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Who has gone on a euro trip before? Need advice!

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JamesEarlRay
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SO I am looking to travel a bunch of parts of Europe on the CHEAP. Obviously the plane ticket will be expensive but I was wondering if anyone had any tips in terms of the cheapest places to fly into, cheapest modes of transportation, etc. Any insider info that travel sites don't provide would be greatly appreciated. I want to incorporate rad places like Beligium, Norway, Germany, Sweden, Finland, etc. instead of the basic France/Italy agenda. Would love to visit those places as well though.

Anyways, ANY advice for those who have traveled that path before would be greatly appreciated. Anything to help me get started in planning would be awesome. Thanks guys!
Feb 19 2013 5:09PM
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Dr.Gonzo
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Don't know if you saw it but I made a thread about moving to Denmark in the near future and I plan on doing so.
Feb 21 2013 4:12PM
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corona
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I'm incredibly skeptical. I think you missed the part of after all fees/taxes/everything. I mean I can look on Thomas Cook right now and see Toronto - London for $160 (+$739 taxes and fees)
Feb 21 2013 5:26PM
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Randy_Quench
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I flew montreal-london my first trip and montreal-brussels the second trip.
and although whoever said France is a cheap place to fly into- its also the most expensive to stay in. Paris.. forget about it if you want a cheap trip.
Feb 21 2013 6:16PM
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Mag
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Unless I'm missing something?:

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Feb 21 2013 7:41PM
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Kooky_Lukey
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Watch the movie eurotrip.
Feb 21 2013 9:32PM
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.SG
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I think it really depends on timing, but when I went this year it was cheap to fly into either Gatwick Airport in London or to Barcelona.

Also, if you can get to Hopfgarten in Austria I would highly recommend it. I went paragliding in the mountains and mountain biking on some unreal trails. Oh and apparently there's incredible skiing when there's snow...
Feb 21 2013 11:46PM
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Laurent.
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What I've done: bought a 15+ year old Renault Espace V6 for 600 quid.

Drove all the way through euroland, broke down in Ukraine, got it fixed up for 400 quid with a revised engine and new interior.

Drove home, sold for 3000 eurocoins.
Considering everything I think I even made a profit on that trip.

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Feb 23 2013 4:35PM
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fujarome
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£810 is equal to almost $1300 Canadian. I think that's where the confusion stems from.

still a good deal though actually.
Feb 23 2013 4:58PM
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GPO
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lol beligium
Feb 23 2013 5:36PM
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corona
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also that says nothing about taxes and other fees. price FROM 810. so no doubt it'd end up being much higher.

I stand by my statement that $667 CDN for a round trip trans-Atlantic flight can't really be beat.
Feb 23 2013 6:57PM
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Bagina
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When I visited this summer I went all over Europe. Personally I hated Italy it was the worse place that I went to on that trip. My favorites were, London, Switzerland, and Austria. I thought Belgium was all right nothing outstanding that's for sure.
Feb 24 2013 6:33PM
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