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The best football travel sites for 2024

One of the great things about the beautiful game is that it’s very different culturally around the world. While we might visit Spain, Germany, Italy, and further afield for the food or the weather, the same can apply to the nation’s football, too. After all, there’s nothing quite like standing on the terraces of Westfalenstadion, beer in hand, or being part of the roar of the Camp Nou.

A specialised football break site can be the perfect way to sample football abroad. It will hassle-freely organize your flights, accommodation, and matchday experience, whether you’re planning a trip solo, with friends, or for a larger group excursion such as a stag or birthday party.

There are plenty of companies offering such packages these days, so if you’re looking for the perfect football travel experience, here are five of the best sites to help you with that…

  • Visitfootball.com headerGetty Images / UnsplashVisit Visitfootball.com

    Vistfootball.com has been helping fans with their football trips for almost 15 years, with over 10,000 customers per year and covering dozens of leagues across the globe. Largely sticking to Europe, the website is easy to use and is very good at ensuring fixtures and times are confirmed, providing ticket details and costs and ensuring their service is as transparent as possible.

    What Visitfootball.com offers

    Match tickets: ✔ 
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    Accommodation: ✔ 

    Visitfootball.com offers a range of packages for most major European clubs, allowing you to book tickets and hotel or tickets, hotel and travel. There are also options for multi-match trips too. 

    The process of booking is thorough, yet simple, with a range of options to suit budgets, whether that be with the cost of tickets for the game or the hotel you’re booking, with most trips having 3-star, 4-star or 5-star options. To book, all you need to do is select the match on the website you wish to go to, fill out the form and you’ll receive a quote within 24 hours.

    Payment for Visitfootball.com trips

    After receiving your quote, you can then start to book your trip. You can do this either online or over the phone. It is possible to either pay up front or arrange a payment plan with Visitfootball.com to ease the strain on finances. 

    Leagues covered

    Across the Visitfootball.com website, you’ll find a wealth of options when it comes to leagues and competitions, from domestic fixtures to European tournaments such as the Champions League and Europa League.

    You can filter by date, competition and price to find packages, whether you’re looking for a stag do in Marseille, entertaining a client in London or fancying a solo trip to Naples.

    The most popular leagues to build a package for on Visitfootball.com are the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga.

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  • P1 Travel headerGetty Images / UnsplashVisit P1 Travel

    Starting out as a two-man band in 2007, P1 Travel has grown significantly in the 15-plus years that have followed, becoming the largest ticketing company in Europe and providing matchday experiences for some of the biggest games in football. 

    With transparency at the core of what they do, they pride themselves on making the big events possible, whether it be for big groups of fans or small.

    What P1 Travel offers

    Match tickets: ✔ 
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    Accommodation: ✔ 

    Typically, P1 Travel only provides tickets for games within their packages, although in some cases hotels are also included. This is specified in the event details. Fans can choose the area of a stadium in which they wish to be seated, while there are also multiple options of hotels too, with a selection usually near the stadium or in the city centre.

    Their tickets ensure fans are seated together, while there are plenty of options for additional extras, whether that be adding hospitality, access to bars, or other matchday experiences. 

    Payment for P1 Travel trips

    Payments can be made in several ways, including Visa, Mastercard and Amex, as well as the option of PayPal and Klarna, to pay in installments over time. Once a trip is booked it cannot be altered, cancelled or refunded. Payment plans are also available when confirming the booking.

    Leagues covered

    P1 Travel has an extensive list of European leagues fans can book football trips for, including top divisions such as the Premier League and La Liga, as well as the Dutch Eredivisie, Belgian Jupiler Pro League and the Portuguese Primeira Liga. 

    Within each league, you’ll typically find the top teams available to book tickets for, although when it comes to the Bundesliga, this is limited to only Bayer Leverkusen and FSV Mainz 05.

  • Footballbreak headerGetty Images / UnsplashVisit FootballBreak

    One of the biggest players in the football break market, FootballBreak is ideal for both trips with friends or corporate excursions, providing trips across Europe to watch the likes of Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax, Roma and more.

    Launched by Reinier Linthorst Homan, an avid football traveller, who spotted a gap in the market to cater for people like himself, FootballBreak prides itself on allowing fans to customise their trip and provide the best possible value.

