Flying With Ryan Air

Travelling with Ryan Air is really a cheap way to fly through europe.It's also convenient to purchase a ticket through the internet....and the great time saving is-you can even check-in online!Well,this online check-in privilege is only for EU residents.Unfortunately my sister and my cousin could not do this so they had to do it at the airport and had to pay for the extra service charge...that's the thing about budget airline companies... they cut some costs so you don't pay too much for the ticket price... which means that it does not include a meal onboard and your only baggage is a hand-carry maximum 10 kilos.Extra charges are paid by the passengers per extra services like check-in baggage and meals on board. Anyway,who needs to have tons of baggage and a meal if you will only be visiting for a few days and the flight only takes 2 hours or less?
The only little hassles with this kind of travel is if you're pregnant and travelling alone or if you can't live without all your pairs of shoes and the matching wardrobes with you.The things you have to do is:

1.You have to be at the airport 2 hrs before the flight schedule if you are not an EU resident or if you are travelling with kids and have luggages to check-in.

2.You have to take the long queue with the other passengers to check-in with additional payment of 5 euros.However,for EU residents who already check-in online(it's free but you can't check-in online if you have baggages to check-in,you only need to be at the airport 40 mins. before the departure.You can go directly to the boarding gate by just showing the printed online check-in (+ the EU ID or passport) to the personnel checking the passenger's boarding pass.

3.Again,you take the long queue at the boarding gate since there is no assigned seat for you at the plane so you can sit anywhere as long as it's not a reserved seat.From the boarding gate,you may also have to take a shuttle bus to take you to the designated airplane.

4.With the hand-carry baggage,you then climb the stairs to go up the plane and carry your stuffs because they don't provide a direct passage from the waiting gate to the airplane.Of course you'll have to pay more for that kind of service so that's why if you don't like to exert a certain kind of effort then better not take this low-cost flights.Me, I had no problem with that... I was lucky they have a lift at the Gerona airport boarding gate so I had no troubles dragging my suitcase down the stairs...only a little effort by the time I had to go up the plane...my sister and my cousin were there to help me in case...kind passengers also helped me load my stuff seeing a pregnant woman in need of help.... :)