Please help me determine the cost of this! 10pts?

Question

My friends and I are going to Europe for a vacation. We plan to fly to Athens, Greece and then fly to sicily. We'll spend a few days there then we'll fly to Rome and drive to Venice. THEN we'll fly to Paris and then fly to Spain. Afterwards we'll fly to England near the Harry Potter thingy and then fly to Iceland. Then we will finally fly back home to Dallas, Tx. I need help determining the price of the airfare, the cheapest hotel in each place, and the cost of a rental car for each place! Can I take my car on the back of a plane-would that be cheaper? If you could list where we should go and when as well as where we will stay you will ABSOLUTELY get the 10pts. Because we plan on doing this in a two month time period because we don't know how long we should stay at each place. We want to stay longer at Sicily, Italy! Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

It's going to cost you thousands of dollars. Consider using the trains while in Europe. And remember that the Europeans charge a lot for heavy/extra luggage even if the airfare is low in price.  

Answer 2

So, you work out your inter continental flights (home to Athens, and England to Dallas) you'll have to be more specific on the sites, using Expedia or one of those sites.  Then you check easyjet or ryanair or one of those European discount airlines (or all of them) for the intra European flights.  

Wait! CAR?  You want to rent a car?  HOW OLD ARE YOU GUYS???  Don't rent a car.  Period!  And don't even BEGIN to think about transporting a car ANYWHERE!   No.  You can't put a car on the back of a plane!  Where on EARTH did you get THAT idea?  

No cars.  take a train on the one short trip that you have planned.

DO not think about taking the trains all over.  I mean, you could check them out, and you could do a pass, but I'm guessing your airfare thing is less expensive, and a lot more time effective.

Figure out what sort of housing you want to use.  

If it's Youth Hostels, use this site...I think you can even book the nights online.

http://www.international-youth-hostels.c...

so, you can figure out the costs, or even book your rooms that way, or you can just wing it, and when you get into town, drop your backpack in the first hotel/pension/hostel/inn that strikes your fancy and has a room.

Next, you want to check how much the sights you want to see will run you.  '

Check a couple of places for how much food is likely to cost you.

Add whatever you think you will spend on souvenirs (then double that number - because it's bound to cost you much more than you think it will).

Add everything together, and add about ten percent, because you KNOW you'll be off by at least that much.  Then, if you are not going for another year, add another ten percent for inflation, and hope the dollar goes up!

This way, you have a decently close budget.

Answer 3

For most of those places a car will be useless & expensive.

You are much better off calling or e-mailing a travel agent.  They usually work for free, getting paid by the airlines, car rental places, etc.  They will have all this info, and are happy to find the cheapest ways to get around.

It will add up to thousands of dollars per person, even if you stay in hostels.

Answer 4

Paris= Eiffle tower

Don't bring your car. Search online for hotels. You can get cheap backpacker hotels. I'd say spend 7 or 8 days at each place. If there is somewhere you don't like take days away from there and add to Sicily.  

Answer 5

Take the train from Rome to Venice.  It's pointless to rent a car as you can't take it into the city and will need expensive parking on the mainland.  In fact, in most places you won't need to rent a car, the public transport system in Europe is very reliable, cheap and easy to use.

It's difficult to determine costs as you don't mention how long you'll be staying in each place; how many people are travelling; do you want to stay in hotels or hostels etc.

Suggest you get a good guidebook, Lonely Planet's 'Europe on a Shoestring' is good, and make an itinerary that is based on what you and your friends would like to see, and what interests you.

BTW - what is the Harry Potter thingy in England?