Legoland for less? Just f ly to Denmark!
Family’s trip abroad was £200 cheaper than one to Windsor
LEAVING the country for a family day out may seem like a drastic step.
But one couple from Glasgow discovered that flying to Denmark for the day was cheaper than staying in the UK.
Nicola and Alan Sutcliffe managed to save almost £200 taking their eight-year-old son Matthew to Legoland in Denmark for the day instead of travelling to Legoland Windsor, near London.
They initially planned to take the youngster to the Windsor attraction but after securing £30 return flights they found it would be cheaper flying the 512 miles to Legoland Billund.
The family left Edinburgh Airport at 7.20pm on April 7, returning at 10.30pm the next day.
Despite paying £165 for a room for the night at the Danish resort, Mrs Sutcliffe said it would have cost them at least £184 more to have gone to London for the day.
She said the return train to Windsor alone would have cost them £195 each.
The 46-year-old primary school teacher said: ‘We literally went because of the cheap flights. For all three of us it was under £100 – we were laughing.
‘We just brought a small rucksack. We didn’t need to bring jackets as it wasn’t raining. It was 16C and the sun was shining so we just brought a few pairs of underwear and water bottles.’
She added: ‘The airport is also five minutes away from Legoland. Whereas if we went to Windsor, we would have had to get the train down to London and get different connection trains and buses.’
The family arrived in Denmark at 10pm and spent the next day exploring Legoland, the Lego House and even had time for a bite to eat at a local restaurant before flying back to Edinburgh for 10.30pm.
Mrs Sutcliffe said: ‘It was amazing. We had a view of the park and got a fabulous breakfast with pastries, pancakes and gorgeous coffee. The hotel was fab.
‘It was incredible, and it has the best Lego structure in the world.
‘I just can’t imagine how much it would have been if we went to London – it was an amazing 24 hours.’
Lego was invented in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, a carpenter from Billund, who began making wooden toys in 1932. The name translates roughly as ‘play well’. Annual production of the bricks averages about 36 billion.
‘An amazing 24 hours’