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it's a shit article, travelling 2 times a month is not "commuting" in the traditional sense of the word. I'm certain that Lux to Amsterdam is less than 12 hours...
... yep, it's 5-6 hours via Brussels Midi.
You might like traveling via Cargo Freighter. Like crackanape says, it's expensive and really, really slow, but it's not flying and it does have a certain old-world charm. Be sure to bring a lot of good books, and the food can be surprising good.
http://www.freighter-travel.com/travel-faq.html
Be cautious about this choice if you have an high potential of a serious medical condition arising (e.g., heart attack, stroke, etc.). You'll be a long way from intensive medical care.
Also, even if you have to fly, you can reduce your air time by using the trains. Try Rome2Rio to look for routes with reduced flight times or fewer connections.
I think your best bet is to travel from Athens to Florina first, and then get a taxi to Bitola. After that its pretty easy, you have regular buses to Krushevo.
This site is very helpful.
You can ask a question here about a taxi from Florina to Bitola or maybe some redditor from Bitola reading this might help you out.
Or send her a PM.
For your trains, have a look at http://www.seat61.com. You can search for your major routes and he's got advice on the best connections.
The other site that is fantastic for planning is http://www.rome2rio.com. Particularly for side trips where you might need to hook up with a bus service. You can quickly drill down to timetables, without navigating translated sites.
I also don't see a jacket in your gear. It's going to be cold in December. Layering is ok for hiking etc, but in cities they have the heating on full, so each time you step inside, you've got to get down to a t-shirt quickly.
For your photos, I usually bring a USB OTG card reader for my phone (Android). It lets you upload photos each night, when you have WiFi, so no chance of losing them later in the trip.
Have fun!
I'm a travel addict, but I'm always on a budget. I LOVE http://www.rome2rio.com
It lets me put in any two addresses and it will tell me the best ways to get there. The time estimates have been very accurate all around the world, and the costs have been spot on. I've used it in South Korea, New Zealand, Japan, and France so far. It's also my go-to travel planning app for when I'm trying to estimate my transportation budget in country. Oh, and I forgot to mention that it will take you directly to ticketing sites to buy train or bus tickets when available. It will even give you driving directions if the county is covered by google mapping technology.
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Greensburg-PA-USA/Grand-Rapids gives gas guess as 45-65 either way. As the trip is only about 8 hours, you can just pack a ppj type lunch, or a cooler of lunchmeats and fruits to eat over a few days. No point in eating $100 in junk.
446 miles at 20mpg at $2.50 = $55.75 x 2 + $111.50 + $40 food = 151.50 is a more realistic goal to help ease a bit of your stress.
You can try /r/borrow if you can repay before... 6 months I think??
Houston to Los Angeles by train is 200 bucks and 36 hours. Pricewise its pretty close to flying when you factor in the cost of parking at the airport or if you have luggage..
So I'm the Rome2rio developer that worked on the back-end version of this map (see http://www.rome2rio.com/about).
Great idea! That is definitely possible. Technically what I did was call our routing algorithm from London Heathrow to every known major airport in our database (around 3,500 airports). I can do the same thing with flights disabled quite easily.
Rather than airports however, we could route from London to a set of large cities (either by population or some other metric), which might be more accurate when flights are disabled (as we may get more train/bus/ferry routes). Unfortunately however we don't have ocean liners or cruises in our data at this stage, so cross-continental routes won't appear.
I'll definitely look into this, thanks for the idea!
If the train is showing as $226 it might just be nearly booked up on that day. Can you travel a day or two before, or consider flying?
This shows a few options: http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Amsterdam/Paris
Hey there fellow solo European backpacker! I'm also heading out in Europe around May and I've been mostly lurking on reddit for tips & guides.
I found this handy site called rome2rio where you can basically plan your itinerary all in one place. Here's my itinerary so far!
Also I'm checking out this site called hostelworld where other travelers find & rate hostels in Europe.
Hope this helps! Cheers
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Los-Angeles/Madrid?dates=2014-12-10
mid-week flight, los angeles to madrid $380 one way. I'm sure there's cheaper options depending on destination, starting point, and travel date. I just did this real quick.
EDIT: Found a cheaper one.
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/New-York/Madrid?dates=2015-1-20
NY to Madrid for $264
Hey, so if you can pitch in for gas, that means you have Some.
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Charleston-SC-USA/Boston
Will run you 95-150$
Your account absolutely meets the requirements for /r/borrow if you can pay it back.
hope it helps: http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Atlanta-Airport-ATL/Gatlinburg but i would probably get the megabus atlanta-knoxville if u are in a budget and try to figure out from there...
it gives me a 19 dollars price
good luck!
The city bus is an option. It will be US$2 and will take about an hour, including a 15 minute walk at the end. Here is a link to a Google Map with the route and you can use the 'schedule explorer' to see what other times and connections might work.
A website I often use when figuring out what options are out there is Rome to Rio.
You can take ferry's from Northern France to Ireland. Cherborg to Waterford is what I did hundreds of years ago in 2003. IF you have a Eurorail pass, the ferry is heavily discounted.
On that note, trains are an enjoyable way to travel but do come with extra cost. Buses are almost always cheaper. You can use http://www.rome2rio.com/ to get an idea of routes.
Hostel dorm rooms to save on sleep. Use the kitchen to save on dining costs.
Credit card with no international fee.
Technology has changed the guidebook scene... But I always preferred to have some sort of map/recommended to-do's of the town before you step off whatever transport took you there.
You'll learn a lot on your first go and it will all be worth it.
