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Reaching new heights with low-cost airlines

Globalisation, admittedly, has its dark side; however, there's one thing you can't deny - thanks to globalisation, the world's your oyster as far as holidays are concerned. Gone are the days when you either had to sit in a car for hours on end, or put up with the cheapest hotel available because your holiday budget had been swallowed up almost in its entirety by the cost of the flight alone. The motto today, thanks to low-cost airlines, is: from Austria to the whole world.

Ryanair, Airberlin and co. offer an abundance of choice for those who've always fancied visiting the Louvre or Tower Bridge or lying on a beach in Sardinia. Budget flights are available from all the major cities to a huge range of destinations throughout Europe. A number of airlines are even offering modestly-priced intercontinental flights. Budget airlines originated back in the 1970s in the USA.

Nowadays, low-cost airlines fly to almost every popular destination. Flying on holiday has become easy to organise, and, in many cases, easy on the pocket too. The majority of low-cost airlines offer their entire travel and ticketing services over the Internet. Customers can choose their destination and duration of stay to suit their own particular needs or wishes. Gone too are the days of carrying around a fat wodge of travel documents, thanks to the elimination of paper tickets. A credit card or passport is usually all you need now for checking in.

Serious holiday bargain hunters can take advantage of incredibly low prices in conjunction with the budget airlines' early-bird discounts and limited availability offers. Those who book early enough, sometimes only pay the cost of taxes and fees - which leaves enough money in your wallet to push the boat out a bit more during your holiday.