We've all rolled our eyes after checking out the standard price of a train or domestic flights nowaday.
Unless you book six years in advance and travel at the most inconvenient times, it can be impossible to secure a reasonably priced train ticket.
Now one dad is travelling to his team's playoff finals at Wembley via MENORCA as it's cheaper than getting the train or a bus to London.
He won over his fiancee Victoria Stewart, 34, by showing her the savings of his journey ahead of their August wedding. He said: "She thinks I'm crazy."
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James Jelly, 33, has paid £51 for plane tickets and an overnight stay in sunny Spain ahead of the club's big game, after discovering a flight from Newcastle to London would have cost him £161.99.
The plane journey to Menorca set him back just £12.50, with a return price to Stansted of just £10.50.
The avid Black Cats fan, from Sunderland, said: "It's cheaper than getting the train. There's some out there that have been ridiculously priced. I looked up flights from Newcastle to Heathrow and it was £161.99 return and I thought 'I'm not paying that.'
"I looked further down the page and there was a return flight for £23 to Menorca with Ryanair so I thought why not.
"My mates were saying they had paid £200-£300 for their trip. The coach was £40. My fights were half the price and I get a nice little morning in Spain. It's the perfect weekend."
The purchasing manager flies from Newcastle to Menorca at 4pm on Thursday and land back in the nation's capital at 6pm the next day for the bargain of £23.
James is only paying £28 for his hostel room and has bagged himself a lift from London Stansted Airport to Trafalgar Square from another fan and a ride home after the match.
The football fan's ticket to the highly anticipated game, where his team will face Wycombe in the final, was only £55 meaning the whole weekend has cost him under £100.
He added: "I'm really excited for it. They stand a good chance of winning, the feeling this time is that we will go up.
"Sunderland have been allocated more tickets so we'll have by far the biggest backing and we're the favourites. But, it won't be a wasted trip down even if we do lose, I'll have a day in Spain."
