Morrison

Hey all! Im kinda new to this whole backpacking thing so be gentle:D Im looking for some advice on a two and a half month trip me and a friend are making in September. Wer going to be traveling around western southern and eastern Europe and im totaly clueless on how much money we will need and where we should go. Any feed back would be very much appreciated Guys. Cheers!

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expatben

Hey Morrison!
Well its hard to predict how much you'll need but I will say western Europe will be the most expensive with the cheapest being eastern.
Have you sorted out some sort of Eurail pass? I know in England we get our own ones so maybe you do in Ireland.

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Morrison

Well to be truthfull i have nothing sorted as of yet (planing to do so next week) but were going to have to travel for the two and a half months on a bit of a shoe string buget

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Canadian Bacon

Hey Morrison, welcome to the boards!

There's more than enough info on the threads floating around there to get your started...

some things to do first:
-plan out how much money you're willing to spend
-research basic costs... train, flight, hostel... etc
-plan out general countries you want to visit
-what do you want to do? see sights or party or both? (both I'm assuming) Anything you want to see in particular?
-buying a lonely planet guide to europe is a good start too

Congrats on deciding to go!!!

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MeTurk

If your concerned about budget at all you spend most of your time in Eastern Europe, or anywhere east of Germany and Austria. Most of Western Europe will feel familiar you've seen so much of it in the media. Eastern Europe is a good bit different, is much cheaper and the people are great craic. In one small town in Slovakia they where giving us shot after shot, they wouldn't let us buy any drink for them. You could even go down as far as Croatia for sun.

Your within the European Union too, which is the best thing about it. It feels like much more of an adventure than western Europe but your still protected, you can get the European Medical Card and your covered in all the country's in the EU as if you where a local.

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Morrison

Cheers 4 all the the advice and thanks 4 the welcome guys Its things like the euro medical card (which i knew nothing about) that could come in very handy. I think my budget is about 4000 euro, im just wondering if that would be enough for about 2 months?

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Morrison

Nice 1 folks, thanks 4 all the help. Me and my mate have talked it over during the weekend and wev set our hearts on Thailand:D Now comes the not so nice part of saving my ass of for the next six months Thanks again for all your help guys, nice 1

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Esterina

Good choice ! (well almost any country on the planet would make a good choice though...) And September is right at the end of the rain season, the landscape should be gorgeous !!!!!!

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morte

my number one tip for any Irish person traveling in Europe is, when you get into a town or city that you don't know anything about, just walk along the street and keep your eyes pealed for a big black Guinness sine hanging from the front of a pub. it usually signifies an Irish pub that more often than not contains an Irish barmaid on working holiday who can speak to you in English, tell you where to stay, where to go, and most importantly pull you a nice pint of frothy cold shtout. (shtout may not taste as good as it does back home)

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