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garey t
tips like cost,accomadation,routes,equipment, camping etc?
my aim is to start from dover in england and work down through france towards spain and portugal, up around to italy and from there ill review my situation. Advice on what to take,how much money needed,rail tickets, hostels to stay in etc would be a great help.
Answer
If you are European you can buy an InterRail pass:
http://www.interrailnet.com/
That will give you your travel, unless you want to use high speed trains (surcharge) and overnight trains (compulsary reservation, and maybe also couchette cost.)
If you are not European you can look into the Eurail passes, but those are more expensive:
http://www.raileurope.com/rail-tickets-passes/eurail-global-pass/discounts-and-pricing.html
Both passes come in different versions for length and coverage.
See all different versions and work out which is best for you, as in how often and how much time per travel you want to be on the train.
Train and hostels are a good combination, you will also meet a lot of people that way.
If you want to camp, doing so while traveling by train is rather hard, as most campsites are far from the railway station and you will have to carry much more gear. It is possible, most campers use cars of at least bicycles.
When you use hostels, next to your clothes you need a towel and in some cases a sheet sleeping bag, (but I have seen sheets for rent in almost all hostels.) A sleeping bag can come in handy, but is not often needed, specially in summer.
If you go camping you will need a sleeping bag, and a mat, a tent, and likely also a stove, pan, plate, knife, fork, spoon and you can add the rest if you do camp.
About your route, from the south of Portugal to Italy is a long way, you can contemplate a flight, if booked early they are not that expensive.
But you can also take a week to travel back though Spain and the south of France.
At this time a travel like that will cost about â¬75 (£75, $US100) per person per day, allowing you a little for the odd drink and sightseeing.
Assuming you stay in hostels and your travel cost already paid for.
If you travel by car you can cover more distance each day, but you will have to add for petrol/gas, as well as highway toll and cross channel ferry.
For hostels and sightseeing information, and a few addresses of campsites, I prefer the Lonely Planet series, but in any case you will need a good guidebook covering the area you want to travel.
If you want to travel by train, your only real options lay in going to Paris and south from there, in Spain you will have a few options, but do not count on many trains on all lines, often it is only a few per day.
This railway map you can see where rail travel is possible:
http://www.interrailnet.com/interrail_railway_map
And the German railplanner in English is mostly a good help on travel information. It just does not give info on travel to Portugal at the moment:
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml
So here is also one for Portugal: http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD&lang=en
If you are European you can buy an InterRail pass:
http://www.interrailnet.com/
That will give you your travel, unless you want to use high speed trains (surcharge) and overnight trains (compulsary reservation, and maybe also couchette cost.)
If you are not European you can look into the Eurail passes, but those are more expensive:
http://www.raileurope.com/rail-tickets-passes/eurail-global-pass/discounts-and-pricing.html
Both passes come in different versions for length and coverage.
See all different versions and work out which is best for you, as in how often and how much time per travel you want to be on the train.
Train and hostels are a good combination, you will also meet a lot of people that way.
If you want to camp, doing so while traveling by train is rather hard, as most campsites are far from the railway station and you will have to carry much more gear. It is possible, most campers use cars of at least bicycles.
When you use hostels, next to your clothes you need a towel and in some cases a sheet sleeping bag, (but I have seen sheets for rent in almost all hostels.) A sleeping bag can come in handy, but is not often needed, specially in summer.
If you go camping you will need a sleeping bag, and a mat, a tent, and likely also a stove, pan, plate, knife, fork, spoon and you can add the rest if you do camp.
About your route, from the south of Portugal to Italy is a long way, you can contemplate a flight, if booked early they are not that expensive.
But you can also take a week to travel back though Spain and the south of France.
At this time a travel like that will cost about â¬75 (£75, $US100) per person per day, allowing you a little for the odd drink and sightseeing.
Assuming you stay in hostels and your travel cost already paid for.
If you travel by car you can cover more distance each day, but you will have to add for petrol/gas, as well as highway toll and cross channel ferry.
For hostels and sightseeing information, and a few addresses of campsites, I prefer the Lonely Planet series, but in any case you will need a good guidebook covering the area you want to travel.
