Catch a Flight to the Show

June 27, 2007 - 2:00 PM by Stephanie

A trend of late among the concert-going crowds is choosing summer travel destinations based upon who’s playing where. Black Eyed Peas in Manchester in August? Book it. In Israel, travel companies are cashing in on the wunderlust by offering concert/travel/hotel packages to music lovers.

Thousands of Israelis are expected to travel to Europe this summer more for music than for shopping, scenery or historical tours because summer is typically “it” for concerts and festivals and the popular wisdom goes: If it doesn’t come to you, then you go there. “Just Do It”…

What are the going travel package rates out there?

- 800 Euros for Avril Lavigne’s Rome concert
- 855 Euros for Justin Timberlake in Amsterdam
- 670 Euros to see the Rolling Stones in Budapest
- 950 Pounds Sterling for Barbara Streisand in London

Packages typically include flight, concert & 3-5 nights hotel stay (breakfast included).

What are this summer’s most popular picks? Prince (symbol), 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake, Metallica and Elton John, to name only a few.

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