Find the lowest fare to Gotland

You can save money by planning your trip to Gotland in good time. Boat or plane, weekend or mid-week, last minute or planning in plenty of time? How and when you choose to travel to Gotland and how you book your ticket all make a big difference to the price. Here are a few tips about how to find the lowest fares on both ferry and air travel. 

Ferry
There are four new fast ferries run by Destination Gotland that carry cars and passengers to Gotland from Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn on mainland Sweden. The trip between Gotland and the mainland takes about 3 hours. Ticket prices vary depending on the season and the attractiveness of each departure. Traveling early in the morning or late at night instead of midday can often save you money. We asked Destination Gotland’s marketing director for some tips about how to find the lowest fare on the ferry to Gotland.

“A good idea is to take some time to plan your trip. Don't travel when everyone else also wants to come to Gotland. It often pays to take a ferry mid-week instead of during the weekends when there are most passengers,” says Evensen.

Here’s how to find the lowest fare on the ferry
• Book on the Internet. http://www.destinationgotland.se/publish/eng/portal/start_uk.htm
This will give you a 5% discount compared to booking by telephone.
• Travel in the middle of the week instead of on the weekends and holidays.
• Choose the cheapest seating alternative; economy class on the bigger ferries (SF 1500) will get you a seat in the restaurant area.
• Look for the alternative: “Alla + bilen” This will give you a set fare for your car and up to five passengers.
• If you are certain of your departure date/time, choose a non-re-bookable ticket. Re-bookable tickets and refundable tickets both have a surcharge.

Air travel
Travellers to Gotland have a wide choice of routes when it comes to flying. Nowadays you can fly directly to Gotland from a number of different airports, both in Sweden and outside the country. Gotlandsflyg and Skyways have daily flights to and from Gotland. Here are some hints on how to find their cheapest tickets.

With Gotlandsflyg you can book tickets directly to Visby from Bromma (35 min) and Arlanda in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Ängelholm/Helsingborg all year round.

Here’s how you find the cheapest tickets on Gotlandsflyg
• Book in good time. Then you have a better chance of getting a cheap air seat. Fares depend on the number of bookings made on a particular flight.
• Try to avoid the times when many business travellers fly, i.e. early morning and late afternoon.

Gotlandsflyg's competitor Skyways flies all year round to Arlanda (40 min) in Stockholm. “Book ahead and keep your eye out for our Klick-tickets”, advises Malin Larsson at Skyways.

Here’s how you find the cheapest tickets on Skyways
• Book on the Internet. www.skyways.se/en/Book-flight/
• Keep your eye open for Klick-tickets. Register for Skyways newsletter. Then you get information about when new Klick-tickets will be released before everyone else.
• Use the low-fare calendar on the website. It shows you day-by-day how much the cheapest ticket costs.