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A question to those more experienced in traveling abroad:
aircanada.ca says that I could buy a round trip ticket from my city to Paris for a little over $460 for Nov7-10. However, that's about the only expense I have a figure for. I'd have then have to get to Nantes and back as well as transport in the city, lodging, food, and more. I'm fairly confident that I can come up with an estimate for some of the basics like flight and lodging but I want to have an idea of what I might spend on more miscellaneous things throughout the trip. Also, I'm hoping that if I can do this I can do it in a group so I'd like to know what others will be doing in Nantes.
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At first I thought someone delivered an empty bag to me because I've been waiting for more to show up in the mail besides the tickets |
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It could've at least been a souvenir alizée paper bag.
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I haven't traveled in Western Europe for a while, so the only general thing I would say is with a weak dollar, things will surely be pricey. Probably the next thing to do is to look at some travel guides (e.g., Fodors, Lonely Planet); for instance, here's a web page for Nantes. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/france/nantes/ If you're looking for train fares Paris to Nantes, you can look at: http://www.raileurope.com but the fares for that season aren't up yet. Fares for Sept seem to be $70-100 US each way. Good luck! |
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Speaking of first time traveling, can I get some suggestions- namely, what are the best places to book flights and hotels, should I do both at the same time, when should I book, what should I be expecting, pretty much everything. I've never even flown before, so if I go through with this, it will be a whole lot of firsts.
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Here are some sites so you can get familiar with booking travel online try different dates, times and airlines just to get an idea of prices. http://www.priceline.com/ http://www.travelocity.com/ http://www.orbitz.com/ http://www.hotels.com/ You have to shop around, don't rush it. you want to find the best prices available, sometimes it's good to book the flights and hotels together. Personally I prefer separate, but thats me. I've also noticed that booking directly with an airline can sometimes be cheaper then through one of these travel websites. But like I said, shop around! Uh BTW... you have your passport, right? |
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The list is growing everyday. There are also ~40 folks from AF that will be going to Paris for the Le Grand Rex concert!
Here's a rough idea of my plans: (obviously subjected to change) 08 November Travel: DEN – CDG 09 CDG – NTE via EuroPass 09 Concert: Nantes , France (Hotel: 3 days, 2 nights) 11 NTE – BRU via EuroPass 12 Concert: Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium (Hotel: 3 days, 2 nights) 13 BRU – LGG via EuroPass 13 Concert: Le Forum, Liège, Belgium (Hotel: 2 days, 1 night) 14 LGG – BRU – CDG via EuroPass (Hotel: 2 days, 1 night) 15 Travel: CDG – DEN http://www.kayak.com/ http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/pa...rance_pass.htm Last price check for a round-trip air and 1 week Euro rail pass is already ~$1300 USD! I'm just waiting for the tickets to go on sale for the 3 November venues.
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Yeah i'm a bit scared on Belgium, one of the few places in Europe I haven't checked out, but hey, if it's good enough for Van Damme.
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Oh, and those two Belgians were also very generous. |
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