Aideen Finnegan

I'm Aideen Finnegan and this is Better With Money from the Irish Times.

I'm joined today by Pricewatch editor, Conor Pope.

Hi, Conor.

Before we begin, we did speak to travel expert Stephanie Barry-Woods earlier this year as the conflict in the Middle East was just kind of kicking off.

And she had lots of great tips for booking holidays, particularly in finding cheaper flights and accommodation and stressing that procrastination will drive up the cost of any holiday.

But obviously things have changed.

So, I mean, it's still worth listening to that episode.

If you missed it, I'll leave a link in the show notes.

You can definitely scroll back in your feeds.

But because so much has changed, we have huge uncertainty now over whether the energy crisis will impact this summer and how the jet fuel shortages will impact airlines more longer term.

Conor, Aer Lingus has cancelled flights, hasn't it?

Even though they say it's because of...

Yeah, yeah.

That's kind of funny timing.

Okay, all right.

What's Ryanair saying?

Because they buy ahead, is it?

OK, great.

That's good to hear.

You watch the airlines very closely.