Vienna Dubrovnik

If it doesn't cost a fortune, I may need transportation from Vienna to
Dubrovnik next May 10.

I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?



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Ken Blake

If it doesn't cost a fortune, I may need transportation from Vienna to
Dubrovnik next May 10.

I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?

Fly to Split and get a bus?

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Jack Campin wrote:

If it doesn't cost a fortune, I may need transportation from Vienna to
Dubrovnik next May 10.

I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?

Fly to Split and get a bus?

Isn't any cheaper according to skyscanner- tried from Bratislava too...

David

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On 09/18/2012 01:55 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
If it doesn't cost a fortune, I may need transportation from Vienna to
Dubrovnik next May 10.

I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?



Eurolines bus? They have a station in Vienna near the train station. I
just looked at their schedule, they have a lot of destinations in
ex-Yugoslavia, I couldn't see Dubrovnik but they have Split and Mostar.
Personal note: some years back I was in Vienna and thought about
taking the bus to Bratislava, but after having seen the weirdos hanging
round the bus station I dropped the plan.

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:55:35 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:
I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of
a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?

Train seems hopeless. Vienna - Mostar is 15 hours, and still leaves
you short of the target.

The respective national carriers fly the route. Sample dates suggests
300 euro return. Only low cost carrier at Dubrovnik is EasyJet from
Gatwick, which is a bit of a detour.

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:13:29 +0200, Jesper Lauridsen
wrote:

On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:55:35 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:
I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of
a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?

Train seems hopeless. Vienna - Mostar is 15 hours, and still leaves
you short of the target.

The respective national carriers fly the route. Sample dates suggests
300 euro return. Only low cost carrier at Dubrovnik is EasyJet from
Gatwick, which is a bit of a detour.


Thanks to you and the others who replied. It looks like I won't be
able to do this, and will have to change my plans.


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Ken Blake

Personal note: some years back I was in Vienna and thought about
taking the bus to Bratislava, but after having seen the weirdos
hanging round the bus station I dropped the plan.

Vienna bus station is quite extraordinarily disgusting for a First
World country. (I went through it getting the bus from London to
Budapest and back a few years ago). But you shouldn't have to hang
around in it long and I think Bratislava is better. Every bus station
I've been to in Croatia or Bosnia is a *lot* better, so once you get
out of Austria you should be fine.

Problem with Eurolines buses. The one I got was heading for Kosice;
I changed for one that had come from, I think, Paris, and was going
to Budapest. The Kosice bus emptied its toilet tank for the first
and last time on the trip at Dover. It was full again somewhere in
Germany making the toilet unusable, and they had very few stops from
then on. The Budapest bus was in a similar state by the time I got
on it, and again had bugger-all stops.

There are frequent and good bus services between Split and Dubrovnik.
Be warned that Dubrovnik bus station is some way out of town, in Gruz;
unless you're staying near there you'll need to use local transport.

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mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin

Ken Blake wrote:
If it doesn't cost a fortune, I may need transportation from Vienna to
Dubrovnik next May 10.

I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?


Why fly? Is a train journey that much longer over all?


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Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad

On Wed, 19 Sep 2012, Erilar wrote:

Why fly? Is a train journey that much longer over all?

Apparently yes ... consult wikipedia about croatian railways ...

duh

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Ken Blake wrote:
If it doesn't cost a fortune, I may need transportation from Vienna to
Dubrovnik next May 10.

I've looked for flights and they are expensive. Does anyone know of a
cheap airline that would make sense for me, or an alternative
(train?)? What would it cost?


Why fly? Is a train journey that much longer over all?


--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist with iPad