Char
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Post by Char on Mar 12, 2003 21:47:08 GMT -5
Kim, thats very true the only part im worried about is buying lets say a one month round trip ticket and possibly meeting someone and having a place to stay for even longer than a month...thats what i dont want to happen, because then i wouldnt want to leave. And im also worried about buying a 2 month ticket and running out of money, but for the meantime ill just keep saving. - Ryan
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Post by Kim on Mar 13, 2003 0:13:29 GMT -5
In that case, you should probably go with an open jaw ticket. They aren't really that much more. We got our year open ticket, in and out of Amsterdam for $899 Canadian each, which is about $600. It was with KLM.
You can also get a 6 month open ticket, might be cheaper. Talk to your travel agent. Make sure to mention your age-our ticket was a youth ticket for those under 26.
Kim
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Char
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Post by Char on Mar 13, 2003 0:53:47 GMT -5
Yeah i think i have the ticket agency covered. This semester i took a geography class about all of europe, and the teacher is a manager of a travel agency , so shes been giving me information about different places...it was prefect timing. After this semester is over im going to get her number so i could use her to book my flight and railpass which will be nice. - Ryan
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Post by nitsansh on Mar 13, 2003 21:46:50 GMT -5
Ryan
You should do a good research before you buy an airline ticket or a rail pass... you could save hundreds of $$$, that will enable you to stretch the trip by a week or two... if you travel less, you'll have more money for daily expenses.
There are many ways you can save... sleep in crowded dorms, buy cheap food in cheap places... cut your expenses on partying and entertainment... the last thing I would save on is sight seeing... what's the point of travelling abroad if you can't afford to see the sights?
As Kim says... be realistic about your expenses... it would be better to have some money left at the end of the trip than run out of money...
It may be possible to live on less than 50$ a day but that requires sacrifice of comfort and strict self-discipline...
Someone has recently wrote to me from Lisbon that he can live on 20 Euro a day... he sleeps in 11 Euro hostel and eats meals for 1.75 Euro at the students cafeteria... Don't bet on finding many cheap eateries like that...
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Char
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Post by Char on Mar 14, 2003 0:38:54 GMT -5
Im willing to live meagerly to stay longer, as long as i have 2 meals a day ill be fine. Ive been checking out this website downloads.raileurope.com/pdf/maps/europe.html which has been very helpful in plotting out my course, i realize its a long ways away but why not start early, ya know? Well once again thanks for the imput- Ryan  |
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Post by nitsansh on Mar 14, 2003 5:15:45 GMT -5
You better use real time-tables when you do the actual planning... maps give you no indication on the length of travel or frequency... or where you can travel by night and save time (and also money, if you are willing to sleep in a seat that would save you a night's accomodation).
Also look at bus schedules... the cheapest method of travel I know of is Eurolines pass, which is 200-something $ for 60 days in off season... but it has so many dis-advantages that you get what you paid for... most important restriction is that you can't use the pass for travel within one country (with a few exceptions), and only about 30 cities are included in the pass...
This is peanuts compared with hundreds of places you can go to by train...
But before anything else, set up your priorities... chose the places you want to go to... it's useless to make any plans when you don't know where you go to...
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