Could be a nice little trip to who knows where!!! Last year they played around the 2nd week of August, so not that early to be fair. Heres the fixtures for the 3rd qualifying round last year. It gives an idea of the types of clubs we could be drawn with (a couple I have never heard of!) http://m.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/matches/2000354/-3 Just realised our round starts 1st August, the draw will be mid July
It seems a lot of the earlier round teams are already in place for next years Europa...some interesting possibilities!! If you open the section 'qualifying rounds' you can see whose there http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_UEFA_Europa_League Worth keeping an eye on it over the next few weeks to see how it develops