Help estimating a trip to Europe?

Next summer (late June/early July) I'm hoping to fly out to London England with my friend. We will probably go to Scotland, Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris.

We will be backpacking (for our first time) so I would like the cost of supplies included (backpack, money belt, adapter plug, ext.).



I would like to know if you could give an estimate of air fare (b.c - london, paris - b.c)

cost of food

cost of entertainment

Eurorail (i'd be willing to sleep in my seat overnight while on the train)

cost of youth hostels

and what ever cost you might think is necessary, Also if you could give suggestions of where to go in the U.K, Germany, Netherlands, and France that would be great too! :)



[I need an estimate so i know how much i should aim to save]Help estimating a trip to Europe?
From west coast USA have to pay about about $1000 for a round trip ticket each, I assume it will be near that for Toronto too, but you can check flights now for September and take that as a guide.



London to Scotland, can be as much as 200 pound for a one way train ticket if you buy it on the day, but if you book it ahead of time it can be much cheaper, there are also coaches going, and those cost a lot less. This site has the info but you will again have to use pretend dates, as the info is not available for farther away than 3 months.

http://www.transportdirect.info/

And it will make a difference where in Scotland too.

And you could also fly, again book early to get good prices.



For Scotland to the continent you could fly, or go to Newcastle or Hull and take a ferry, not cheap but a new experience.

Expect 100 to 200 pound each for that travel.



In all countries on your list most young people use about $US 100 per day if they are really careful with their money, $150 if they like to eat out, have a drink or sleep in a hotel rather than a hostel.

If you include the travel costs, count on about $200 per person per day.



Your gear can cost as little as $100 or as much as $1000, depending on where you buy and what you buy. But I would go for a moderately cheap pack, pick one up when they go on offer at the end of this years season, and for the rest, you should keep your eyes open, you do not need the top of the bill things. With normal use the cheaper options work good enough.



Do reconsider your Eurail pass, Unless you travel almost every day, the whole day, you will spend more on that than point to point tickets may cost you.

This site has a lot of information on traveling by train, also a page to compare passes with tickets:

http://www.seat61.com/

http://www.seat61.com/Railpass.htm

And do not expect to do many overnight journeys, the destinations you mention are not that far apart.



There is a lot of information on Yahoo answers already, just read in the older questions and answers. The only thing that really changes is the amount of money you will need, so use the more recent answers for that.
For traveling around, I recommend using the budget airlines which if you look around will be cheaper than the trains. www.ryanair.com, wizzair.com, easyjet.com are 3 of the cheapest.... Take a look as their flights vary from 5euros to 50 euros+ depending on dates.

Hostels are cheap too, you should be able to find them for 10-30euros a night in most cities in europe. Check www.hostelworld.com for an idea.

Finally, get yourself a lonely planet book beforehand and you can research all of this yourself. You'll find the one for the whole of europe is very vague but will give you a starting point and consider buying individual country ones if you plan to spend much time in a particular place.

Have fun!Help estimating a trip to Europe?
I''ll be more than willing to help out, but there's a lot of info missing in order to establish a budget that fits in your needs.First thing to establish is if you can fly on a low cost airline. Sometimes they are cheaper than regular airlines, but it happens that many times between the cost of luggage, insurance which is not mandatory but I always suggest to buy it, and choosing a seat, the cost can be equal or higher than flying with a flagship airline. The costs of food, travel and even the necessary items for backpacking can change dramatically in a year from now. Not meaning that they should be higher but it's kinda' early to set a budget for a trip you'll be making in a year. Plan two or three itineraries, check for flight when they're available ( too early now), same thing with train itineraries and hostel prices. When you have a clear view of what you want to do, then a budget could be set easily. If you need further assistance I'd be glad to help you out but the research could take a couple days. Good luck