Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Are my backpacking trip plans feasible? see details...?

I plan to go around 1.5 months total. I'll start in London for around 5 days, then fly(easyjet) to Munich(to get to Garmisch, where Edelwiess Lodge%26amp;resort is) for around 1.5 weeks. They have daily tours and many activities for decent prices. Then start my 1-month Eurorail pass--%26gt;Venice, Florence, Rome, Pisa, Cinque Terre, Lauterbrunnen, Paris, Antwerpen, Amsterdam, Heidelberg, Salzburg, Vienna, Tyrol, then back to Munich to fly back into London. I'll depart London within a few days to go back to states. So, this way I get 45 days off a 30-day pass. I plan to camp/hostels, pack snacks, sandwitches, have student international ID, military ID to get on posts. I am hoping I can get this in $3,000(excluding flight there). Does my plan and budget seem feasible??? Any tips? Do many women travel alone just fine?Thanks!!Are my backpacking trip plans feasible? see details...?
This does not seem feasible. Sorry. : (



At the current exchange rate, this is less than 1900 euros to get you through six weeks, without even including the cost of your Eurail pass. FYI about Eurail: you have to pay an extra supplement to get on most trains, too, so that can add up. Eight days of just sleeping and eating inexpensively in London runs roughly $500-550 as it is. Public transportation within London will be at least another hundred bucks.



Germany is notoriously the cheapest country to travel in and most Berlin hostels are now going for 鈧?9 ($30.50) a night. In Amsterdam, I stayed in the cheapest 30-bed dorm I could find and in the off-off-season, and that same bed now costs over $38 a night with the current exchange rate. France, Italy, and Belgium are even more expensive.



A camp site in Germany will still cost you around 鈧?5 ($24) and members of different German hiking organizations have priority, so in the high season, it may be impossible for you to even find a camp site.



Safety-wise, it's fine to go most places alone, as a woman. Just stay aware of your belongings and talk to the other travelers you meet. They'll be able to recommend other cheap places to go and also give you the heads-up on safety in different areas.



ISIC really only works as cheap travel insurance and something to show the nice people at the museum entrance who think that your US ID looks fake. Your military ID is also meaningless outside of the Edelweiss.



An old traveler's maxim: take half the belongings you think you'll need and twice the money.
I plan on doing the same thing this summer, I just have to find at least one other person to go with. I have family in Slovenia which would probably be my starting and finishing point. I also plan on traveling for about a month and will be using eurorail as my main if not only transport between cities/countries. I don't know how much anything costs there although I have heard of people spending 2,000-4,000 on a trip like this. My financial plan is simple, I have $5,000(EUR) sitting in a bank in Slovenia which I brought over with me one summer back when the Euro was like 1.15 and that is my budget, whatever I use I will use. There is no such things as setting aside too much money, just don't carry all of it one you in cash.



Good Luck and hope you have an awesome trip.



I would also like to add that I highly suggest you visit Croatia and check out there beaches, especially in and around the island of "Krk"Are my backpacking trip plans feasible? see details...?
You can do it, but there is such a thing as quality vs. quantity. What you want to do is about the same as taking a bus tour of the entire USA in six weeks. Do you think you can honestly do that? You should rethink this and concentrate on fewer cities.
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I think you have a severely packed trip planned! 13 different cities in 30 days!? You might start to feel rushed! that's less than two days, travel incl. for each town. Paris, alone, requires at least four, preferably a whole week. London begs a bit more, too.



I think you're going to want to trim it down a bit.



I traveled alone, age 20, many years ago. I don't know if women still do. I don't think it's too dangerous, but I haven't really been for a while. I simply had to do what I had to do, and had no friends who wanted to do the same things on a close enough schedule. I don't know about camping alone, though. That seems a bit risky. Carry a pepper spray, just in case, and if you can learn some martial arts, before you go, do it.



I would trim it down a bit, and I think $3000 should be enough. Have a credit card, if you can, just in case you run out.



Have fun!

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