A way to search flights with flexible location, but inflexible days?

December 11, 2013 9:25 AM

Is there a flight search engine that lets you say your From location, leave the To location blank and set the date?

I'm taking a family trip to Italy for certain set days, but for a few days before that my sister and I wanted to spend a little time together somewhere else in Europe, since we'd be over there anyway (we're in the US).

So, we've been trying a whole bunch of combinations of multitrip and one way options, but what would really be better is if we could search for specific days but without specific destinations and just see what some of the cheapest ones were. Is there an app for that?

posted by Calicatt to Travel & Transportation (6 answers total)

Best answer: Kayak Explore.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 9:27 AM on December 11, 2013 [6 favorites]

ITA matrix search engine that google created for travelers.
posted by zdravo at 9:42 AM on December 11, 2013

ITA Matrix needs a destination. Won't work.
posted by JoeZydeco at 10:06 AM on December 11, 2013

Best answer: Just discovered Google Flight Search. You can put in a country or continent along with fixed dates.
posted by beyond_pink at 10:09 AM on December 11, 2013 [4 favorites]

Skyscanner. You can put "Everywhere" then narrow by country+price for your destination. I've only used their iPhone app (which has a fun globe search), but they appear to have a website search engine as well.
posted by inevitability at 10:49 AM on December 11, 2013

Adioso lets you put 'anywhere' or 'international' or 'Europe' in the destination box and it'll tell you what's cheap that satisfies your requirements.
posted by escapepod at 12:18 PM on December 11, 2013