Ryanair - yes, it's not the way to go, but it's inherent to low-cost travel :-) No airline arouses such passions as Ryanair. Partly to blame is their marketing, based mostly on shocking news about paying in the toilets, or that stronger people will pay extra for seats, or that they will fly standing up... It is hard for an ignorant person to guess whether this is true information or a hoax 🙂 A much bigger part of the negative perception of this largest low-cost airline in Europe is made by people who have either never flown with this airline, or once and a long time ago 🙂 Another group includes those who did not follow the prescribed baggage dimensions, for example, and were unpleasantly surprised at boarding to have to pay an expensive oversize fee. And then there is the large group of tourists who fly with travel agents and refuse to believe that you can actually fly for €5 and look for a reason why you can't...after all, they have heard from someone somewhere that Ryanair is terrible and they would never get on such a horror..

I'm one of those who fly Ryanair frequently and happily and I'll explain why right now: 

- unrivalled cheapest airfares across Europe

- as long as I follow their rules, I fly with absolutely no problems 

- easy ticket booking and check-in

- they almost always fly on time and cancel flights only minimally

- flies from all nearby airports except Brno (from there only to London, but that's not their fault)

- an app that, for example, informs you in good time which gate to go to, long before that information appears on the information board

To have a trouble-free flight, a traveler should follow a few rules. A low-priced ticket is not free, and unless you are an experienced traveller, you will often overpay quite unnecessarily. This is what Ryanair is really good at. During the booking process, you will be bombarded with exclamation marks and exclamation points, and if you get the feeling that you really need to secure your ticket, pay extra for early boarding or pay for an information text message, then you are flying for several times the original ticket price. 

So a few words of advice: 

- a low price is not always the case, you have to keep an eye on the prices and if it comes up, don't hesitate to buy the ticket right away, it may cost several times more in a short while

- buy your tickets through the official website www.ryanair.com and avoid resellers

- when buying a ticket, make sure you have the passenger names entered correctly - the fee for changing the name is in the order of several tens of € and is not worth it

- you must check-in online before departure. If you don't have a seat assignment, the earliest you can do online check-in is 24h before departure. There, you enter your passport number and generate a QR code for your boarding pass, which you use to board the plane

- when booking your ticket, ignore any offers that pop up. If you really don't need a suitcase urgently, you really can fly with just a small carry-on. Also, don't buy a seat, they often change seats on the plane

- as a general rule, stick to the prescribed luggage dimensions. Especially on the lowest fares, it does not pay to exceed the specified baggage dimensions; checks are often strict and fines are expensive. 

Almost the same scenario then applies to Hungary's Wizzair, a competitor of Ryanair. You just have to take into account that they often change or cancel flights. 

 Have a good flight 🙂

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