(I did 4 weeks with less than $3k back when the Euro was crushing the dollar. You'll be fine.)
Cheapest option is bus for $4. 42-A to J St & 8th St, then walk a block to 8Th St & I St, ride the Roseville Transit (leaves hourly). Unfortunately, that just gets you to Taylor Road near E Roseville Parkway - you'd need to get a lift for the last bit.
Amtrak costs a little more and takes about an hour longer but gets right into Rocklin itself.
Uber range quoted is $35-$50, but given it'd be on Christmas, I'd expect fares to be a tad steeper.
e: Note I can't quote for prices - never used the busses around here. You should be able to click through to pages where you can buy 'em though.
Rome2Rio. It shows you different routes you can take between destinations. Prices/times may not be completely accurate but it gives you a good idea. Between that and Skyscanner I figured out all my routes when travelling.
For ease of travel, Rome/Florence/Milan looks like the best bet. Bahn.de shows the trips (Rome->Florence, and Florence/Milan) to be under 2 hours for each trip. I doubt the tickets would be more than $100 each.
Prague/Vienna/Budapest doesn't look too bad. A 4+ hour train ride and a 3 hour train ride ( http://www.rome2rio.com/trip/QZ4EWm ).
I didn't get a train pass. In Spain I mostly took buses. I did some rides on blablacar.com and just paid full price for trains at other times.
For long distances, like Rome to Prague, flights are both quicker and cheaper ($220 and 19 hours for the train, $50-150 and 2.5 hours for a flight). Trains are almost always more convenient though. At most, you're usually looking at a short taxi ride to get to the station. Rome2Rio.com is great for seeing what travel options are the best.
If you decide to do just Italy, consider going to skyscanner.com and just put in "Italy" as your destination. It may be cheaper to fly into Milan than Rome, or maybe some other city that would be cool, but you hadn't considered. You can also just put in "Everywhere" and see what countries are cheapest to fly into. If tickets to Poland are super cheap you could start in Wroclaw then do Prague/Vienna/Budapest.
It really depends on how your friend is setting up resupplies for the Sierras. If they plan on going into Mammoth Lakes, leave your car in S. Lake Tahoe and take a bus to Mammoth. Then hitch onto the trail with your friend. I think there's also a free bus that heads up that way. Mammoth is one and a half days hike from the edge of the park. http://www.rome2rio.com/s/South-Lake-Tahoe/Mammoth-Lakes
If they are resupplying at VVR then they'll probably skip Mammoth, so you'll have to meet up at Toulumne Meadows which is a few miles inside the park. http://www.rome2rio.com/s/South-Lake-Tahoe/Tuolumne-Meadows-Lodge
Delaware Water Gap - Martz Trailways - 16 minute walk from the trail. Bus runs many times a day.
Greenwood Lake, NY - Bus leaves from the park and ride all day to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan.
Appalachian Trail train station (only stops there on Sat/Sun/Holidays)
Several methods.
- There is an Express bus 460 that goes from Down LA to Anaheim (right to the park) . It is a 2 hour+ ride.
- Take the Amtrak ~$15 one way, and then catch a taxi/uber to the park
- Take the Metroline
- Super Shuttle ~$35-~$65 one way.
- Take your cousin and hope they drive you down to the park.
Also as /u/pardus79 says google Bus LA to Anaheim (try this link LINK, gives you all the options
Vueling Airlines does cheap flights from Rome to Dubrovnik (depending on day and time). Then I'd work my way towards Sarajevo, then Ljublana both by bus or train, and continue heading north. This is a good website to help you plan.
So, people don't go to watch rugby because they're too busy trekking the Blue Mountains or swimming at Bondi? Whatever you say, mate. I'm not lying. Melbourne is surrounded by beaches, has the Yarra and Dandenong Ranges to the north-east, and a big harbour (albeit with less famous architecture than Sydney's).
Sydneysiders can't go up the Eureka Skydeck, or head an hour out to ride a heritage-listed steam train, or take a Yarra cruise, or go to the biggest shopping centre in Australia, or get into a bar after 1:30am, but none of these idiosyncrasies of Sydney or Melbourne have anything to do with sport attendance. I really don't know what you're trying to prove by listing a bunch of tourist attractions, this isn't a Sydney vs. Melbourne dick-wagging contest.
How about TV viewership, then?
Comparing AFL and rugby (league or union, take your pick) isn't as simple as comparing Sydney and Melbourne. Outside of NSW and QLD, it's far easier to find footy fans than rugby fans. This is why that map needs a state breakdown for Australia (why put the divisions in if they not used?).
My best friend and I are meeting up in Spain, and I believe she found our food tour on Trip Advisor. Just google the town your staying in, throw in the word tours or wine tasting and voila.
Another great travel option is http://www.rome2rio.com/ Punch in your destinations and it gives you various ways to get from point A to point B.
Assuming that you're using trains for all of these? If so, hop on to Rome2Rio and check out those routes.
Bergen doesn't make much sense. By train you're wasting a couple days just traveling back and forth across from Oslo. If you do go up to Stockholm and Norway, stop in Hamburg and/or Copenhagen coming up and returning. Amsterdam > Norway and Stockholm > Berlin are way too long for one day of travel.
To compare your travel options, you could start by looking at http://www.rome2rio.com/
To figure out which places to check out, see the links under "For Tourists" in the sidebar, or visit http://www.tripadvisor.com/
As for prepaid SIM, it might depend what you want to use it for: voice calling, or data? Be aware that Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo are all in different countries, so no matter where you get your SIM card, about 2/3 of your time here you'll be roaming internationally. If you just want reasonably priced voice calls, for availability in emergencies, perhaps Lebara might be a good option.
