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-How much time will I be traveling from city to city? The trip will be England>France>Switzerland
It all depends on what mode of transportation you end up taking. Like someone mentioned above, the Eurostar is probably the most convenient for London to Paris, because there are no airports in central London. If you wanted to take a flight, you probably would end up booking on Ryanair.com or Easyjet.com, (the Southwest airline types of Europe) so in London you would fly out of Gatwick, Luton, or Stansted, and its a little more tedious, cause you have to consider the 45min-1hr shuttle (Easybus.co.uk) as well. The thing is, if you kinda just shadow those websites, you can find really cheap deals on flights, so there's a high chance the flight could be a steal over Eurostar. Not sure about the Eurostar, but flight-wise, it should take you about 5 hrs. including the walk to the shuttle-pick up location, the hour shuttle ride, waiting in customs lines, and the flight. I always booked early morning flights also, get to the destination city with the whole day ahead of you.
-How much will we expect to spend on room and board?
I always stayed in hostels. They are the cheapest and the realest when it comes to getting to know the country. Most of them are kinda dirty, but the people who run them (usually people in their late 20's early 30's) will almost always tell you where to get the best food, best nightclubs, and how to get further with your money. Also, you'll meet a lot of interesting travelers staying in the hostel who pretty much are there for the same reasons you are. Way cheaper than hotels and a lot more fun. 40-50 euros, id say per trip.
I think one of the bigger considerations you have to think about is your luggage size. I studied abroad in London, so whenever I traveled, I only brought a backpack which worked out with flights cause they are really strict about the one carry-on item per flight, and since the cheapest and best modes of transportation are subways, trains, buses, hauling around a heavy suitcase can be a Sh*(% experience trying to hop on and off with all the crowds and fast-paced walking, and hostels because I would just empty my clothes in the hostel, and carry my valuables with me when I went out (they have lockers but some are kinda small).
It all depends on what mode of transportation you end up taking. Like someone mentioned above, the Eurostar is probably the most convenient for London to Paris, because there are no airports in central London. If you wanted to take a flight, you probably would end up booking on Ryanair.com or Easyjet.com, (the Southwest airline types of Europe) so in London you would fly out of Gatwick, Luton, or Stansted, and its a little more tedious, cause you have to consider the 45min-1hr shuttle (Easybus.co.uk) as well. The thing is, if you kinda just shadow those websites, you can find really cheap deals on flights, so there's a high chance the flight could be a steal over Eurostar. Not sure about the Eurostar, but flight-wise, it should take you about 5 hrs. including the walk to the shuttle-pick up location, the hour shuttle ride, waiting in customs lines, and the flight. I always booked early morning flights also, get to the destination city with the whole day ahead of you.
-How much will we expect to spend on room and board?
I always stayed in hostels. They are the cheapest and the realest when it comes to getting to know the country. Most of them are kinda dirty, but the people who run them (usually people in their late 20's early 30's) will almost always tell you where to get the best food, best nightclubs, and how to get further with your money. Also, you'll meet a lot of interesting travelers staying in the hostel who pretty much are there for the same reasons you are. Way cheaper than hotels and a lot more fun. 40-50 euros, id say per trip.
I think one of the bigger considerations you have to think about is your luggage size. I studied abroad in London, so whenever I traveled, I only brought a backpack which worked out with flights cause they are really strict about the one carry-on item per flight, and since the cheapest and best modes of transportation are subways, trains, buses, hauling around a heavy suitcase can be a Sh*(% experience trying to hop on and off with all the crowds and fast-paced walking, and hostels because I would just empty my clothes in the hostel, and carry my valuables with me when I went out (they have lockers but some are kinda small).
