Budget Travel

Budget Travel, holiday package agency from Ireland

Budget Travel is a travel agency based in Ireland that sells low-cost holiday packages, charter flights and departures from the country's main airports. The company presents itself as "The Low Prices Holiday Company" and states that it is 100% Irish, with more than 50 years in business. Its offering is built around online bookings with deposits from €25 per person and monthly instalment payment plans.

Sun destinations and most popular packages

The agency's catalogue focuses on sun and beach destinations, with a strong presence of Spain, Portugal, the Canary and Balearic Islands, Greece, Malta and Italy. Within Spain, the website breaks down areas such as the Costa del Sol, Costa Dorada, Costa Blanca and Costa Brava, with resorts including Benalmádena, Fuengirola, Marbella, Salou, Benidorm, Alicante and Torrevieja. In the Canaries, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura appear, with specific resorts such as Puerto del Carmen, Playa Blanca, Costa Teguise, Puerto de la Cruz, Costa Adeje, Playa del Inglés, Maspalomas and Corralejo. Portugal includes the Algarve, Lisbon and Madeira; the Balearics cover Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca; Greece spans islands such as Mykonos, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Kos, Zante, Naxos and Santorini, as well as mainland destinations such as Athens and Thessaloniki; Malta and its resorts of St. Julians, Sliema, St. Paul's Bay, Gozo, Mellieha, Bugibba, Valletta and Qawra complete the Mediterranean offering.

Beyond the sun: city breaks, cruises and long-haul trips

In addition to beach packages, Budget Travel sells city breaks to Amsterdam, Berlin, Krakow, Vienna, Copenhagen, London, Prague, Brussels, Stockholm and Budapest, among others. For the USA it offers programmes in Orlando — with options linked to Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld — New York, Las Vegas and other cities such as Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC, San Diego and Hawaii. The agency also sells cruises in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean with various cruise lines, and long-haul trips to destinations such as Dubai, Cancun, Thailand, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Iceland.

Departures from Irish airports

The agency's operations rely on direct flights from Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock, Kerry and Belfast. The website emphasises the availability of departures from these airports for last-minute packages, winter sun holidays and early bookings for summer 2027. Examples of the catalogue shown on the site include seven-night stays for two adults in the Algarve, Malta, Costa del Sol, Costa Dorada, Lanzarote, Costa Blanca and Kusadasi, with prices per person that when this profile was written started from €202 and went up to €343, on a room-only or half-board basis depending on the case.

Bookings, payments and financial protection

The agency allows online booking with an initial deposit of €25 per person and completion of payment through monthly instalments. The company states that the price shown is the final price and that it does not apply fuel surcharges after the booking is confirmed. It also indicates that its packages are licensed and bonded by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and that it is a member of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) with number TA0054. The website also offers the possibility of requesting a personalised quote, managing existing bookings and purchasing gift vouchers.

Customer service and enquiries

The site warns that, due to an unusually high volume of enquiries, it may not respond to all requests at any given time, and recommends booking online to access the best prices. For urgent enquiries it provides the phone number 01 435 0024. Telephone service is available Monday to Friday, from 9:30 to 17:30.

Location and contact

Phone: 01 435 0024 · Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30 to 17:30