Backpacking Europe

[Chulahoma]

I'm planning a backpacking trip in Europe for September and part of October.  Does anyone know of any club size venues similar to the 930 club that i should check out?
 
 Any tips on booking flights, hostels and countries to visit would be helpful too.
 
 Thanks!

[thirsty moore]

What countries are you currently looking at?

[6949]

Check out lonelyplanet's message boards.  http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/
 
 I did a contiki tour after graduation. 10 countries in 24 days. They have a budget tour with camping/hostels. I did the next price range up which was hotels and hostels. I liked it because they bused us around to each city then dropped us off with a map and said meet us back at the bus at a certain time.   http://us.contiki.com/

[Frank Gallagher]

Enjoy your trip, should be fun. Just try to make you being American (if you are American) not so obvious. Europeans aren't too big on doodles at the moment.

[Relaxer]

Milkweg in Amsterdam

[Chulahoma]

I have friends in Germany and Italy and  relatives in Holland, so those are a definite.  
 
 I'm getting a Eurorail pass, so anywhere that takes me is a possibility.  
 
 I was planning on buying my plane ticket through orbitz.com unless anyone has any websites they recommend.
 
 Thanks for tips!

[Chulahoma]

I found their website, but couldn't understand any of the text on the site
 
 

Originally posted by Relaxer:
  Milkweg in Amsterdam

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by bizou311®:
  I have friends in Germany and Italy and  relatives in Holland, so those are a definite.  
 
 I'm getting a Eurorail pass, so anywhere that takes me is a possibility.  
 
 I was planning on buying my plane ticket through orbitz.com unless anyone has any websites they recommend.
 
 Thanks for tips!

i dont think there are any great secret airfare websites out there anymore, but I do like farechase.yahoo.com, it searches all the websites
 
 and check first, but it is normally a little cheaper if you buy the ticket directly from the airline website once you have found a flight you want

[georgewendt]

Melkweg, Paradiso, and Bimhuis in Amsterdam.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I can't wait until our kid is old enough to backpack Europe with her/his parents. Wish I was going; have fun!

[georgewendt]

Unless you plan on hitchhiking, I'd suggest you break the bank and get a Eurail pass before you go.  Expensive, but worth it.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
  I can't wait until our kid is old enough to backpack Europe with her/his parents.

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[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by bizou311®:
  I have friends in Germany and Italy and  relatives in Holland, so those are a definite.  
 
 I'm getting a Eurorail pass, so anywhere that takes me is a possibility.  
 
 I was planning on buying my plane ticket through orbitz.com unless anyone has any websites they recommend.
 
 Thanks for tips!

www.kayak.com

[Chulahoma]

It is a little pricey, but I plan on buying one after my next paycheck.  
 
 

Originally posted by georgewendt:
  Unless you plan on hitchhiking, I'd suggest you break the bank and get a Eurail pass before you go.  Expensive, but worth it.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
 www.kayak.com

wow, looks like farechase with better tools, I am still surprised how many useful websites there are that I just dont hear about, maybe we should start a thread for that