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These trips are the whole point

We watch fares so our members can go somewhere they would otherwise have skipped. Here is what they came back with — in their own words.

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A gondola on the water beside the Bridge of Sighs in Venice — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse
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Red rooftops of a village in southern France — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“My brother and I surprised our mum with a last-minute birthday trip.”

She thought we were coming over for dinner. Instead we handed her a boarding pass and drove straight to the airport the next morning. Toulouse in April is absurd — the brick goes pink at about seven in the evening and nobody is in a hurry. We spent two weeks walking the river, eating far too much cassoulet, and taking day trips out to the hill towns. None of it would have happened at the fare I saw in February. The alert landed on a Tuesday and I booked it before I had finished my coffee.

Rosalie D.Member since 2017
A bicycle beside an Amsterdam canal — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“Longitude got two countries off my list in one week.”

My partner and I went to Amsterdam in March and then took an early train down to Brussels for the last three days. Two cities, one fare, and we still came in under what a single leg usually costs us. The Rijksmuseum on a wet Tuesday morning with almost nobody in it is the best hour I have spent in a gallery. We would not have attempted the second country if the flight had not been so cheap to begin with.

Theo M.Member since 2019
A view over Ljubljana, Slovenia — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“I surprised my wife with tickets for our third anniversary.”

Ljubljana in late winter is not the obvious anniversary choice and I will defend it forever. The old town was quiet, the castle funicular was empty, and we had the market almost to ourselves. We took the bus out to the lake on our second day and walked the whole way around it in the cold with a thermos. I recommend going in the off season to anyone who will listen. It was ours in a way a July trip never would have been.

Imani W.Member since 2018
The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“We booked on the spot and it turned into the trip of the decade.”

I had been quietly planning something for my mother's seventieth for about a year and getting nowhere on price. Then the Athens alert came through on a Thursday afternoon and I called her from the car park. We went in October, climbed everything we were allowed to climb, and spent the last four days on Aegina doing absolutely nothing. She still tells people about the ferry.

Beatriz N.Member since 2017
Terraced rice fields on a green hillside — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“Genuinely the best subscription I have. It paid for itself in one trip.”

Every year my mother and I take one week somewhere neither of us has been. This year we landed on Ubud thanks to a members-only fare out of Seattle, and it turned out to be the calmest, greenest, most restorative week either of us has had. We stayed outside town, walked the ridge every morning before it got hot, and learned to make three curries badly. I have already renewed.

Hollis P.Member since 2018
A green headland above a Hawaiian shoreline — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“Our goal to reach all eight islands is finally realistic.”

My sister and I went to Honolulu for the first time in 2019 and paid a fare that felt like a mistake on somebody's spreadsheet. After upgrading to the paid plan I got a notification for a return flight that was even cheaper, and I booked it in about ninety seconds. Four islands down, four to go, and for the first time that sentence does not sound like a fantasy. Here is a photo of us on our best day so far.

Sunita R.Member since 2017
Tiled Moorish architecture in Seville, Spain — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“One last trip before the baby.”

Last trip without a car seat, anyway. We went to Seville for five days in February, walked ourselves into the ground, and sat in the Alcázar gardens for an entire afternoon without saying much. My whole family is going to Osaka in August on another fare I forwarded them. Consider this my formal notice that I will be back for a stroller-friendly recommendation in about a year.

Callum B.Member since 2020
A tiered Balinese lake temple — Rawpixel, CC0 via Openverse

“We finally made the trip we had been putting off for nine years.”

Bali had been on the list forever, but flights for a family of five out of Detroit were never going to happen. When the alert came through for a departure out of Chicago I worked out that the four-hour drive was worth roughly two thousand dollars of savings, and that settled it. Some friends who moved to Singapore met us there for the middle weekend. We rearranged the whole year around one email and I would do it again tomorrow.

Dara O.Member since 2018
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