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My husband and I leave in a month for Europe (we have never been) and I am wondering what to expect to spend a day. We have already paid for our rooms and all of our traveling between countries. A few people have told me horror stories of quickly blowing through their budget and I am worried what I thought would be enough is too low. We definitely plan on sampling lots of local food (probably not too many "sit down, full" meals) as we go and doing all the touristy things (Eiffel Tower, Vatican City, etc).
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I don't mean to sound cynical but have you accounted for travel time to each city? You will be spending at least 6 to 8 hours traveling to and from each airport. After check in to your hotel you will be lucky if you have enough time to find a nice restaurant eat dinner and maybe stroll around for a couple hours.
Your trip is quite a whirlwind and you could easily spend a fortune on cab rides into and out of cities to catch your flights. Do you know how far the airport is from CDG to your hotel? Will you take the bus? Cab? How much?
Actually we fly into London at 10:40 pm and have all the next day in London and leave London the following morning at 5:30 am. We'll have a few hours on the train to Paris and we arrive at 9:30 am. We have the rest of that day and the next day until we fly out the second night at 9:15 pm. We land in Rome a little bavarian inn west virginia after 11:00 pm and have two full days in Rome until we fly out the third day at 3:15 pm. We land in Prague at 5:00 pm and have that night, the next day, and a few hours on the third before we have to head back to the airport to go home.
It'll be tight but we will definitely have time to have a ton of fun. If you see the original post I did specifically say ". . . but 8 days was the most we could do, so I just am looking for advice and/or estimations."
Frankly, in 8 days I would stay in one place. If you really have to see more- then just do London and Paris - so you will at least have 3 days in each city (IMHO not enough for a first trip - but a start).
Obviously is you are willing to do picnic lunches with a sandwich from a market and grab a quick dinner in a cafe you can spend less - but you won;t be getting any sort of feel for the real life of any of these cities. I suggest looking into 1) cost of getting from airport to your hotel - and vice versa - 2) cost of local transit (since you won;t have time to walk everywhere - my preferred mode of local transit) and 3) cost of entry to the major sights.
If you stick with this plan, the only thing you will discover on this trip is that you can't possibly travel this way and expect to see much of anything except the inside of airports, taxis and planes.
This is just crazy. Choose one or, at most, two cities. bavarian inn west virginia London and Paris would be a good pair and take the train from London to Paris. I don't think anyone could travel this way unless they are on "The Amazing Race".
I specifically wrote "I know we are doing a lot in one trip, but 8 days was the most we could do, so I just am looking for advice and/or estimations." Everything is booked and paid for so telling me to change things will not help.
In order to enjoy the short time you have for this trip, it will be essential to plan everything carefully -- budget, scheduling, transportation -- and allow for traffic jams, airline strikes, whatever, and have alternative plans that you can put in place if needed. If you don't already have 1 or 2 travel guides, get them or read them at the library and plan your daily itinerary in each city. From these books you can also get an idea of meal costs, taxis, entrance fees, etc. Then, as a previous poster suggested, plan to spend twice that amount. I assume you will use ATMs for your cash purchases and credit cards for the big stuff. Just be sure you have plenty of cash available in case of emergencies and enough credit on your cards. Oh, and be sure to let your credit card companies know you will be traveling abroad so they don't put a hold on your card. Good luck on your trip and do come back and post your experience.
Have you heard of jet lag? When are you planning to get any sleep in London? If you're taking the Eurostar you have to be at St. Pancras 30 minutes ahead of time at the latest, and you have to get there.
Breakfast/ lunch and dinner in London? Budget $100 each or 70 pounds (you can get away with spending less or obviously splash out on Michelin starred meals but this is a very comfortable budget for one restaurant meal plus snacks/cafe treats on the go)
Stop. Rethink. This travel you are describing sounds excruciating! How about London for four days. Eurostar to Paris for the remainder. Don't torture yourself. Travel is supposed to be fun, not a marathon race. Just sayin'. Hopefully, there will be many more opportunities for travel in your future but please don't sell yourself short on your first international experience.