There is significant bus service from Ithaca to Philadelphia:
http://www.routefriend.com/cities/philadelphia-pa-to-ithaca-ny-bus-train
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Ithaca/Philadelphia
That said, Ithaca is probably not your best choice to go to college if you need frequent and easy transit to other cities.
/r/travel might be more helpful, people here don't take kindly to travel questions. Also I like Nomadic Matt and wikitravel for ideas when I travel (and Rome2Rio for ideas on how to get there)
You're not really going to find many non-mainstream places unless you go to places people just don't want to go or the more obscure countries like the Balkans, Belarus, Georgia etc. Or if you really want to avoid other tourists, consider travelling out of season. What countries are you thinking of heading to and/or definitely avoiding? Any specific interests?
You can use this website to know what works best between places. http://www.rome2rio.com/es/ and then use the website of the train/bus/flight company to look for the best price. I'd say use the train or bus except for between London to Brussels and Brussels to Munich, those a loooong rides. And do not, I repeat, do not miss Edimburg
I'm guessing you are flying back out from London in which case spend a few nights there at the start and end of your trip.
You can go north or west. If you go north, you can go to places like Cambridge, Lincoln, York, Harrogate, Newcastle and then on to Scotland for Edinburgh, Glasgow, the lochs etc. If you go west, you can go to Oxford, (maybe stop by Stonehenge), Bristol, Bath and then on to Cardiff and explore the rest of Wales (lots of castles and natural beauty).
For accommodation hostels and airbnb are your best bet and you can try couchsurfing but from what I hear it's hard to find places unless you're a young, attractive female.
/r/travel and /r/solotravel are great subs for more ideas and advice (search first before you post) and http://www.rome2rio.com/ is a fantastic site for working out where/how to go.
Have fun :D
If all else fails there's a HART line commuter bus from Tampa to Lakeland. This site quotes it at $22 to go from TPA to downtown hub then to Lakeland.
Unless you've got EU citizenship settling in Europe is going to be pretty tough for non Europeans.
Tips: Do as much research as possible. Rome2rio is great fun to fantasise about where you could go. Use cashback sites if you book tickets/rooms online. Make sure you either have a room already booked or at least know a number of hostels/hotels you can check out as soon as you arrive in a new location. Have a backpack that you can carry on to planes to make the most of the cheap airlines.
Places to go: UK obviously (totally unbiased!), France, Cyprus and Turkey
I like using Rome2Rio and Google/ITA Software's Airline Matrix for travel planning. Whats great about ITA matrix is that you can search like 10 nearby airports at once, look at a whole months worth of fares at once etc and a some other nifty features. Im seeing Ft. Lauderdale to Dublin for next April for 700+ one way and 1046 USD round trip (sorry wont let me look further into the future). Hopefully that's of some use to you. Also, you can't book direct from these sites but they are excellent tools. I'm planning my first trip to Europe now, sorry I can't be more of a help.
Try starting with http://www.seat61.com
You can also put your route in to http://www.rome2rio.com and see what options exist for you.
You don't mention how long you have so can't really offer more advice.
For flights -- You might want to keep an eye onTravel Pirates. They post flights and travel deals on a regular basis. Rome2Rio will provide you with multiple types of transportation options between any two places you select. Budget airlines will have deals from time to time too (I know Norwegian was doing NYC to Martinique for $49 each way).
For lodging -- Traveling in less busy periods tends to make things cheaper too. I was in Europe in January, so the hotels and flights were significantly cheaper. My budget was over $2500, but I probably could have kept it under if I really wanted to. Couchsurfing can save you a lot of money and is pretty helpful for finding cheap/free events.
What kind of stuff are you looking to do and what sort of places are you considering? I picked my destinations based on the cheapest flights I could find, since airfare is usually going to be one of the biggest costs. I have thought about getting a rewards card, but I don't really know much about how those work.
Here is my take on your plans. I'd leave Rome for the end so that it's less stressful to reach the airport. I know you have already booked some of the places, but perhaps you can cancel or move some reservations? It really looks like you haven't taken into account the time to move from here to there (http://www.rome2rio.com is your friend).
Milan is not a common tourist city, but since you're going there anyway for F1 (and BTW you want to get to the course very early, some people even sleep there the night before...) there are some good things to do there.
- Aug 29: Go straight to Florence by high-speed train (1.5 hours).
- Aug 29-Sep 1: sleep in Florence and also visit other cities in Tuscany: pick two of Pisa, Siena and Lucca, for example.
- Sep 1-3: Cinque Terre. It's a little messy to get there, Florence is the closest point in your trip (2.5 hours).
- Sep 3-Sep 7: Milan (4 hours, yes that sucks). 1.5 days in the city, 1 day for the grand prix, 1 day to visit Bellagio and hike above it or on other mountains above the Como Lake (hell, Como itself is a good starting point). There is a Da Vinci museum in Milan by the way, and the Cenacolo as well. More information in the sidebar.
- Sep 7-9: Venice (2.5 hours, leave Milan as early as possible so you have almost two full days).
- Sep 9-12: Rome (4 hours), then leave. I included a Sunday so that you can follow /u/italianjob17's biking suggestion.
Alternatively leave Milan one day earlier and on Sep 6 relax and/or hike around the Garda Lake (between Milan and Venice, for example Sirmione or Verona).
