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Post by motleyfool on Jun 4, 2009 15:57:19 GMT -5
Jerusalem, Israel - 7 days
Athens, Greece - 7 days
Rome, Italy - 7 days
Venice, Italy - 4 days
Marseilles, France - 4 days
Carcassonne, France - 1 day
Interlaken, Switzerland - 2 days
Berne, Switzerland - 2 days
Fussen, Grermany - 1 day
Salzburg, Austria - 2 days
Hallstatt, Austria - 1 day
Vienna, Austria - 3 days
Moscow, Russia - 5 days
St. Petersburg, Russia - 3 days
Warsaw, Poland - 4 days
Prague, Czech Republic - 4 days
Berlin, Germany - 4 days
Tres-Karden, Germany - 1 day
Amsterdam, Netherlands - 3 days
Brussels, Belgium - 2 days
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 2 days
Paris, France - 7 days
Dublin, Ireland - 2 days
Edinburgh, Scotland - 3 days
London, England - 5 days
So my sister and I are planing on trying this trip, leaving early January, and and getting back early April. Neither of us have done this before. I'm going to be 19, and she'll be 21. Is this a doable trip? Are we biting off to much? Will weather factor into the trip much, as we'll be going through Switzerland, Austria, and Russia in February/March? Are we spending the right amount of time in cities/countries? Thanks in advance!
Motley Fool
EDIT: Also, I'm planing on $50 a day, plus travel there. Is that not enough? We plan on hostel hopping, reserving rooms ahead of time, and cooking our own food mostly. Thanks again! - Motley Fool
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Post by madamtrashheap on Jun 4, 2009 20:37:24 GMT -5
motleyfool, welcome to the Boards.
If you've not already, have a read through some other Posts on the Boards to get an idea of what might work for you. Your budget of $50 a day, if that's US$, will work out to being around Euro 35, which is no where near enough for food and accommodation. Have a look in the Currency section of these Boards for an idea on what will suit your style of travel, but as a general rule, Euro70 per day per person is safer. Even though it's technically the off-season, hostel rooms won't be that much cheaper.
Is that the order of travel for your itinerary or just a list of cities you'd like to visit? If it is the order, you might want to think about re-jigging a few cities to make it flow better geographically.
How are you planning on travelling between each place? A combination of rail and budget flights would work best, but this won't be able to be determined until the final order of cities is established.
As for the amount of time allocated to each place, generally you're on track, but it will depend largely on what you plan to see/do in each city. There are a few places that jump out: Venice might only need 2-3 full days; Brussels - 1 full day would be fine (unless you plan to see the art museums, etc), then also consider a visit to Brugge/Bruges for a day or two; Athens - 7 days might be too much, unless you're planning a lot of day trips on the mainland.
Weather will play an important part in your travel, particularly in northern Europe and Russia as most of it will still be in snow up until April. For that part, could you place those cities towards the end of your trip so things have warmed up a bit and you're less likely to be delayed by weather issues?
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Post by motleyfool on Jun 4, 2009 22:23:12 GMT -5
That's $50 USD apiece. So our total budget is $100 US (70 Euros) per day, not including our airfare. That's way undercutting it, huh? We both are willing to cut corners and eat/sleep cheaply, including sleeping on overnight trains. Is 70 euros a person about the cheapest we could do Europe? Neither of us will be drinking much, and we plan to cook our own food. So, basically, what I want to know is what the cheapest we could do europe is.
The itinerary is semi-ordered. It's still up in the air, and I'll look at it again, and move the northern cities later on. We're planning to get the 10 or 15 days in 2 months railpass, and then use budget flights/buses for most of the rest of the traveling. Would this work better?
Jerusalem, Israel - 7 days
Athens, Greece - 7 days
Rome, Italy - 7 days
Venice, Italy - 3 days
Vienna, Austria - 3 days
Hallstatt, Austria - 1 day
Salzburg, Austria - 2 days
Fussen, Grermany - 1 day
Interlaken, Switzerland - 2 days
Berne, Switzerland - 2 days
Marseilles, France - 4 days
Carcassonne, France - 1 day
Paris, France - 7 days
Luxembourg, Luxembourg - 2 days
Brussels, Belgium - 1 days
Amsterdam, Netherlands - 3 days
Tres-Karden, Germany - 1 day
Berlin, Germany - 4 days
Prague, Czech Republic - 4 days
Warsaw, Poland - 4 days
Moscow, Russia - 5 days
St. Petersburg, Russia - 3 days
Dublin, Ireland - 2 days
Edinburgh, Scotland - 3 days
London, England - 5 days
Again, thank you so much for all the help and advice!
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Post by WillTravel on Jun 4, 2009 22:30:03 GMT -5
I agree with MTH that 35 Euros per day per person is not enough for most of those cities.
Keep in mind that kitchens are not available in lots of hostels, because of liability and fire department issues. Sometimes the hostels that have kitchens with full facilities are more expensive. As a rule of thumb, hostels in smaller towns, and HI hostels, are more likely to have such kitchens.
If you say that the 35 Euros per day doesn`t include airfare, how about on the ground transport?
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Post by motleyfool on Jun 4, 2009 22:34:04 GMT -5
I was guestimating about 20 USD each a night for hostels, 10 for food, and 20 goes towards travel/touristy stuff.
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Post by WillTravel on Jun 4, 2009 22:39:14 GMT -5
I`d have to say that in my opinion it`s not enough.
I`d say, per person, that $35-40 USD for hostels, $20-25 USD for food, and $20 USD (at least) for touristy stuff which would include local transport, is a more realistic barebones budget, but 70 Euros ($100 USD) would allow more of a cushion.
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Post by motleyfool on Jun 4, 2009 22:48:28 GMT -5
Ok, thanks!
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