aeval1091

My best friend and I are seniors in high school. For her graduation gift, her dad is sending her and I to Europe. We want to go to London and Paris for sure. We also are thinking of taking trains around to other countries. We would like to keep the price reasonable though we realize this is not a very cheap trip. So I'm wondering what advice anybody has on where to book flights and hotels, where else to go, and how long to stay there. We're spending the first 3 days in Disneyland Paris for sure. We're traveling this coming summer after we've graduated. Thanks!

michael6316

hostels for studentscheers!

TeaC

Check out youth hostels, they are all over the world and get a train pass.

WhoamI7003

http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=fexp&flag=q&city1=PAR&citd1=LON&tim e1=720&time2=720&cAdu=1&cSen=0&cChi=0&cInf=&infs=2 &date1=11/19&date2=11/26&&zz=1194303420515&&&rdct=1

JoeTheGreatOne

First Get to Europe!Once you are there, you could travel around for a "steal" with low airfare. 1)wherever your first stop should be (I think London) there will be your last, then check outa) ryanair.com (example specials now: London - Barcelona or London - Brussels $20.00 one way incl. taxesb) easyjet.comc) skyscanner.net - where u find all these kind of airlines.tip: travel light, and sleep at hostels

JayC

go to weeklyvacations4u.com they have great deals on europe

mareeclara2599

your main costs will be:1. accommodation2. travel and transport3. foodFor cheap accommodation try hostel websites...there are LOTS of them and they sometimes give you ratings as well.For air travel, skyscanner is excellent for travelling within europe...but you may find that a europass MAY be better for you as you are travelling within a specific time frame. Look at the costs for flights to places you want to travel to with the cost of the railpass and see if its an option...otherwise there is bus which is cheaper.

conley39

This website is excellent for identifying the budget airlines that fly between a given pair of cities in Europe: http://www.whichbudget.com/ There are links to the airline sites, so you can check specific schedules and prices. It's often cheaper than the trains. I found a flight roundtrip from Milan to Amsterdam for 90 euro a few weeks ago and found a 36 euro fare from Pisa to Eindhoven earlier in the week. It's often useful to check alternative airports in nearby cities to get the best prices.Having said that, the trains are a good, and often economical, way to travel here. You can use the night trains to save on a hotel/hostel cost if you plan efficiently and book early enough to get the discount prices. A good site for checking the schedules in Europe is: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/enYou'll have a great time planning this. It would be hard to go wrong no matter what itenerary you choose, but you might consider going on from Paris to Amsterdam, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, ... or from Paris to Barcelona, then back across the south of France into Italy - Venice, Florence, Rome ... I did the same thing for my daughter when she graduated in the US, and they had a great time exploring.