So you want to go to Bulligny, I didn't know this city but I see it's near Nancy
This website is useful to find a way:
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Paris/Bulligny
So mainly she has to go to Nancy, by train or http://blablacar.com
As it's a festival there are some special transports planned:
http://www.jardin-du-michel.fr/?venir-au-jardin-du-michel
http://www.rome2rio.com/ is fantastic for pricing train, bus, etc. travel options in Europe.
Also, pleas note that you must have an international driver's permit to drive a car in Italy if you choose this option. Italian drivers can be a bit crazy as well, so research these if you intend to drive while over there.
You may want to look at flying into Rome, Milan, or Venice and taking a cheap but fast and frequent train from there to Florence (trains are so much better and nicer over there than in the states). That could save you money if the ticket prices are right. Once you get to Florence it should be a ~1 hour $10-15 train or bus ride to Siena.
Fly into Grand Rapids every year.. we always rent a car, but I just came across these websites that may help you out
http://rallybus.net/electricforest/ - this was last years.. not 100% sure if they have it every year
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Grand-Rapids-Airport-GRR/Rothbury-MI-USA
We'll have some carpool threads start popping up in the upcoming months also
I usually start with Rome 2 Rio and Google Maps for things like this. The latter can provide both driving and transit directions for many countries. I then look at the route options and see where I might wish to stop en route and go from there.
Amtrak and the MARC (DC area commuter rail) both serve Harpers Ferry, WV, which is about 50 trail miles south of the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. I don't know where you are in Ohio but the Capitol Limited Amtrak line goes between Harpers Ferry and northern Ohio. There are buses from Delaware Water Gap (northern end of Pennsylvania) to NYC and probably many other points.
If you have more specific starting points in mind try rome2rio for transport ideas.
Hitchhiking has never failed me, either. Get close to the trail via bus/train, hitch the rest of the way could maybe be your most time- and cost-effective strategy, not to mention offering the best adventure quotient.
Train or bus. The bus is cheaper. I took the bus from Granada to Madrid and it was about 5 hours with one rest stop for food. You could do the opposite.
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Madrid/Granada
You could also rideshare with someone if you trust them. That's even cheaper.
When I travel I generally live off skyscanner and rome2rio. Also if I'm booking online I always use a cashback site (I use topcashback), you don't get a lot of money back but it all adds up. Have fun!
This website does a price comparison of different ways from one city to another.
According to the site, train seems to be the fastest at 52 minutes for about 28€ and Rideshare seems to be the cheapest at 5€. Long distance buses between 6€ and 10€.
Skyscanner and Aerosvit are showing me decently priced flights from Kiev to Bucharest, if you're interested.
Also, here's a thread on TripAdvisor with your question, that has answers in the opposite direction:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g294458-i3832-k5501409-Travel_Bucharest_to_Kiev-Bucharest.html
And then there's this:
I'd go to Lincoln and Brighton
Use http://www.rome2rio.com/ to get ideas for routes you can take
And are you sure you want to go by train? Because buses and National Express will probably be much cheaper
Also don't forget to book travel and accommodation online through cashback sites. It's only a few percent but it adds up and I got a nice bit of change back from booking hostels, flights and trains through topcashback.
There are some basic things you'll need to research when traveling abroad. You'll have to check if, and how, Sweden applies or differs to some of these.
- Passport - If you don't have one then your major concern is how long it'll take to get one. I'd guess about 4-5 weeks. However, I'm not sure if Michigan has a passport agency. You may have to visit Chicago or deal with mailing things back and forth. Start this now.
- Visa - Assuming you're a US citizen you shouldn't have much to worry about here. Verify Sweden's visa requirements - generally European countries will let you in for 90 days or less without a visa.
- Budgeting - This includes a lot of factors, but you should understand that Sweden will be much more expensive than anywhere in Michigan. You'll need to play a game of 'chicken and egg' to determine what you can afford and what you want to do.
- Where will you stay - For your average college student a month anywhere in Scandinavia probably implies a hostel or couch surfing.
- How will you get around - Check the driving restrictions. Many countries will let you drive on a US license for a short period of time. Consider the methods of transportation and what it might cost to go to the places you want to see.
- Timing - Pay attention to the weather so that you can pack appropriately. This isn't a huge concern but will influence how you'll pack and therefor your preferred methods of travel. You should also consider any major events going on in the areas you want to see as this can help or hurt your travel/accommodation options.
More research
- /r/IWantOut
- Swedish tourism board
- Swedish immigration
- RoughGuides, LonelyPlanet, etc ad infinitum
edit: apparently people are very sensitive about the relative temperature in Sweden
I don't know about beaches but if you go to Florence you can take a day trip (or really half day trip) to Pisa and then on to either Lucca or San Gimignano (or both!) Have a play with Rome2Rio
I just returned from a trip in the Cyclades in October, the ferries do run, but it depends on the weather. We were hoping to do a bit more island hoping but because of the wind many ferries were canceled. I would wait to book places and play it by ear. There is so much to see on every island, even if you don't get to the big ones like Mykanos or Santorini; it also could be more economic to go to one of the "less touristy" islands closer to the mainland, as their accommodations, food, and drinks aren't nearly as much as the other two.
