{"id":94608216,"date":"2012-06-13T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/use-gatwick-for-side-trips-from-london-infographic\/"},"modified":"2015-06-29T11:52:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T11:52:53","slug":"use-gatwick-for-side-trips-from-london-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/use-gatwick-for-side-trips-from-london-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Gatwick for Side Trips from London [INFOGRAPHIC]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re taking a long <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/vacations\/cheap-london-vacation-packages-lon-united-kingdom\">vacation to London<\/a><\/strong>, the temptation to take a side trip might be pretty high. After all, it\u2019s easy to get to most of Europe from London, and if you can spare a few days, it will make your vacation even more exciting. Imagine tacking on a short trip to Amsterdam, Paris or Barcelona! On my last trip to London, I added a few days in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and I definitely didn\u2019t regret it.<br \/>\nWell, if you\u2019re taking a side trip from London, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ll wind up using Gatwick, one of the airports servicing London. Check out this infographic for everything you need to know about it.<br \/>\n<strong>1. Gatwick gets you to Europe:<\/strong> A mere eight percent of the flights from Gatwick are transfers. Most people use it as a start and end point. And, 73 percent of Gatwick\u2019s flights are short and international \u2013 perfect for side trips!<br \/>\n<strong>2. Plenty of options:<\/strong> More than 90 airlines use Gatwick, and they fly to 200 international destinations. Again, this is a sign that Gatwick is great for side trips from London.<br \/>\n<strong>3. You won\u2019t be alone:<\/strong> Last year, more than 33.6 million passengers went through Gatwick. Clearly, you won\u2019t be the first or the last to try this out.<br \/>\nIf you do wind up flying through Gatwick for your side trip, here\u2019s a tip: get to and from the airport via Gatwick Express (similar to Heathrow Express). It\u2019s fast and easy \u2013 and you won\u2019t chew up too much of your overall vacation time in transit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Use Gatwick for Side Trips from London [INFOGRAPHIC], IMG Cred: infographiclist\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2012\/6\/UseGatwickforSideTripsfromLondon%5bINFOGRAPHIC%5d.jpg\" alt=\"Use Gatwick for Side Trips from London [INFOGRAPHIC], IMG Cred: infographiclist\" width=\"450\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Don&#8217;t forget to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cheapoair\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Like us&#8217; on Facebook<\/a><\/strong> for exclusive travel deals! <\/em><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/infographiclist.com\/2012\/04\/25\/gatwick-in-numbers-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">infographiclist <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re taking a long vacation to London, the temptation to take a side trip might be pretty high. After all, it\u2019s easy to get to most of Europe from London, and if you can spare a few days, it will make your vacation even more exciting. Imagine tacking on a short trip to Amsterdam, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94608216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94608216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97171977,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94608216\/revisions\/97171977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94608216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94608216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94608216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}