work to rule causing cancellations (I could do a Leeds to Belfast trip on this airline) ..."

Leeds - Belfast is operated for Aer Lingus by Emerald Airlines (U.K.) no Aer Lingus pilots are involved with this route :)

As a newbie to this, I used the Skyscanner ‘everywhere’ option to choose cheap options and that is the reason I have been randomly to Malaga/Madrid/CopenhagenStockholm//Lisbon -lovely places I had never been before and spent a day in 😁😁

Yeah, I've been put off this idea by the Aer Lingus pilot's work to rule causing cancellations (I could do a Leeds to Belfast trip on this airline) and also the same by French air traffic control. I've been on longer trips to Italy and Spain recently and on 3 of the 4 flights, there's been delays of an hour or two due to this.

I'd like to go for atleast a weekend, a one day trip would be too tiring at my age!

Many years ago I went on a day trip to Iceland, we left Birmingham very early to fly there and had time for a coach trip looking at volcanic areas and a swim in The Blue Lagoon, followed by an afternoon wandering around Reykjavik before an early supper then the flight back. It was a brilliant experience!

Re Wizzair it is definitely with looking at the flight history on Flughtradar. Wizzair is notoriously unrealiable A friend took a flight from Gatwick to Rome this week (not a day trip ) and was marvelling at how cheap it was. I had looked it up and saw that it was always delayed, sometime by several
jours song on one day was diverted to Pescara, a couple of hours drive away.
If she had been going for a day I would have told her, but luckily here was only delayed by an hour.
Would not risk Wizzsir for a day trip.

I'd do it, but probably only if I lived near an airport, and I would probably stay one night, for loads of reasons (delays and flight changes being one, getting the proper experience the other) I get all the comments about climate change, but the flight is going anyway tbh, and if you are not going, someone else will. These things need to be changed at the core, not around the fringes of personal choice. I am sure the OP was asking if it would be an adventure worth enjoying, not a hefty debate on the rights and wrongs of flying. (mind i do add that Wizzair recently changed my flight to depart 32 hours ( I know ! ) after it was meant to, I coped but beware that you could have been coming back before you went, so to speak, or you could have had a sudden extended stay that you did not intend...) Bon Voyage. x

Only if you live in the south east of England

Pre-Covid I used to have a day in Dublin quite often, flying out from Birmingham on the first Ryanair flight and then leaving Dublin around 9pm. A return flight would often cost less than £20.

Funnily enough me and our adult son were talking about this last night, I said I’d got out of the habit of travelling anywhere in the last few years so we said we’d have a Dublin day soon.

personally id like to , its just having enough zzzz to enjoy the trip

I was inspired by the Facebook group to do a few of these last winter. Great way to get a holiday feel cheaply and ‘feeling tired’ is a pathetic reason not to have an adventure. I live a 35 min bus ride from Heathrow, so flights not as cheap as Stansted etc but convenient. On a day trip to Copenhagen I met a couple who were also doing a day trip but on that day were talking the train across to Malmo in Sweden and back too…

It's not about making money bsck it's about for the dame price or less I can go to another country and city for the day. Thats the point. I live zone 5 London so I cna do London anytime and there are times.cna easily.spend £100 on a day in London what with natioan rail tickets, then tube costs, shows, food and drink

Environmentally it’s fairly terrible
you’ll get much more out of the trip if you stay at least a night

but I did this in my youth.
good fun but knackering as the 6am flight out probably means leaving the house at 3….

If only I lived near an airport. I would spend most weekends in Rome (let's forget I also don't have the money).

Slightly different as we are in Saudi but we did a day trip to Dubai from Riyadh. Flew in. Had a business meeting and then a late lunch opposite the Burj Khalifa then back to the airport. Was home for 9.30pm.

I wouldn't because I find it too tiring, and stressful as you end up clock watching. I'd rather go on holiday less often but stay longer.

Yeah I can see it depends but the tfl cap is £10, same as Paris €13.50. Food and drink the same, popular sights and museums I find more expensive in Paris.

Fine for a day trip. Just not seeing where you're making your £60 back really.

I get discount through work costs me £59.50 return.

Well depends on what your doing in London if you not paying any transport and walking everywhere and not buying any food or drink and only doing free stuff and you live in London so zero transport cost..otherwise...

"I do this with Eurostar and go to Pairs and Bruges a fee.times a.yr for the day. Cheaper than spending a day in London tbh."

How can it be cheaper? Not knocking it but surely it can't be. Before you've started you're £70 down on the fare. Isn't the lowest £35 each way? I've had many brilliant days in London for less than £70

I do this with Eurostar and go to Pairs and Bruges a fee.times a.yr for the day. Cheaper than spending a day in London tbh.

I've also done Rome in a day