Why fly home between cities when Europe's budget airlines will happily carry you onwards for less than the price of a takeaway? A multi-city hop strings together two or three one-way flights into a single getaway: out from your local airport, onwards between cities, and home again at the end.

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Why hop instead of return?

• It's often cheaper. Two one-way legs on different airlines can undercut a single return.
• Two cities, one set of leave days. A Friday-to-Monday window covers Amsterdam and Copenhagen.
• The journey is part of the trip. Each leg is short, and every arrival is a fresh city.

The three rules of a good hop

1. Keep legs under three hours. The magic of Europe is how close everything is.
2. Mind the ground time. A stopover needs at least 16 waking hours to count as a visit.
3. Come home to the right airport. A bargain that lands 200 miles from your car isn't a bargain.

Our getaways board does all of this automatically - it only shows complete itineraries that leave from and return to airports near you.