 My European Extravaganza |
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zacr bigair Post Count: 1 Msg: #1 94 days ago, July 8th 2008 | My Europian Extravaganza! (help) | « Thread Started Today at 1:41pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok so me and my friend are planning a backpacking trip through Europe, we have no experiance backpacking and are looking for some help with our itenerary, like what we could to do make it cheaper, reduce travelling time, and spending the right amout of time in each country/city. Right now we are planning to go for one month, maybe longer if we can afford it, and plan our trip properly, so as of the moment we have choosen to go to these countries: England, France, Italy, Netherlands, Greece, Germany. The first four our definatly places we want to go, others we could do without. We were thinking of flying from Toronto (home), to do a roundtrip, England, France, Italy, Amsterdam. We Priced this out and it will only cost $2500 to fly to each city and home. Or would it be cheaper to fly to one place, then take a train around, or bus? If we do the rountrip we would be at each place for a week, in that week we would rent a car in some cities, or take a train, bus to go see all the smaller cities, for example fly to Rome then travel to Venice, Naples, etc. Is this a bad idea or should we look into flying to one place then then taking a train to the next country? I know Rail passes can get expensive. Hostels are easy enough to book and plan, what else should we consider? how much money should we expect to spend each day?( food, site seeing, entertainment, BEER yes we are going to party and have a good time). should we go into detail and plan day to day were we are going to be, or go to a main city and wing it. Just give us some feedback and help us out thanks zac  Mell Mel Fla Post Count: 4097 Msg: #2 94 days ago, July 9th 2008 | Hello Zac :) | To reduce what you spend the best way is to decide on a budget and stick to it almost all the time when you travel. Since you are staying in hostels you can cook there. That will save you money on food. Pick and choose to see what most appeals to you rather than visiting every tourist attraction. No point on splashing out your money on something that will just bore you. Also, walk around the cities yourself rather than taking the walking tour that many hostels offer. The cities and the language differences may seem daunting at first but with a litttle patience you will be able to find your way without professional help. You seem to be planning to move around a lot. The more you move around the more it will cost. Also to prevent rushing around so much that you are doing nothing else stay a minimum of 3 nights in every place you stop. How much it would cost to travel around by train or bus would depend on which bargains you can score. Usually to get the rock bottom prices for trains you would need to book a few months in advance. I think you need to be resident in Europe to buy train tickets on the internet. If you can get good priced flights in advance I think you are doing the right thing by flying. One comment about flying: It can cost anything from 2 to 15 Euros to take public transport from the airport to the cities depending on which city you are in. It is a good idea to make some type of plan but dont make it so rigid that it stresses you out. Use it as a guide that is subject to change if something better comes up while you are travelling. Also leave time for sitting around and relaxing or people watching as we call it in Europe. I dont mean just sit around the hostel. Go to an interesting part of the city and just hang out in cafes, bars, the park..... When I travel in Europe I spend 30 to 60 Euros per day not including intercity transport. Of course the more you have the better. Also more experienced travelers tend to be able to enjoy travelling on less money. Being new to travel(if you are new to it) you will not yet be sure what you want to get out of travelling so may spend more on experimenting. A copy of the Lonely Planet guide for Europe would give you good general information. It contains info about money, transport, safety, sights..... It costs around 30 Euros and is availabe in most bookshops around the world. Mel Mell Mel Fla Post Count: 4097 Msg: #3 94 days ago, July 9th 2008 | I dont know how much you know about the visa situation in Europe so here is a thread which explains it. | Question about Europe Number of Users: 2 | Number of Posts: 3 | |||||||||||
