Great Britain Guide - (Page 3)
Getting there
B
ooking flights for clients traveling
to Great Britain is seamless, with
all the major carriers, including
American Airlines, Air Canada, British
Airways, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines,
US Airways and Virgin Atlantic, offering
flights from gateway cities in the U.S. and
Canada to cities throughout Britain.
A sampling of routes includes: 20-plus
daily flights from New York (JFK) to London
(LHR); two daily flights from JFK to Manchester (MAN); 14 daily flights from Newark
(EWR) to London (LHR); and one daily from
EWR to Birmingham (BHX), Edinburgh (EDI),
Glasgow (GLA), Belfast (BFS) and Manchester. Austin (AUS), Baltimore (BWI), Denver
(DEN), Detroit (DTW), Phoenix (PHX), Raleigh/Durham (RDU), San Diego (SAN), and
Seattle (SEA) each offer a daily flight into
LHR. London's Gatwick Airport welcomes
one daily flight from Charlotte (CLT) and
Tampa (TPA), and three daily flights from
Orlando (MCO), while Heathrow welcomes
eight daily flights from Boston (BOS), four
from Atlanta (ATL), Philadelphia (PHL),
San Francisco (SFO) and Dallas/Ft. Worth
(DFW), 13 from Chicago (ORD), seven from
Washington, D.C. (IAD), nine from Miami
(MIA), five from Houston (IAH), and six from
Los Angeles (LAX).
United Airlines has the most coverage into the UK in terms of geographical
spread, with direct flights into London and
other cities. They offer direct flights from
Newark to London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Edinburgh; Chicago to
Edinburgh and London; and Washington,
D.C. to Manchester and London. They also
offer flights from Houston, Los Angeles
and San Francisco to London.
GETTING AROUND
Recommend the BritRail Consecutive or
Flexi pass from Rail Europe (agent.rail
europe.com). Both passes give your clients
unlimited travel on Britain's national rail
networks (including Thames link trains and
transportation from Gatwick, Heathrow
and Stansted airports to London). The
Consecutive pass is available for 4, 8, 15,
22 days or 1 month of consecutive travel,
while the Flexi pass is available for 3, 4, 8
or 15 days of consecutive or non-consecutive travel within a 2-month period.
Did you know?
Y ou can trav el by ferry to
destinations all around the
British coast, including
routes to the S cottish
I slands and the C hannel
I slands.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Great Britain Guide
Getting There
Culture
Food & Drink
Heritage
Countryside
Shopping
British Tour Operators
U.S. Tour Operators
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