If you want to travel by train, your only real options lay in going to Paris and south from there, in Spain you will have a few options, but do not count on many trains on all lines, often it is only a few per day.
This railway map you can see where rail travel is possible:
http://www.interrailnet.com/interrail_railway_map
And the German railplanner in English is mostly a good help on travel information. It just does not give info on travel to Portugal at the moment:
http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml
So here is also one for Portugal: http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD&lang=en
Friends and I our planning a trip Cross Country?
Q. Me and my friends are planning a two week Cross Country trip.
Instead of going to Europe this summer we are planning a trip cross country.. Does anyone know any good websites, or books to plan this kind of trip?
Instead of going to Europe this summer we are planning a trip cross country.. Does anyone know any good websites, or books to plan this kind of trip?
Answer
Oh wow there is a lot of great cross country trips you can take. I take a month long road trip each year in the US and there are several good sites to use to plan trips. I would also look up the visitorâs website for each of the cities you will be visiting or just passing through. Most of them have tons of information from places to eat and stay to the local attractions. They also can send you a FREE visitorâs packet to your house if you would like. This is a great way to find some off the wall places. Here are some other websites that I use:
For great places to eat along your road trip check out these sites:
http://www.roadfood.com/
http://www.dinercity.com/
http://www.route40.net/culture/diners.shtml
http://www.theamericanroadside.com/content/view/370/1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=627&Itemid=2
For Attractions, cool highways, side trips, wacky and wild America check out these sites:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
http://www.wlra.us/
http://www.theamericanroadside.com/
http://www.roadsidepeek.com/
http://roadsidetourist.com/
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/LA-RoadsideAttractions.html
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/read/Roadside-Attractions.htm
http://www.eccentricamerica.net/
For Directions check out these sites:
http://www.randmcnally.com/
http://maps.google.com/
http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=over
For Gas price info along your trip check out these sites:
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
http://www.gasprice.com/index.htm/
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/new/default_V3.asp
http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx
For Reviews of Restaurants and Hotels and also to book or make reservations check out these sites:
http://www.travelocity.com/
http://www.orbitz.com/?gcid=C11287x075-homepage>kw=Orbitz&source=pi&type=k&WT.mc_id=e4371&WT.mc_ev=click&DCSext.mc_kw=
http://www.cheaptickets.com/?gcid=C16036x034>kw=homepage&source=pi&type=k&WT.mc_id=ec2108&WT.mc_ev=click&DCSext.mc_kw=
Love this site:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/
http://www.mytravelguide.com/?referral_id=YHOOPI&referral_click_id=HOME
http://www.hotels.com/?PSRC=INKT&js=1&zz=1197302161159
A great way to save money on long road trips is to stay in hostels or do some camping along the way. Here are a few sites with that information:
Hostels:
http://www.hostels.com/en/us.html
http://www.hiusa.org/
http://westernhostels.org/
http://www.maxinfous.com/hostels.htm
http://www.hostelfest.com/hostels/united-states-68/
Campgrounds:
http://www.usa.worldweb.com/WheretoStay/Campgrounds/
http://www.ecampsite.com/campgrounds/
http://www.koa.com/where/usa.htm
http://www.woodalls.com/tents/
There are also several National Parks and State parks that have camping and also several other attractions to see. There are several wonderful National Parks in the US here are some websites to help:
http://www.nps.gov/
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/main.htm
http://www.areaparks.com/
http://www.yellowstone.net/natparks/index.htm
http://www.us-national-parks.net/
http://www.wilderness.org/OurIssues/Monuments/index.cfm?TopLevel=Home
Highway Information and interesting Routes you might take:
http://www.historic66.com/
http://www.national66.com/
http://www.bygonebyways.com/Route%2066.htm
http://www.byways.org/
http://www.exploringamericashighways.com/
http://www.route40.net/
http://www.us-101.com/
http://www.pacific101.com/
As for books, check out Roadside America, and Eccentric America. Both are awesome really good guides of crazy roadside attractions. I might also check out some books on Route 66, that is a great road trip! The Mother Road is a wonderful book. Trust me take your time planning, take a cooler with food and drinks that will save you all a ton of money. Try to stop and eat something like sandwiches and chips from your supply for lunch, then eat dinner out. Contact the visitorâs center and get the Free Travel packets they usually have COUPONS in them for food and attractions and this will also help you all save a lot of money. The attractions that you want to go to check out their sites for discount tickets or coupons. I usually make a travel book, with our route, places we want to stop, restaurant info and more. Comes in handy! Have a wonderful trip; there is no better way to see the country then on a road trip!