Enjoy it!!!
edit: websites we found helpful with getting information about ferries (they don't post the schedules too far in advance)
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Miami/Phoenix
Looks like flying would be cheaper, however public transport is possible. Look around, do some research. It'll be quite a few stops and quite lengthy, but you'll see a huge chunk of the southern USA
Wow, sounds like an amazing trip. I'm leave in 3 weeks for about the same trip. Given you just did it, I would highly appreciate if you took a glance at my planned route, and were able to give any advice. Please note I have 4 days in London to start my trip and currently another 4 at the end. Depending on track times/dates for the Nurburgring, and also the football schedule in London at the end, I likely have 2-3 days I can take away from London and inset elsewhere. The other though is to add another city. I was speaking to a family from Belgium and they said no trip would be complete without at least a full day in Bruges. I know everyone's opinion is different, but I surely welcomes yours.
http://www.rome2rio.com/trip/fA8Oyt
Day # -----City-----Actual dates
- 1: Fly into London July 31st (land at 8:45am)
- 2,3,4: London Aug 1-3
- 5: to Paris Aug 4
- 6,7,8: Paris Aug 5-7
- 9: to Amsterdam Aug 8
- 10,11: Amsterdam Aug 9-10
- 12: to Nurburgring Aug 11
- 13: THE RING! Aug 12
- 14: Onto Berlin Agu 13
- 15,16,17: Berlin Aug 14-16
- 18: to Prague Aug 17
- 19,20,21: Prague Aug 18-20
- 22 to Budapest Aug 21
- 23, 24, 25: Budapest Aug 22-24
- 26: Flight to Bern Aug 25
- 27,28,29,30,32,33: Lauterbrunnen/Murren Aug 26-31
- 34: to Cinque Terre Sep 1
- 35,36,37: Cinque Terre Sep 2-4
- 38: to Bologna Sep 5
- 39: Ferrari Factory Sep 6
- 40: Onto Florence Sep 7
- 41,42,43: Florence Sep 8-10
- 44: to Rome Sep 11
- 45,46,47: Rome Sep 12-14
- 48: to Barcelona Sep 15
- 49,50,51: Barcelona Sep 16-18
- 52: Flight to Marrakech Sep 19
- 53,54,55,56,57: Marrakech Sep 20-25
- 58: Flight to London Sep 26
- 59,60,61,62: London (soccer gamehopefully) Sep 27-Oct 1 (leave at noon on the 1st.)
The train is usually decent. If the time isn't great you can get an airport transfer from Budapest to Timișoara (i remember it cost me 150 RON last time i flew).
As others have said, i suggest you try a cheap flight to Europe, then look for a low cost flight (wizzair.com) to Timișoara: http://www.rome2rio.com/s/District-of-Columbia/Barcelona
For transportation sites, I'm finding http://www.rome2rio.com/ very helpful. I find myself opening the site daily.
Here's some info on RTW tickets. http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-tips/buying-a-rtw-ticket/ I'm planning an extended (year+) trip as well, but will skip the RTW ticket. I'll probably pay more in airfare, but I want the flexibility.
For prepping, I don't know. Just about anything that you forget, besides your passport, you can buy when you get there. Unless you start off in a 3rd world country.
I'm horrible at languages, so I'm just sticking with English and probably only learn "hello, thank you, toilet, beer and cheers".
I think most of the practical tips for 3 week+ trips will be true for a RTW trip. There may be some mental tips that other long-term travelers can help with, but I plan to research them when I need them.
Well it depends on where you want to go. You're money will go far in Eastern Europe but Western and Northern Europe will be expensive, particularly cities like London, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, Stockholm etc Have a play with rome2rio to work out an itinerary.
To keep costs down book your flights to Europe well in advance, bring only carry on luggage to make use of the dirt cheap flights here, use carpooling sites and couchsurf. You probably could do it on about 1.5K but having never crossed the Atlantic I'm not the best authority on that. Check out the travel subs - /r/travel, /r/backpacking and /r/Shoestring will help you out more than anyone here and /r/solotravel if you are being brave and going it alone. All the best.
I always look on http://www.rome2rio.com/ for different travel options between 2 cities/countries. You can get a good idea of how much it will cost you from point A to point B with pretty much all available options: bus, plane, train and car (maybe even by boat, I'm not sure). Once you know which option seems to be the cheapest, you can go more in detail to check if it's really the cheapest option.
Ok, so from LAX, for 10 days, and you're flexible on dates. How adventurous are you feeling?
I use google.com/flights
$542, NYC to Moscow. http://i.imgur.com/MLzieo3.png Ok yeah, so you somehow have to get to NYC. That's what, $250ish?
Moscow to Krakaw via train $121: http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Moscow/Krak%C3%B3w
Please note, I know NOTHING about flying into Russia in terms of passports, paperwork, visas, etc. That's just the lowest number I could find. Otherwise, I think I saw some NYC-Milan for about $900.
Ta Da! http://www.rome2rio.com/ It's awesome. Plus it lets you pick ways of traveling and combining different travel methods.
Edit: Wow.. completely misread your question. This won't help you at all, sorry. But I'll leave it in case someone else might find it useful.
I've been to Copenhagen (cleanest place I've ever been, don't remember much as I was young but I loved it), Athens (amazing city, they didn't like Americans when I was there in 1999, really great food, lovely people, I want to go back) and London (well it's London, the 2 best museums are free, any food you want, clothing stores are incredible, expensive and getting everywhere takes forever, I'm going back in 11 days).
From friends/internet acquaintances; Prague, Budapest, Bruges and Berlin are HIGHLY rated as well as the whole of Croatia, I'd go to as many of these as you can.
Avoid Venice, it's an expensive tourist trap built (floating?) on an open sewer, it doesn't represent Italy well any more other than the visuals. Consider Athens, staying longer in Croatia or going somewhere else in Italy, either the towns on the heel or travelling across the lower calf to Rome(4 hours by train)/Naples(3 hours by bus).
