in march i will be traveling to england and soon after will be going to ireland. i am trying to find the absolute cheapest way to get there. any and all ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Depends on the cities... got any of those in mind?

RyanAir is typically the cheapest way between Ireland and the UK, and there are cheap-ass flights on EasyJet and BMI as well.

There's also rail and bus, which can be reasonable, but there's a bit of water separating most of the two countries, so you're looking at a pretty long ride.

There's the bus/rail and ferry combo, as well, which can be cheap depending on when you book and what ports you use.

As far as value goes, I say flying's the best way - it's pretty cheap and it's fast. Rail is good if you're going to go all around, say Shannon -> Dublin -> Belfast -> Scotland -> London - or something like that.

We got super cheap flights within the British Isles on RyanAir as well as EasyJet - got to get them while on specials. :cheers:

Listen people, Aerlingus is worth a shot on any European flight, if you book a month or two in advance you'll get one way flights for €14. On proper planes, with proper food. Ryanair are bastards in my experience they'll abandon you while Aerlingus will bend over backwards to see you get to your destination.

yeah im always throwing up aerlingus on these boards...probably gonna fly to chicago with them aswell

Thumbs up on the Aer Lingus mention...

To think I could fly from the US to Shannon (ow) on Feb 23rd for $141.50...taxes INCLUDED. Makes me wonder if I should go back to Ireland for a little while :D

thanks a lot guys.. it looks like aer lingus will be very good to me.