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How to visit 30 cities for less than $450USD – Europe on the cheap

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Re: How to visit 30 cities for less than $450USD – Europe on the cheap

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Post by e_reder »

NinjaTrappeur wrote: post #25

This article is omitting a lot of side expenses. Let's take Paris case: if you use Ryanair as stipulated, you'll end up in Beauvais which is about 80kms from Paris. You'll need to add a 20€ mandatory bus fare or find a car sharing in order to arrive in the city. The idea is cool and definitely doable if you are highly organized. But you'll need way more preparation than this vague travel roadmap...

yeah... I've landed in Stansted a few times myself and spent nights at the airport waiting for my 7am flight with Ryanair. London, Brussels and Paris are a bit of a pain.

Re: How to visit 30 cities for less than $450USD – Europe on the cheap

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Post by Udik »

Piskvorrr wrote: post #27
clishem wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: there's not even border control between those countries.

Except airports. And you do need the Schengen visa, plus there are some minor rules like "you need to register with the local police if you're staying in some countries over X months"; this is not really an issue on a trip like this.

Nope, not even airports if your flight is within the Schengen area.

Re: How to visit 30 cities for less than $450USD – Europe on the cheap

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Post by cylinder »

mrtksn wrote: post #7
mherrmann wrote: post #3

You can actually do something similar with an Interrail Pass [1]. It's a train ticket valid in all of Europe for 1 month for €407 if you're under 26 or €532 if you're older. Still, pretty cool! 1: http://www.interrail.eu

US users probably don't know much about it but Interrail is one of the greatest things about being young European, together with the Erasmus student exchange program. Add the very low-cost airline ticket to the mix on a continent that is quite safe and peaceful place and you may start to understand why young people are much more positive towards the EU project than the previous generations. EU is also planning to giv…

Taking from people to give free backpacking travel to 18-year-olds (who should be able to work and save up enough for a rail pass on their own), because some overpaid technocrat thought it would "promote belief in the EU" or what not ... I can see why so many hate the EU.

Re: How to visit 30 cities for less than $450USD – Europe on the cheap

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Post by rospaya »

> From Zagreb head to neighbor country Slovenia. The country is only inhabitated by about 4 Mio. people (one of them used to be the US First Lady Melania Trump). Stop by Slovenia’s plitvice lakes if you can.

Croatia has 4,5 million people, Slovenia has 2 million. Melania Trump is from there, Plitvice lakes are in Croatia.

Re: How to visit 30 cities for less than $450USD – Europe on the cheap

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Post by Piskvorrr »

Udik wrote: post #32
Piskvorrr wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except airports. And you do need the Schengen visa, plus there are some minor rules like "you need to register with the local police if you're staying in some countries over X months"; this is not really an issue on a trip like this.

Nope, not even airports if your flight is within the Schengen area.

Sorry, my bad. Didn't realize that larger airports have separate Schengen and non-Schengen terminals.

Re: How to visit 30 cities for less than $450USD – Europe on the cheap

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Post by ryanlol »

mattmanser wrote: post #11
mrtksn wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

US users probably don't know much about it but Interrail is one of the greatest things about being young European, together with the Erasmus student exchange program. Add the very low-cost airline ticket to the mix on a continent that is quite safe and peaceful place and you may start to understand why young people are much more positive towards the EU project than the previous generations. EU is also planning to giv…

Most European children don't go through Erasmus or inter rail. A train ticket for kids paid for by unwilling tax payers is little more than bribery and propaganda. It's disgusting, they can't win the hearts and minds of the populace so they insinuated themselves in schools and now are outright bribing kids. I was pro-stay, but some of the stunts the EU are pulling to get kids to believe in EU federalisation are disgu…

You don't feel that it could be described as education?
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