For planning routes and calculating costs use http://www.rome2rio.com/ it uses google maps and works for the whole world. Good luck!
Try Rome2Rio. For your destination, just put in "Germany".
Also, FareCompare has good info on best days of the week to fly and to buy tickets.
Edit: added detail
>there isn't public transportation spanning across North America
Did Schwarzenegger in his time as a politician do anything to fix it (at least in his state)? Doing a quick search, it doesn't seem like it: "Investment in California's schools, universities and public transport could face $15 billion in cuts if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's controversial new budget is passed."
>You sound like a concerned troll tbh.
You sound like someone who doesn't actually give a crap about the environment beyond PR moves tbh. You cannot be pro-environment but then call people who advocate for public transport "concerned trolls", it simply does not add up.
I thought you could fly from Dublin to Newquay now? *Ah says for 2017 sorry, down the M5 then to the A361, finally A39. Bude is a bit awkward to get to.
http://www.rome2rio.com/ is a great site for things like that.
There's also a bus (line 500) from Antwerp that should drop you at the day ticket entrance:
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Antwerp/Boom
Apparently they also put on more buses while Tomorrowland is happening.
Most places in spain have at least a bus connection, although its not always easy to get info about it. According to Rome2Rio it looks like you could take a bus from Toledo, which could work if you want to see Toledo too. However, from there, it doesn't look like there are any easy onward connections further south.
Why don't you want to rent a car? Its really the best option to see the Spanish countryside and smaller towns. It shouldn't be that expensive and gives you flexibility about times, etc.
I'd take the train to Marrakesh and then a bus to Agadir, but you can also take a CTM straight to Agadir, and that probably stops at Taghazout. Not sure.
Check out http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Rabat/Taghazout for more traveling ideas!
> Not everywhere has a massive international flight hub close with a huge population center.
3 seconds on google dropped that price right down to lower than I originally stated
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Ohio/Canada
> something something not a citizen for a non-emergancy
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http://www.choiceinhealth.ca/Page.asp?IdPage=8920
> I see more then a couch...
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> Speculum
I'm just going to let you look up what that is and save the question "Why didn't your source show up on the front page of google when I searched "abortion post op care" " because unsavory insinuation and slightly immature snipe at your character.
> So you say that foster care has the benefit of not churning out "scuzzy" people, then say that it sucks?
I think you misread my initial statement here. Foster care churns out scuzzy people. Funding it better and regulating it better will help reduce the number of blights on society they age out.
> I do as well but what the fuck does immigration have to do with abortion?
Foster care takes care of wards of the state. Abolishing abortion would require a boon to foster care. You can't just throw these kids to the wolves.
I'll often check WikiVoyage -- the "Getting In" section of any destination is usually pretty good. It typically lists the most practical methods, you will still need to research prices/schedules elsewhere. If for nothing else it's my main resource for figuring out the best way to get from the airport into town and at what price. Many locations also have a "go to next" suggestion for places that are logistically easy to get to from there.
Another one that you might look into that includes prices is http://www.rome2rio.com/
I used rome2rio and it looks like you have options for a bus or train. Check here. From there it looks like it's about a 5 KM walk to the castle. I think.
I googled "Glasgow to amsterdam" and clicked this first link
Prett sure I could do that blind drunk. I probably couldn't stay bind drunk for the 20 hours it would take though.
Check the site rome2rio. You should be able to find a bus for well under 300
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Cleveland/Broussard
From Cleveland, as you didn't state where in Ohio, and I put the destination as the one listed in your fund.
check out http://www.seat61.com and http://www.rome2rio.com for routes and buying information (http://www.trenitalia.com is where you can buy at least the tickets from Genova to Cinque Terre and on to Rome). I think the route will be something like... Nice to Genova and change there (make sure you arrive and depart from the same train station) for Cinque Terre. Not sure about the route from there to Rome, but those sites should help. Have a fun trip.
>And 25 hour trip? By what? Train? Stagecoach? It doesn't even take 7 hours to fly from Birmingham to L.A.
25 hour trip is what came up on Google. However, I went ahead and looked further into it for you. I'm nice like that.
It's going to take about 8 hours to get to Boulder from DC.
The latest flight I could find to leave the day before the debate from DC was 5pm. So Paul would not have been able to leave the day before and vote.
The earliest was 7am on the day of the debate. Given this going to be an 8 hour trip if all goes well, that would end in Paul arriving around 3-4, cutting it close and shortening his preparation time. He would also have the disadvantage of being the last to arrive, even the reporters had left the day before.
Was it possible for Rand to vote and make the debate? Possibly.
Was it realistic? No. He'd be disadvantaged from fatigue of traveling, less prep time, and could have possibly had not arrived if the plane were delayed.
If you're that insistent on criticizing Paul, who has done the best of any candidate in attendance, for not casting a vote that would have not mattered, by all means go ahead.
Nothing I say will deter you from your insistence to fault him.
I found http://www.rome2rio.com to be a helpful website. But if I was you, I'd use Google Flights and look at the whole calendar of prices. You'll notice that there is a certain window of about a week or two where ticket prices dip. Using this pattern, buy tickets when they are cheapest.
http://www.aeroporttaxi.com/our-rates/
From the address you provided was $47
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Vaughan/Toronto-Airport-YYZ <-- lists all routes from Vaughan to Airport and vice versa
10-12 bucks for bus and as I said you have to go to Richmond Hill; so either bus or cab there, and then its an hour bus ride; hence me saying it's a pain in the ass.