    What FootballBreak offers

    Match tickets: ✔ 
    Flights: ✔ 
    Accommodation: ✔ 

    FootballBreak can aid with several aspects of a football trip, and are great for picking up matchday tickets and ensuring your group is all sat together. That’s a key part of the business, and you can select where you want to sit in the ground in most cases.

    The process of booking a football trip is simple, with you first sorting out the tickets for the game. Then FootballBreak takes you through the booking of flights and accommodation, with a range of options to suit your budget and type of hotel you want, whether it be near the ground or perhaps closer to the city.

    FootballBreak also provides football lovers with the option for extras too, such as booking on to stadium tours, museum access and the like.

    Payment for FootballBreak trips

    Details of the lead booker and other passengers is required by FootballBreak, with 50% of the total bill required up front, or in full if the trip is less than six weeks away. For trips that are over six weeks away, you pay 50% upon booking and the remainder six weeks prior to the trip.

    Payments can be made via Visa, Mastercard, Amex or PayPal and there are insurance options available, for example if there’s a change in the fixture.

    Leagues covered

    You’ll find breaks available for most major European leagues, with La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga trips the most common. Clubs such as Barcelona, Real Madrid, the two Milan clubs and Borussia Dortmund among the most popular to book games for, but you’ll find plenty more, including the likes of Bayer Leverkusen, Girona, and Sporting Lisbon.

  • Sportsbreaks.com headerGetty Images / UnsplashVisit Sportsbreaks.com

    Perhaps the most well-known of the football travel sites around, Sportsbreaks.com don’t just specialise in football trips, but cricket, rugby F1, the NFL and more. It’s a site that’s relatively new to the market, having launched in 2019 by a team with 15 years experience at Thomas Cook Sport, but they’ve quickly grown a solid reputation in the industry.

    What Sportsbreaks.com offers

    Match tickets: ✔ 
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    Unlike the other football travel brands mentioned above, Sportsbreaks.com tend not to provide travel arrangements for their customers, but rather just tickets and hotels. For every fixture available, there are several ticketing options and hotel packages, with hotels hand-picked by the team and typically 4-stars.

    There are options for extras, such as stadium tours, the option to upgrade match tickets and add additional nights to your stay. 

    Payment for Sportsbreaks.com trips

    Payment can be made by debit or credit card and on most trips there are payment plans available, with a deposit required to secure the booking. You can choose one of the various options at the time of booking.

    You are able to create a payment schedule, with payments then taking automatically on the specified date.

    Leagues covered

    Sportsbreaks.com largely covers European leagues, with the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga the most popular. Trips available are also largely focused on the bigger teams within those leagues. For example, in La Liga trips can be booked for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid games.

    Trips for Scottish Premiership, Portuguese Primeira Liga and Ligue 1 games are also available, as well as international football fixtures.

  • GO Sport Travel headerGetty Images / UnsplashVisit Go Sport Travel

    Another site that doesn’t just specialise in football, Go Sport Travel is popular among golf fans especially as well as lovers of the beautiful game. A Swedish firm, they’ve been helping football fans find match tickets around Europe since 2001 and have become a go-to for many.

    What Go Sport Travel offers

    Match tickets: ✔ 
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    Accommodation: 

    Specialising only in match tickets, Go Sport Travel is a good option for those fans who like the freedom of booking the logistics of the trip, such as hotels and travel, themselves. Typically, packages provided by Go Sport Travel involve your tickets to the game only, as well as any matchday experiences available, such as hospitality or access to certain bars. This is all based upon the type of ticket you select. In some cases, accommodation is also included, but this is an optional extra.

    Hospitality packages are a specialism of the site, so if you’re looking to entertain clients or make a trip extra special, they are a company well worth looking into. 

    Payment for Go Sport Travel trips

    All purchases on Go Sport Travel are required to be paid up front and can be made via Visa, Mastercard and American Express. 

    Leagues covered

    Go Sport Travel has one of the most extensive selection of games available, with both domestic and league competitions available across Spain, Italy, England, France and Scotland.

    Fans simply have to select the competition they wish to see and they’ll find a full list of packages available to purchase.