Multi-Day Tours from London with Flights Included
Built for London travellers: LHR for long-haul, LGW for Europe, STN for budget. Bundle the tour and the flight in two clicks, priced in GBP.
Edited by Multiday.tours editor
- ✓Short-haul Europe tours from London £950-£2,100 all-in (GBP)
- ✓Long-haul bucket-list tours £1,700-£4,800 all-in
- ✓LHR for BA and Virgin long-haul; LGW for Europe + budget Caribbean
- ✓STN from £40 return to southern Europe on Ryanair
- ✓BA and Virgin sales twice a year — Boxing Day and early July
- ✓Book long-haul 4-6 months ahead; short-haul 6-10 weeks
London is the best-connected place to start a tour anywhere in Europe, and that connectivity goes straight into your pocket. Six airports, British Airways and its alliance partners at Heathrow, Virgin Atlantic's Heathrow hub for the US and Caribbean, and three low-cost giants (easyJet at Gatwick, Ryanair at Stansted, Jet2 at Luton) mean you can genuinely shop around for both halves of a multi-day tour bundle. The all-in GBP totals we see most often: from around £950 for a week in Morocco or Portugal, from around £1,300 for Greece or Italy, from around £1,700 for 10 days in Egypt, from around £2,900 for a fortnight in Japan. From here it's worth knowing which London airport suits which trip, when the BA and Virgin sales land, and when it pays to bundle rather than do it all yourself.
Short-haul tours from London: Europe and North Africa in 7-10 days
The sweet spot from London is a 7-10 day small-group tour around Europe or the Mediterranean rim. Here are the bundled GBP totals we see most often on Multiday.tours:
- Italy (Rome, Tuscany, Amalfi): from around £1,400 for 8-10 days
- Greece (Athens and the islands): from around £1,300 for a week
- Morocco (Marrakech, the Atlas and the Sahara): from around £950 for 8 days
- Portugal (Lisbon, Porto, the Douro): from around £1,200 for 7 days
- Turkey (Istanbul and Cappadocia): from around £1,100 for 8 days
For the cheapest flights, head to Gatwick or Stansted. easyJet runs a dense Gatwick network into Italy, Greece, Portugal and Morocco with shoulder-season returns of £60-£180. Ryanair from Stansted often does £40-£120 return to Faro, Athens, Naples and Marrakech, if you can travel hand-baggage-only. Jet2 from Luton throws in 22kg of hold luggage and is usually worth the £30-£50 premium over Ryanair when you're packing proper suitcases for a tour.
Heathrow earns its extra £40-£100 when you're connecting onto a domestic leg — BA to Naples and on to Sicily for a guide transfer, say — or when a full-service schedule simply suits you better. But for a straight tour trip, the cheapest flight into the right city tends to win: the operator meets you at arrivals either way.
Long-haul bucket-list tours from London: 10-14 days
London's long-haul network is the whole reason multi-day tours work so well from here. Direct flights to nearly everywhere mean you save a travel day at each end. The bundled GBP totals for the big trips:
- Egypt (Cairo and a Nile cruise, 10 days): from around £1,700
- Vietnam (Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh, 12 days): from around £1,900
- Peru (Cusco, the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, 10 days): from around £2,500
- Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, 12-14 days): from around £2,900
- South Africa safari and Cape Town (12 days): from around £3,200
- India (Golden Triangle and Rajasthan, 14 days): from around £1,800
BA flies direct from LHR to Cairo, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Delhi, Tokyo and, seasonally, Lima. Virgin Atlantic runs LHR direct to Johannesburg, Mumbai, Delhi and a strong slate of North America routes. Both sell their own holiday packages, and BA Holidays or Virgin Holidays will usually match or beat a bundler if you catch a sale.
Budget long-haul is out there, but go in with eyes open. ZIPAIR flies LGW-Tokyo Narita for £500-£700 return, and Norse Atlantic runs LGW-Bangkok and STN-New York from £350. You give up free bags, meals and alliance miles, but on a 10-14 day tour where the operator handles every domestic logistic, that saving goes straight into a better hotel tier.
Bundled vs separate: when it actually pays from London
London is the one city where doing it yourself can genuinely beat a bundler, because the airlines here run their own tour businesses and small UK operators do bespoke work as well as anywhere in the world.
A bundler wins on shoulder-season dates, on a clean one-stop decision, and on price certainty in GBP. Multiday.tours and the like pair an operator's trip with a live Kiwi or Skyscanner fare; you lock both in within the hour, pay one GBP total, and you're done. It suits anyone who'd rather move fast than chase the last £80.
BA Holidays or Virgin Holidays come into their own over peak school holidays — half-term, Easter, Christmas — when their ATOL-protected packages sometimes price below the sum of the parts because they bulk-buy seats. Always worth a look for an LHR long-haul trip.
A high-street agent wins for tangled multi-country itineraries, luxury honeymoons and family trips with very specific hotel needs. Audley Travel, Cox & Kings, Kuoni and Trailfinders still do the best bespoke long-haul work in the UK. You'll pay 10-20% more than a bundled small-group tour, but you get a tailor-made trip, a named consultant, and proper aftercare if anything goes sideways.
Doing it yourself wins when you've got hotel loyalty to spend (Hilton, Marriott), want to burn Avios or Virgin Points on the flights, or simply enjoy the planning. Otherwise the admin tax is real.
Which London airport for which trip
London has six airports and they are nowhere near interchangeable. A rough guide:
LHR (Heathrow) is the long-haul anchor. Terminal 5 is BA and Iberia (Oneworld); Terminal 2 is Star Alliance (Lufthansa, United, Air Canada); Terminals 3 and 4 mix SkyTeam (Virgin, Delta, Air France, KLM) with others. Check your terminal carefully, as T5 to T2/T3 is a 15-minute inter-terminal hop. Paddington Express £25 one-way, Piccadilly line £5.60, parking £90-£180 a week short-stay, £60-£110 long-stay.
