About Us
BudgetAir is a member of the Club Travel Group, Ireland’s largest Travel Agency and is Government Licensed & Bonded by the Irish Commission for Aviation (aviationreg.ie) Licence No: TA054 so all your holiday money is fully protected.
Club Travel is the single largest Travel Company in Ireland, employs 200 Travel Professionals, and are Ireland's most financially secure Travel Company with accumulated cash reserves of €50 million.
Club Travel is the original Irish specialist in discounted airfares. Our experience in the Irish low fares market is unparalleled. Owner and Managing Director, Liam Lonergan co-founded Ryanair with Tony Ryan and subsequently went on to operate flights into Dublin with Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic’s using Club Air aircraft.
We now operate in 4 areas of outbound travel;
- Corporate Travel
- Retail Travel
- Online Travel
- Wholesale Travel
Air Fares
Club Travel offers the cheapest available Air Fares from Ireland and the UK on over 50 Airlines (see below list) and our air content includes;
- Seat Only Net Fares
- Inclusive Tour Net Fares
- VFR Net Fares
- Low Cost Fares
Credentials
Club Travel is the single largest Travel Agent in Ireland and the No. 1 TMC in the Corporate Market.
Club Travel is an award-winning Travel Agent most recently winning ‘Best Travel Agency in Ireland’ awarded by the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA).
We account for nearly 20% of all long-haul flight sales in Ireland.
Liam Lonergan has served on the Board of The Irish Travel Agents Association and as Chairman of the Guild of Business Travel Agents.
Other Brands
Abbey Travel
One of the largest retail outlets in Ireland situated on Abbey Street, which is 100 yards off O’Connell St. Specialises in Long Haul Sun and Cruise Travel.
Australian Travel Centre
Our Australian Direct Sell Specialist, located in Middle Abbey Street. Specialises in discount fares on Qantas, British Airways, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Etihad.
Club Travel Atlas Travel
Ireland's leading Corporate Travel Agency. Club Travel Atlas Travel services over 300 businesses across Ireland, the UK and Europe including the Irish Government. The agency is also the official affiliate to American Express GBT handling their Global Accounts requirements from Ireland.
Club Travel
Club Travel has been established for 44 years and is the single largest Travel Company in Ireland with annual revenues of € 150 million. Club Travel employs 200 professionals, and are Ireland's most financially secure Travel Company with accumulated cash reserves of € 50 million.
Budget Travel
Budget Travel is part of the Club Travel Network, Ireland's largest travel agency, and was acquired in February 2010.
Escape2
Our Longhaul Holiday Direct Sell Specialist, located in Middle Abbey Street. Specialises in holidays to the Caribbean, Middle East, Asia and Africa using discount fares on Air France-KLM, British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Etihad and Emirates amongst others. Also specialising in Honeymoons, Thailand and Egypt, a dedicated Longhaul Division with the best deals to Thailand, Egypt, Mauritius, Maldives, South Africa, Caribbean, Dubai and the USA.
Go4Less.ie
Student and youth specialist primarily online. Second agent to be appointed by Aer Lingus to distribute Student Fares in the Irish Market, and in addition runs its own J1 Visa programme and Work in USA Visa, Work in Canada Visa programmes.
Budget Travel USA
Our newest venture specialising in Holidays to the USA
Online Presence
We own/operate five of the Top Ten visited Travel Agent Websites namely:
- budgettravel.ie
- abbeytravel.ie
- australia.ie
- budgetair.ie
- clubtravel.ie
- usa.budgettravel.ie
- go4less.ie
- escape2.ie
Wholesale - Fulfillment
Club Travel consolidate for over 50 of the worlds leading airlines to –
- Australia – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Cairns
- Asia – Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Cochin, Delhi, Islamabad, Manila, China
- USA – New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Orlando, Miami
- Europe – Paris, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, Budapest, Brussels, London
- South America – Rio de Janeiro, Buneos Aires, Lima, Caracas, Bogota
- Caribbean – Cuba, Antigua, Barbados, Bahamas, Jamacia
Since 1999 we have operated online with www.easyfare.ie – an OBT for Travel Agents (closed user site ) selling discounted fares on the following Airlines: -
- Aer Lingus
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air France
- Air Mauritius
- Air New Zealand
- British Airways
- Condor
- Continental
- Delta
- Egypt Air
- Emirates
- Ethiopian
- Etihad Airways
- Finnair
- Gulf Air
- Iberia
- Japan Airlines
- Korean Air
- Kuwait Airways
- Lufthansa
- Malaysia Airlines
- Qantas
- Qatar
- SAS
- Singapore Airlines
- South African
- Sri Lankan
- Swiss
- Thai Airways
- Turkish Airlines
- United
- US Airways
- Varig
- Vietnam Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic
Best Value City Breaks & Package Holidays
Our website www.budgettravel.ie offers great deals on Cheap City Breaks to Paris, Rome, Milan, London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Prague, Barcelona, Budapest, Bucharest, Brussels, Lisbon & Vienna.
We also offer Low cost Package Holidays to the Canary Islands – Las Palmas, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey & Tunisia.
Club Travel is one of the largest sports travel agencies in Ireland with match packages and tickets to all major sporting events.
Club Travel is fully Licensed and Bonded by the Irish Government – so your money is secure when you book with us. Our Travel Agents Licence Number is TA0054.