A cab is shorter than I thought and it says 18 minutes; it's 30 minutes from where I am which isn't too far from Vaughan.
rome2rio.com is an excellent website. Here are directions: http://www.rome2rio.com/trip/LosDdh
You would need to take a ferry from Panama to Cartagena, Colombia. Otherwise, it's mostly buses, except for a train in the US between Los Angeles and San Antonio.
Edit: Of course that's just the bus route. Google maps says it's a 3-hour drive.
try this page http://www.rome2rio.com don't worry too much about the immigrants. I was travelling in Greece one month ago and the Gevgelija border was fine. The other border (near Bitola) is also fine.
Not that I've found. It's going to take compiling info from a lot of sources.
What I've done:
- Search this subreddit and related travel subreddits for the destination.
- Search for the destination on google. Generally "DESTINATION wikitravel" and "DESTINATION best places to visit."
Note: For both of these do it in various levels. Regional/Country (e.g. Greece), then city/location (e.g. Athens or Crete), then attractions/specifics (e.g. Temple of Artemis or XYZ Mountain). The first will get you results of major cities/areas to see, the 2nd of what there is in those cities/areas, and the 3rd specific info about the physical thing you are going to see (say a Museum or Volcano).
This pretty much gives you ideas of where you want to go. Then go and take it to google maps and figure out a logical order. I took my starting point and experimented with a clockwise or counter clockwise rotation through the region. Basically figure out how to do it efficiently and it also depends on if you need to end up in the same place as you began.
Next step is use Rome2Rio and plug in each place along your journey. It gives you a ton of options for how to get from A to B to C to D on your route and personal vehicle is always an option.
Then lastly I'm using a spreadsheet (designed by another /r/solotravel'er) to track days, transits, how I am, hostels, what I want to see, expenses, etc. This can be as detailed or not as you want. I'm only bothering to figure out hostels in my starting city and a few key ones I've heard about on here that are a /must./
Attractions I'm using my searches above and guessing at it. Like "Museum X and Y" for Day 2 in London. Then Day 3 is "Walk around area X. See Palace." If I get to all them awesome. If I don't, I don't. And more importantly if for some reason I skip them all entirely, well I must have run into something that seemed too good of an experience to pass up so screw the schedule!
There are some nice flats and houses in the Cambuslang/Rutherglen south side area of Glasgow for sale or rent. If you pick somewhere close to East Kllbride road you should be able to get the number 21 bus that runs every 10 or 15 mins directly to the hospital doors.
Ryanair is $22 from Dublin to Stansted or Gatwick. Aer Lingus is $39 to Heathrow.
You can do it in a day, but it will be much more expensive than flying. Ferry to Holyhead then train from there to London. The ferry alone is $45 and the train is (minimum) $30.
Ottawa Valley Bus Tours does a Canada's Wonderland along with Toronto Zoo Tour: http://www.ottawavalleytours.com/CanadaWonderland_TorontoZoo.html
http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Ottawa/Canada-s-Wonderland
https://www.greyhound.ca/en/SummerSpecials/Wonderland/WonderlandSchedule.aspx
> only fly to major airports
Often major airports are the convenient ones but that's not always the case. e.g. I'd take London City Airport any day over Heathrow unless it meant an extra stopover somewhere.
I'd also recommend Rome2Rio for figuring out how to get around after you've landed - it's good out how to get between places that most other mapping services will fail on (connecting busses, trains, flights, etc).
Don't stay long in Amsterdam, 2 nights or 3 max is plenty. Do walking tours wherever you can, find the free ones where you just tip however much you want as payment. When you go Florence take a side trip to a nearby town like San Gimignano, Siena or Lucca and if you go Pisa just see the tower and bail because there is nothing to see/do there (the town kinda sucks). In Rome eat at Pizzarium and Gelateria del Teatro. If you are EU citizens under 25, museums and attractions in Paris are free. Don't overdo it on museums as you'll get sick of them after a while, just pick a few you really want to go. In Paris people watch in Jardin du Luxembourg, wander around the Latin Quartier and just stuff your face at every boulangerie you see. For accomodation look up St Christophers Inn hostels, quality is always high. And when travelling my favourite sites are Nomadic Matt, wikitravel and Rome2Rio
I don't really have any tips, but I'll be moving to Austria (just outside of Linz) in September, feel free to shoot me a message if you'd have any interest in a travel buddy at some point.
I did go to Mürren a few years ago on a trip, and my tip is: don't go when it's foggy and you can't see the mountains, haha.
I have been exploring Rome2Rio. I'm not sure how accurate it all is, but it seems like a cool resource.
What the fuck is this shit?
Apparently, a distance of 700km in the country with the world's best train system is some impossible obstacle. Here, I googled it for you: It's just under 10 hours by train for 220 bucks. Not something you can do every weekend, sure, but also certainly not some "we'll never see each other again hurrr durrr" like the movie tries to make it out to be. And if the kids had half a brain, they could also i.e. meet halfway for half the cost and time.
The second part makes even less sense. The guy promises to write, so he stops writing, despite still being obviously in love with her. Good going mate, you're prime /r/foreveralone material. The other girl who loves him decides to not confess because she is an anime. No words.
Finally, the last part, once both of them are adults(Note how the movie conveniently completely skips college - even though it's a perfect way for two young people to get together, since both can just study at the same place or even in the same town/city). And yes, again, even though both of them are perfectly capable of traveling, and even though both apparently still love each other(THE GUY EVEN FUCKING LOSSES HIS JOB BECAUSE OF IT), they still don't do jack shit about it because no reason.
