How much money should I save up for a trip to the UK next summer?

Question

I'm graduating college in May 2009, and I'm planning a trip to Europe in June as a present to myself. :)

I want to stay for at least 3 weeks. Planning to fly into London, stay for a week or so, then I wanted to visit Paris, Rome, and possibly Amsterdam, as well. Now, I've never traveled out of the country before and I'm really not sure just how much I should be budgeting for a trip like this.

I'd like to start booking a flight to and from there as soon as possible, so I'm also wondering if people know of any good travel sites that won't try to rip me off? What's a ballpark number of the kind of money I should be saving up over the next few months?

What are usual flight prices? Hostel prices? Food prices? Flights between countries (ie - Paris to Rome, London to Amsterdam)?

Answer 1

generally flights are expensive internationally... hostels arent too pricy... food can be easily found for cheap... try saving all the money u can because there is a lot to see and buy in europe

Answer 2

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xoxo