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It's difficult to plan trips to see aurora; if you notice the adverts for aurora spotting flights and cruises there's always a disclaimer in small print stating that you may not see them. I've been fascinated by aurora since my first sight of them over 30 years ago and use the aurorawatch website at least daily (sad, I know lol). We have recently been lucky enough to have aurora visible as far south as Oxfordshire and Hampshire but this doesn't happen very often. The spaceweather website is also useful. You can access it via the aurorawatch website or here is a link

http://spaceweather.com/

There are so many variables that affect aurora viewing that  it really isn't possible to plan ahead. The best advice I can give is to make yourself familiar with the websites and the information they provide. If you use twitter there are several Tweeters who also give alerts.  

Thanks for the link Lucher Mac, I have subscribed and will hopefully get to see the lights one day.

Valerie

Earth was hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection earlier this evening. There's a slight chance of aurora in the north for those with clear skies.

http://twitter.com/#!/BGSspaceWeather

Possibility of Aurora in the north tonight, clear skies permitting.

British Geological Survey have sent out an alert, another useful source of information, here's a link if anyone is interested. They've actually been a bit quicker than aurorawatch on a few occasions of late.

http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/space_weather/alerts.html