And of course the final scene. Hey, I've been in love with you for the past 13 years; so I'm going to completely ignore you when I meet you randomly on a street(wow, same street? So that means they're in the same city? So apparently travel is possible in Japan after all? Amazing)
The only heart-wrenching thing about this movie is that there are people so fucking stupid in this world that they simply "won't notice" all this obvious bullshit and actually enjoy it. It even won a fucking award! I guess that knowledge could put someone in depression for weeks.
> Budget airs are cheap, but maybe the local trains in Switerzland might be cheaper to get around, I don't know the answer to this, hopefully someone can tell me.
I've only traveled to Switzerland, but local trains aren't cheap! Everything in Switzerland is damn expensive! I think it would be cheaper to fly from Dublin into Europe.
This is a good website for approximating travel costs over different modes of transport: http://www.rome2rio.com/
Ryan Air would be your best option from Plovdiv to London. Here's a bus trip from Ankara to Plovdiv: http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Plovdiv/Ankara If you don't wanna rent a car or go buy bus again, you could take another cheap flight London-Paris.
Yep I did this journey recently and this is true. Trains in Bulgaria suck and are often slower than the buses (I just Googled it quickly and it seems the bus is quicker). Sofia to Istanbul by bus is cheap and simple, the only downside is you never know how long the border crossing will take and normally you have to wait a while (but I imagine this would be the case with the train too, I don't know). Anyway this is normally a good website for how long things take, and Metro is a reliable and usually cheap Turkish bus company that goes from Bulgaria
This should help with your transportation. Give two destinations and it gives you the different ways of getting from A to B with price and travel time. Most of the cities you mention are about 4 hours from each other.
This travel documentary may be of interest to you. I wouldn't image antarctica is on the way to south africa, thus the same ship. also, this is a great website for planning overland travel. Sounds like an ambitious trip, go for it
hey there, thanks for the reply. After essentially giving up, I went about trying to find the site the same way I had before: searching for connections between Eastern European cities. Low and behold, I found it. It's rome2rio.com and is a very powerful planning tool for travel. I'll be sure to bookmark it this time!
Being indecisive is an issue that I also experience! And the funny thing is, my boyfriend and I have been planning a trip and our two final choices were Argentina and Colombia :) We decided that we can't afford Argentina at this time, so Colombia it is!! :D
Here's our rough travel plans:
December 13-15..... Panama City
December 15-20..... Sailing to Cartagena
December 20-23..... Cartagena
December 23-26..... Medellin
December 26-28..... Guatape
December 28-Jan 2.. Salento
January 2-4............ Bogota
This is our flexible schedule.
We decided to take this route for several reasons, one of which being the amazing reviews we've seen for Medellin's Christmas lights!
We chose this route because we wanted to have some time at the ocean, but not the entire trip. I'm sure Santa Marta and Tayrona Park are beautiful, but we decided to skip that and head south.
Here's a website that I've been using to calculate bus routes.
Edit: formatting
Viracopos é muito melhor, se você for até a capital vai perder muito tempo.
Aqui tem uma relação de ônibus que você pode pegar saindo de Viracopos e que vão para Itu.
Put in starting and destination, dates for flight comparison and this should give you prices for rental car / train and bus
Also have you looked at some of the hacks? Can you take a bus on the super cheap to vegas and buy another round class bus ticket from LA to vegas and then just ride back. The bus trips to vegas are some times like 50$ (cause they are subsidized by the casinos.)
I'm currently deep into planning my 2 week trip in September and it's somewhat similar:
- Fly/Arrive Tokyo
- Tokyo (3.5 days)
- Mt. Fuji (1.5 days)
- Kyoto (3 days)
- Koyasan/Temple stay (1.5 days)
- Osaka (1.5 days)
- Tokyo (1.5 days)
- Travel home
Like you, I am super nervous about coordinating all of the traveling on public transportation, especially since I'm not used to using public transportation where I currently live.
Check out http://www.rome2rio.com/ for how to get to and from specific locations. The interface is awesome, and it will give you all of the route steps (train/bus/foot), frequency and cost. Then, I took that information and put it into Hyperdia to get specific timetables for transport on specific days.
I've been piecing everything together that way and it's making me feel way more comfortable about it.
Is driving an option? See: http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Lhasa/Mandalay
Also, I don't know your dates but you can plug them in to the link above as well and see if you find anything different for airfares
I'm heading to Europe shortly for 62 days. An unlimited ticket for me, 25+ is like $1700 US. My projected route(still working on things) shows a total of $1776, and that's with 4 flights included: http://www.rome2rio.com/trip/wQiHaq
So for me, no, it wouldn't make sense.
US airfares aren't really more expensive than Europe.
See here for a simple breakdown of average fares per mile. While US major carriers (American / Delta / United) are more expensive than Ryan, they are way cheaper than the major EU carriers (BA / Lufthansa / LOT).
It's not really fair to compare every airline in the US with the one super-cheap airline in the EU (Ryan). I'd say you could fairly say that Ryan is cheaper than Sun Country and Spirit (which are like competitors).
Try an airport shuttle perhaps? I'm sure there must be a UK version of a super shuttle like service. I don't recommend getting a ride from a random stranger. If its as far as it sounds, take the train. It shouldn't be too difficult.
What airport are you flying to? http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Nearby-Airports/Cheltenham