Wow, this is a nightmare. What were you thinking? Next time, come here before you get on a plane. This sounds like torture. I realize you say that "telling me to change things bavarian inn west virginia won't help," bavarian inn west virginia but you seriously need to change things. Have you ever been to Europe before? Experienced jet lag? Done a trip like this? It's beyond ridiculous and you will pay the price. You're going to spend a bundle of money and "enjoy" a whole lot of airports.
The issue of how much you will spend on food is utterly insignificant in relation to the issue that you are trying to see about four times as much of Europe as one could even hope to see in the really short time you have allotted.
nytraveler sets out a very simple comparison of costs and it will work for you if you estimate what you'd spend in the US for a typical vacation day of meals and activities bavarian inn west virginia and then add about 50% to cover increased costs with the pound/euro you won't be far out.
Your budget will completely depend on what you want to do and see. You could spend next to nothing by seeing free parks, or you could spend hundreds by seeing places that charge admission, which can be quite high. Depends solely on you.
Your budget is irrelevant - honest. You will have next to no free time in any of those cities. So you won't be doing anything bavarian inn west virginia much but traveling to your hotels, checking in, unpacking, packing, checking out, traveling to the airport, hanging around waiting for your flight, traveling in from the airport in the next city, checking in . . . and repeat.
Look at just this part: we fly into London at 10:40 pm and have all the next day in London and leave London the following morning at 5:30 am. We'll have a few hours on the train to Paris and we arrive at 9:30 am. We have the rest of that day and the next day until we fly out the second night at 9:15 pm.
The second day in Paris you will have to be packed and out the door of the hotel by 5 or 5:30 PM (takes an hour to get to the airport and you need to be there by 6:30 or 7PM). You won't have time for dinner in Paris.
For Paris, when you go past the windows bavarian inn west virginia of the bakeries and food shops, if you see delicious looking food, GRAB IT. That means a croissant stuffed with goodies, or pastries, or a crepe. Get the stuff on your way to sightseeing, even if it means putting some stuff in your pockets or totes to eat later in the park. When you need to sit down in a restaurant, look for a couscous place or a Vietnamese place. If you can afford to spend more, any Parisian restaurant has a menu outside or will show you one.
For Rome, there is an excellent bavarian inn west virginia famous pizza-by-the-slice place near the entrance to the Vatican museums called Pizzarium. Look it up before you go. Even if you aren't hungry, grab some food for later. (Pack some plastic bags -- I mean it -- so you can carry food). If you pass open air markets, buy fruit. Otherwise, bavarian inn west virginia Roman restaurants have menus outside or they will show you one if you ask before you sit down. Only go in where you can afford the meal (take those extra steps if you must, even if you are tired). BE AWARE that a Roman restaurant will always charge you for service and maybe bread service. And ALWAYS check your bill. Food is good in Italy, so you can get by with cheap places.
Hope you have a great trip. Don't buy food in train stations or airports if you can avoid it. It's too expensive. Try to walk away from the tourist areas and find simple places to eat where you see ordinary locals eating. Pick up food before you get there. Carry your own empty water bottle.
Is there anything at all that you can change? Are you flying home from Prague or back through London? If you can get refunds on the hotels (and you should still be able to do that) and make any airline changes, so you can skip at least one country and add that time to one of the others, it would be wise to do so.
Jesus people leave the poor person alone! They asked for rough estimate on costs, not a rant on how little time they are going to spend in each city or your opinions on which city they should stay in and/or skip. Be thankful THEY ARE GOING AT ALL, since the amount of Americans that have even been out of the country, let alone overseas is dismally low! Ok, with that said, except for Prague, the other three cities are some of the most expensive cities on this planet. With the understanding that your hotels are already covered, and if not, then you are going to figure at least $100 per city per night, I base everything on the Mcdonald's and Beer Price scale. In London, you can get a Big Mac Meal for 4 but then you must figure the exchange rate of at least 1.6 and so all of a sudden that mean is $6.40. However, a beer in London is dare I say it very inexpensive. London also has in its favor the fact that all (cept the very specialized museums) are FREE! The castles and other sites, however are outrageously expensive. Paris, VERY VER