Travelling out of Australia for the 1st time. Mum and Son.
Hello,
I would really appreciate some advice, as this will be our first trip.
In August, my son and I are travelling to Europe for 14 days, flying in and out of Frankfurt.(I am using my points).
Our main countries of interest are Italy, France and we will travel by train.
Main concerns are how to find good clean accommodation and food as we are on a very tight budget.
What do you do with luggage when visiting attractions.i.e. Vatican City and so on.
Again we appreciate your advise.
Thanks
Corrina
Reply to this Hello Corrina 😊
The standard of hygiene in Europe is generally high so I dont think you will have trouble finding clean accomodation even on a low budget.
If your son is not too young you could stay in hostel dorm rooms. Those are generally inexpensive.
Hostels usually/always have lockers in which you can leave you valuables. Some have lockers big enough for a backpack. If they dont have lockers big enough for a backpack there is usually a storage room in which you can leave you bags for day even after you have checked out.
Hostels often also have cooking facilities so you could shop at the supermarket and then cook which will make eating economical.
Mel
Reply to this Thank you so much for your input, we really appreciate you taking the time to help us with our queries, and we will take your advice on board.Its great to know we will be able to le.ave our luggage somewhere safe and not have to lug it everywhere with us.My son is 20, I am the old bag tagging along ( with his blessing of course), so we will definately do the hostel thing. Do we need to book ahead for the hostel accommodation.?
Cheers.
Reply to this I would book ahead even during quite times of the year because booking is very easy. You can do it on the internet by paying a small deposit with your credit card. Google hostels and the name of the city or town you will be staying in and a list of hostels will come up.
When you are in Rome be careful which hostel you choose. Some of them have age restrictions. For example some are for under 30s. Others are for age 30 to 40. Be sure to choose one which can accomodate both you and your son. Unless you dont mind staying at separate ones of course. 😊
Reply to this Thank you, it was only this morning we wondered whether we could book ahead and how we would be able to do so-again thank you very much😊
Reply to this Corrina, for your rail travel, have a look at the
Seat61 website. You might be able to save a lot of money on your fares.
Reply to this There is a website around called trip adviser or something, see if you can find it, it has heaps of comments and rankings from people who have stayed in different types of accomodation all over the world and what they thought of them. The actual managers of the accomodation can only add a reply to the comments and can in no way alter them.
Reply to this YHA's are good, but I'd also checkout www.hostelworld.com You can book online. They give lots of info about the hostels as well as a rating.
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