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travelling europe on the cheap
yes there's top deck and contiki and other such options but i'd rather spend that money on other stuff, so a friend suggested trying out youth hostels, saying it's fun and easy to meet other young people and travel with them. anyone have any positive experiences with travelling this way in europe?
Re: travelling europe on the cheap
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| Originally posted by AnotherWay83 yes there's top deck and contiki and other such options but i'd rather spend that money on other stuff, so a friend suggested trying out youth hostels, saying it's fun and easy to meet other young people and travel with them. anyone have any positive experiences with travelling this way in europe? |
Wow 3 years....
BABE BABE BABE BABY I GOT TO RAMBLEEEE... i bet stu whistled that the whole time.
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| Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Wow 3 years.... BABE BABE BABE BABY I GOT TO RAMBLEEEE... i bet stu whistled that the whole time. |
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk IMO, the Contiki/etc. things are a bit of a waste. it's probably fun, and easy to meet people, but I like the idea of doing my own thing more than doing an organised tour thing. If you're in a big hurry to see a lot of stuff though, maybe they'd be ok. I can't say from personal experience. I traveled around Europe for nearly 3 years, staying in hostels. It's amazing fun, I met tons of awesome people everywhere I went, and I highly recommend it. What length of time are you looking to go for? 3 years was a long time for me, but I had the advantage of being able to work in the UK (since I'm Australian) for most of the time I was overseas, so I'd work/travel/work/travel/etc. You're probably not looking at spending that much time there, I'm guessing, and you would have troubles getting a work visa being American (unless you have an EU passport?) |
2 weeks in Europe? Are you just going to stick to one country?
Hostels are fun and generally really safe, they have private rooms but if you wanted to do it cheaper, they have dorm rooms with bunk beds of up to 10 people or so. Hostels are great for meeting new people and often get to exchange ideas/stories on what to see that isn't printed in the latest lonely planet.
Which countries did you plan on visiting?
Hostels are awesome imo.
Always people there to talk to and go out with.
Where you going in Europe?
Hostels are awesome imo.
Always people there to talk to and go out with.
Where you going in Europe?
there are actually certain cities that i wanna visit, like: paris, prague, stockholm, berlin, and i also need to do more research on what other cool cities are must-visits.
@narcism: thats exactly what my friend that lived in germany for 3 yrs told me, she said you meet ppl in hostels and you can figure out where next you should go based on your exchanges with them.
unfortunately i can only spare 2 - 2.5 weeks, work calls 
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| Originally posted by AnotherWay83 there are actually certain cities that i wanna visit, like: paris, prague, stockholm, berlin, and i also need to do more research on what other cool cities are must-visits. |
I stayed in a hostel with a friend in Amsterdam like 2 years ago. It was only like 15 Euro per night. The conditions were obviously not ideal but during the 3 days that we were there it was a ton of fun.
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| Originally posted by narcism Because of the short time you are going, pick countries which are close together and easily accessible from all types of transport. I used the train system a lot in europe and if you get the night trains, you don't need to pay for a nights accommodation. My BF did the same with buses, but i cant be arsed spending 10+ hrs on a bus |
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| Originally posted by ken_lee european hostels + americans = bloodbath |
Trains are a good way to get around; however, don't be too cheap planning your route. I managed to get a round trip from Mannheim to Berlin for 60 Euros, but it was a twenty-three hour trip...
http://www.seat61.com/ + www.hostelworld.com + European Bitches ftw
hey nyta here...ill be traveling to europe in the summer as well so figured id jump on the thread for some suggestions as well..
ill be going in june, main purpose for Sonar which is June 16-18. since itll be my first time in europe i figured i might as well take advantage and travel around...taking a 3 week stay so i plan to break that up into 3 countries- a week (give or take) in each country: germany, spain & either france or holland (could use some help picking which one)
the plan so far...land in germany and work my way west..leaving spain for last before coming back to reality. i do plan on staying in hostels & commuting by night train to save on lodging.
right now im researching on which cities to hit up and whatnot...as of now, seems like ill be going alone which im not really too worried about since ima friendly & social individual so meeting ppl wherever i go wont be a problem. altho, i will be meeting a friend and some others at Sonar.
so yea, perhaps id ask here...any suggestions, recommendations, ideas, jokes, etc?? anything would be much appreciated.
Just make sure you keep Berlin on that list. That city is so friggin awesome.
I am of course a bit biased since i live here, but i highly, highly recommend Copenhagen as well
north of sweden.. go there
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| Originally posted by sot just don't end up in bratislava |
You could also try this
http://www.couchsurfing.org/
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| Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit Where the hell did you come from lol |
just whore yourself out to a different person every night.....you'll never have to pay for a nice warm bed.
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| Originally posted by The17sss I think he was referring to this |
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| Originally posted by ChemEnhanced just whore yourself out to a different person every night.....you'll never have to pay for a nice warm bed. |
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