Comments on: Budget Trip to Europe: How Do You Do It? http://www.sirpi.org/2007/05/08/budget-trip-to-europe-how-do-you-do-it/ Catch the travel bug.. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Apartments in Amsterdam http://www.sirpi.org/2007/05/08/budget-trip-to-europe-how-do-you-do-it/#comment-484 Apartments in Amsterdam Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:58:05 +0000 http://www.sirpi.org/?p=169#comment-484 A good way to safe money is to do a one stop visit. Just visit one place at a time for about a week, that instead of visiting 9 countries and 17 cities in 10 days. This way you are not losing money on all the travelling in between, and you actually get to experience 1 place. Talk to the locals and get to understand local culture. Cultural differences between countries in Europe are huge, even though distance is not. So you are now going to one spot, I would say try and get 3 to 5 friends to join you, so that you are travelling with a group of 4 to 6 persons. With a group like that you can easily rent a large apartment in any of the major cities. By renting an apartment you will be saving on the nightly costs, on breakfast, and if you like cooking, even on lunch and diner. This means that you will have a place to sleep, food to eat at less than 80 $ per day per person. And if you stay 1 whole week this will go down to 70$ as you can get better deals on the apartment. A good way to safe money is to do a one stop visit. Just visit one place at a time for about a week, that instead of visiting 9 countries and 17 cities in 10 days. This way you are not losing money on all the travelling in between, and you actually get to experience 1 place. Talk to the locals and get to understand local culture. Cultural differences between countries in Europe are huge, even though distance is not.

So you are now going to one spot, I would say try and get 3 to 5 friends to join you, so that you are travelling with a group of 4 to 6 persons. With a group like that you can easily rent a large apartment in any of the major cities. By renting an apartment you will be saving on the nightly costs, on breakfast, and if you like cooking, even on lunch and diner. This means that you will have a place to sleep, food to eat at less than 80 $ per day per person. And if you stay 1 whole week this will go down to 70$ as you can get better deals on the apartment.

]]> By: Irish Farmhouse http://www.sirpi.org/2007/05/08/budget-trip-to-europe-how-do-you-do-it/#comment-423 Irish Farmhouse Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:51:12 +0000 http://www.sirpi.org/?p=169#comment-423 There are lots and lots of budget airlines like Ryanair, TUIFly, Central Wings, etc. The only advice I have is that you will need to travel light because these airlines are notorious for low baggage allowances and if you are over, you'll pay huge charges. Make sure you also look at the name of the airport you fly into, Frankfurt Hahn is nowhere near Frankfurt, London Stansted's way outside of London and Venice Treviso is actually on the Italian mainland and so you could well end up paying three times your flight cost getting a water taxi to your destination because your flight got in at 4am. The lesson being, if you are going to do the budget flight thing, do your research and plan your trip first, otherwise you'll find your holiday is even more stressful than the life you want to get away from. There are lots and lots of budget airlines like Ryanair, TUIFly, Central Wings, etc. The only advice I have is that you will need to travel light because these airlines are notorious for low baggage allowances and if you are over, you’ll pay huge charges. Make sure you also look at the name of the airport you fly into, Frankfurt Hahn is nowhere near Frankfurt, London Stansted’s way outside of London and Venice Treviso is actually on the Italian mainland and so you could well end up paying three times your flight cost getting a water taxi to your destination because your flight got in at 4am.

The lesson being, if you are going to do the budget flight thing, do your research and plan your trip first, otherwise you’ll find your holiday is even more stressful than the life you want to get away from.

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