It’s winter in London but that doesn’t mean you need to avoid this lovely city. Actually, it’s much cheaper to visit London during winter and you can even find some good bargains for flights, accommodation and stuff to get while you are there. That’s also valid for traveling in spring.
The flight part is cheap thanks to Virgin Atlantic Airways. They currently run a sale, valid until January 12, 2012 , for the following travel periods: (1) until April 1, 2012 (2) and April 2 to May 21, 2012.
You can choose the following flights to London:
- from Boston, New York (JF and Newark); from $265 (1); from $286 (2)
- from Las Vegas; from $369 (1); from $384 (2)
- from Los Angles; from $318 (1); from $349 (2)
- from Miami; from $318 (1); from $333 (2)
- from Orlando; from $301 (1); from $327 (2)
- from San Francisco; from $322 (1); from $387 (2)
- from Washington D.C.; from $277 (1); from $301
Additional taxes and charges of up to $250 apply. Fares shown are for weekly departures – Monday to Wednesday – only. For other departures the fares may be higher each way. Minimum stay is Saturday night. Seven days in advance purchase is required.
Read more about the offer on the airline’s official website .
Read more Virgin Atlantic Flight Deals
No matter how many times you might hear that you should try to avoid visiting a popular tourist city like London during its high season – summer – it’s not always easy to do so. In fact, London gives us lots of great reasons to visit during the summer, regardless of what the crowds are like. Besides the typically nicer weather, there are also big events that take place in 
The UEFA 
Although my family used to pack up us kids nearly every summer and head to France, this has not been a tradition I have been easily able to carry on with me into my adulthood. Unfortunately being a young professional with student loans and poor college student have left me little by means of travel funds—ultimately leading to me staying off the continent of Europe in the summertime for the past several years. However, luckily, airfares to Europe this summer seem to be even lower than many low season fares, which is great for those poor students and young folks like me. The economy may be crap and preventing many of us from finding jobs, but at least we can fly to Europe for cheaper. Hooray! 
People who in London and New York City have it pretty darned good. Not only do they get to experience two of the world’s great cities on a daily basis, but they also seem to get the best deals on airline flights. I guess we can begrudge them the savings because they have to pay 20 dollars for a hamburger or 20 pounds for a martini.
Everybody and their mother travel to London in the summer. Do you really want to hang out with other people’s mothers? Didn’t think so. You are hipper than that and you know that traveling during the off-peak months means you will save a lot of money and that you will have the tourist attractions all to yourself.