LGW (Gatwick) handles BA long-haul leisure (Caribbean, Orlando, Las Vegas), easyJet's biggest European base, Norse Atlantic budget long-haul and TUI charter. Gatwick Express £20, Thameslink £10-£16, long-stay parking £50-£90 a week.
STN (Stansted) is Ryanair's London hub, with a handful of long-haul budget operators alongside. The place to find sub-£100 returns to southern Europe. Stansted Express £20 off-peak, parking £45-£80 a week.
LTN (Luton) is Jet2 and Wizz Air country — good for the Greek islands, Spain and the Canaries. Luton Airport Parkway plus the DART shuttle runs £20, parking £35-£70 a week.
LCY (London City) is the short-haul business airport, home to BA CityFlyer. Handy if you live east or central and you're flying to Amsterdam, Dublin, Geneva or Zurich for a tour start. DLR £3.40.
SEN (Southend) is quiet and easyJet-seasonal only. Rarely worth the trip unless you live in Essex.
Best booking windows from London
For long-haul from London, book 4-6 months ahead for Asia, Africa and South America. BA runs two big sales a year — the Boxing Day sale (26 Dec to mid-Jan, best for summer and autumn travel) and the summer sale (early July, best for winter and spring), and Virgin Atlantic mirrors both. Genuine savings of 25-40% off published fares are routine in those windows, especially to Johannesburg, Delhi, Tokyo and the US east coast.
For short-haul Europe, 6-10 weeks ahead does it for most places, stretching to 10-12 weeks for the Greek islands and Amalfi in July and August. easyJet and Ryanair release seats 10-12 months out, but prices don't bottom out until that 6-10 week window unless you're travelling in genuine peak (Christmas, Easter, August half-term).
Dodge the peak premiums where you can. Christmas and New Year add 40-70% to long-haul, Easter 25-40%, July and August 20-35%. May, September, October and early November are the real sweet spots: warm-enough Europe, shoulder-season long-haul, and bundled totals 25-40% below peak.
The day of the week counts too. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday departures from LHR and LGW usually run £50-£150 cheaper than a Friday or Sunday on long-haul. On short-haul, Tuesday mornings are consistently the cheapest slot across easyJet and Ryanair.
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Can I book a multi-day tour with flights from London in one go?
Yes. Multiday.tours pairs a tour operator's itinerary (Intrepid, G Adventures, TruTravel, Exodus and others) with live Kiwi flights out of any of the six London airports, all priced in GBP. Pick a tour, the page shows you a live return fare for your dates, and you book both in two quick steps. If you'd rather split them, BA Holidays and Virgin Holidays sell their own ATOL-protected packages, and small UK agents like Audley, Kuoni and Trailfinders build bespoke trips for 10-20% more.
Which London airport should I fly from for my destination?
A quick rule of thumb: LHR for long-haul (Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australasia) on BA, Virgin and the global carriers. LGW for European leisure and BA's long-haul Caribbean. STN when you want the cheapest Ryanair fare to southern Europe or north Africa. LTN for Jet2 and Wizz Air to Spain, Greece and the Canaries. LCY for a quick business-style hop to Amsterdam, Dublin or Zurich at the start of a European tour. SEN only if you live in Essex and easyJet happens to fly your route.
Cheapest month to fly from London to Egypt or Vietnam?
Egypt: May, June and September are the cheapest, with BA and EgyptAir returns under £300 and tour prices 25-40% below peak — the catch is 38-42C heat in Luxor. February, March and November strike the best balance of value and comfort at £350-£450 return. Vietnam: April, May and September-October bring the cheapest fares (£550-£750 return on Vietnam Airlines, Qatar or Singapore) and sidestep both the Tet peak and the worst of the rains. December and January are peak for both, and prices jump 30-50%.
BA vs Virgin Atlantic vs low-cost long-haul — which works for tours?
BA from LHR is the default for most tour destinations — widest network, Avios earning, decent connections through Oneworld. Virgin Atlantic is strongest on the US, Caribbean, Johannesburg, Delhi and Mumbai, its cabins are newer than BA's World Traveller, and the Upper Class sales are worth catching. Low-cost long-haul (ZIPAIR LGW-Tokyo, Norse LGW-Bangkok and STN-New York) saves £200-£400 return but strips out bags, meals and miles. On a 10-14 day tour where the operator handles the domestic logistics, that's a sensible trade.
Is bundling flights and a tour cheaper than booking separately?
Usually within 5-10% either way. Bundles win on convenience, price certainty in GBP, and one ATOL or consumer-protection wrapper around the lot. Doing it yourself wins when you've got airline loyalty to spend (Avios, Virgin Points), when BA or Virgin run a genuine sale, or when you're flexible on dates and happy to hunt down a £40 Ryanair fare and book the tour on its own. On a typical £2,000 bundled trip the saving from going solo is usually £50-£200 — real money, but weigh it against the extra hour of admin.
Do I need travel insurance for a tour from the UK?
Effectively yes. Most UK tour operators want proof of travel insurance covering medical, repatriation and cancellation — at least £2 million of medical cover plus the value of your trip. A UK GHIC card covers state healthcare in the EU but is nowhere near enough for a tour in Egypt, Peru or Vietnam. Budget £35-£90 for a single-trip policy or £50-£150 for annual multi-trip. If your tour involves trekking, diving or altitude (Peru, Nepal, the high Atlas), add the activity upgrade — standard policies bow out above 2,500-3,000m.