Doc Holiday responds: You'll be pleased to know that it's just as simple booking flights from Budapest, as it is from the UK. Now that no frills airlines have spread across the continent, it's never been easier to make multi destination trips of the type you have in mind.

As it's a holiday and you'll know doubt want to keep costs down, you might try the quirky, but extremely useful site called Attitude Travel (www.attitudetravel.com). It's a great resource on no frills airlines and lists all of the no frills carriers that fly from a particular city or country.

The biggest no frill carrier in Budapest is SkyEurope (www.skyeurope.com), which flies to dozens of cities, across Europe, and also to the UK. Good options for a beach break are Barcelona, Nice, Naples, Split, Dubrovnik, Athens, and on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Bourgas and Varna. Return fares start at about £50. Alternatively Wizz (www.wizzair.com) flies from Budapest to Corfu until mid September.

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