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Travelling To Europe
RottingCorpse:
So, the Team RC SCotland trip is officially on the books for August of 2006. In all likelihood, it'll be an Ireland/Scotland/England trip as my wife and I spend two weeks desperately trying to give monkey the slip before he attemps to give one or both of us a different kind of slip.
We're starting some prep now since neither of us have ver palnned a trip to Europe, and I'd love to have some info shared about good bargiains and travelling to Europe on the cheap. Some specifics I'm looking for at this early stage:
--Cheap airfare
--Hostels vs. Hotels vs. B&Bs. (Prices and good palces to stay)
--Camping?
--money, cash vs. credit (exchange rate differences on both)
-- and of course . . . sights to see, things to do, and wets to warm!
Tyson:
Jesus! Is everyone going to Europe? I'm going in '08 or so, when I graduate. Whee!
monkey!:
--- Quote from: RottingCorpse ---I spend two weeks desperately trying to give monkey the slip before he attemps to give one or both of us a different kind of slip.
-- and of course . . . sights to see, things to do, and wets to warm!
--- End quote ---
:badgrin:
You'll learn to love it.
nacho:
--- Quote from: RottingCorpse ---
--Cheap airfare
--Hostels vs. Hotels vs. B&Bs. (Prices and good palces to stay)
--Camping?
--money, cash vs. credit (exchange rate differences on both)
-- and of course . . . sights to see, things to do, and wets to warm!
--- End quote ---
I use Travelocity. Shop around the online shit, starting in the winter. Don't do it now. Start in October, take your time, spend a month doing it. Compare, come back, compare, come back...rinse, repeat. Don't settle for anything over 450 RT per person.
Also, don't go in August. Go in September. Or May-June. July-August is the high holy time. You'll be crowded in with tourists, you'll be hot, you'll pay 50% more for everything, you'll have trouble finding rooms.
Do it in June, you can go with me and get free lodging for most of the trip.
B&B's, all the way. The dollar is dead, anyway. Forget saving money while you're on the ground. No use. B&B's on average -- 40-50 pounds, including a huge breakfast that'll last you the day and free local guides telling you what to do. In Irish-land, 40-50 Euros.
Credit and ATM's! Just like America. Cash for the B&B's. In Irish-land, always have plenty of cash. In the UK, credit cards.
Get the Lonely Planet now, go through it, make a list, put the list to where you have time to go.
RottingCorpse:
Part of the reason for doing it in August is to coincide with the Edinburgh Film Festival on the off chance we get into it. If not, we still have a European holiday to get into. (And we'll probably stop by teh fest for a day anyway.)
$450 round trip?!? That seems too good to be true. What airline? Ali's Goat Cargo and Suicide Bomb Airlines?
The dollar is dead, but what's the website that gives you exchange rates? Also, explain in a little detail about how much the euro has effected things. Are Pounds are still used right? (and francs and deutchmarks for that matter.)
Also, we're only looking at two weeks to make the trip, so what kind of realistic itenerary should we think. I'd hate to try to shove in three countries when I could instead get a real taste of Scottish culture.
And, what do you know about camping? The wife and I both dig camping, and the idea of spending the night roughing it in the highlands seems kickin' rad.
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