Oh wow there is a lot of great cross country trips you can take. I take a month long road trip each year in the US and there are several good sites to use to plan trips. I would also look up the visitorâs website for each of the cities you will be visiting or just passing through. Most of them have tons of information from places to eat and stay to the local attractions. They also can send you a FREE visitorâs packet to your house if you would like. This is a great way to find some off the wall places. Here are some other websites that I use:
For great places to eat along your road trip check out these sites:
http://www.roadfood.com/
http://www.dinercity.com/
http://www.route40.net/culture/diners.shtml
http://www.theamericanroadside.com/content/view/370/1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=627&Itemid=2
For Attractions, cool highways, side trips, wacky and wild America check out these sites:
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
http://www.wlra.us/
http://www.theamericanroadside.com/
http://www.roadsidepeek.com/
http://roadsidetourist.com/
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/LA-RoadsideAttractions.html
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/read/Roadside-Attractions.htm
http://www.eccentricamerica.net/
For Directions check out these sites:
http://www.randmcnally.com/
http://maps.google.com/
http://www.expedia.com/pub/agent.dll?qscr=over
For Gas price info along your trip check out these sites:
http://www.gasbuddy.com/
http://www.gasprice.com/index.htm/
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/new/default_V3.asp
http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx
For Reviews of Restaurants and Hotels and also to book or make reservations check out these sites:
http://www.travelocity.com/
http://www.orbitz.com/?gcid=C11287x075-homepage>kw=Orbitz&source=pi&type=k&WT.mc_id=e4371&WT.mc_ev=click&DCSext.mc_kw=
http://www.cheaptickets.com/?gcid=C16036x034>kw=homepage&source=pi&type=k&WT.mc_id=ec2108&WT.mc_ev=click&DCSext.mc_kw=
Love this site:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/
http://www.mytravelguide.com/?referral_id=YHOOPI&referral_click_id=HOME
http://www.hotels.com/?PSRC=INKT&js=1&zz=1197302161159
A great way to save money on long road trips is to stay in hostels or do some camping along the way. Here are a few sites with that information:
Hostels:
http://www.hostels.com/en/us.html
http://www.hiusa.org/
http://westernhostels.org/
http://www.maxinfous.com/hostels.htm
http://www.hostelfest.com/hostels/united-states-68/
Campgrounds:
http://www.usa.worldweb.com/WheretoStay/Campgrounds/
http://www.ecampsite.com/campgrounds/
http://www.koa.com/where/usa.htm
http://www.woodalls.com/tents/
There are also several National Parks and State parks that have camping and also several other attractions to see. There are several wonderful National Parks in the US here are some websites to help:
http://www.nps.gov/
http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/main.htm
http://www.areaparks.com/
http://www.yellowstone.net/natparks/index.htm
http://www.us-national-parks.net/
http://www.wilderness.org/OurIssues/Monuments/index.cfm?TopLevel=Home
Highway Information and interesting Routes you might take:
http://www.historic66.com/
http://www.national66.com/
http://www.bygonebyways.com/Route%2066.htm
http://www.byways.org/
http://www.exploringamericashighways.com/
http://www.route40.net/
http://www.us-101.com/
http://www.pacific101.com/
As for books, check out Roadside America, and Eccentric America. Both are awesome really good guides of crazy roadside attractions. I might also check out some books on Route 66, that is a great road trip! The Mother Road is a wonderful book. Trust me take your time planning, take a cooler with food and drinks that will save you all a ton of money. Try to stop and eat something like sandwiches and chips from your supply for lunch, then eat dinner out. Contact the visitorâs center and get the Free Travel packets they usually have COUPONS in them for food and attractions and this will also help you all save a lot of money. The attractions that you want to go to check out their sites for discount tickets or coupons. I usually make a travel book, with our route, places we want to stop, restaurant info and more. Comes in handy! Have a wonderful trip; there is no better way to see the country then on a road trip!
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