Budapest, Prague and the Loire Valley trip planning

collage1
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:30:09 +0000

Great suggestions, pizzagirl, thank you. We are Jewish and are traveling with a couple who is also and who are particularly interested in seeing Jewish sites so hearing about this Synagogue tour is helpful. I will check out the Gellart Baths too.

Again, thanks to everyone. When I first posted, I was completely overwhelmed and now things are more clear. I have secured accommodations in Budapest and Prague and am waiting to hear back from a Chateau in the Amboise area of the Loire Valley to see if they have room for us.

Unfortunately, when I (finally) confirmed flights with our friends, I went back and the return flight from Paris had gone up $250. Now I’m in that bad spot of trying to figure out if we pay more than (I believe) is reasonable for flights that are perfect or wait a bit to see if that return flight will come back down ($910 for the return leg–it was $665!) That will add $500 to the trip for each couple but, otoh, I have been pleasantly surprised to see how reasonable hotels have been priced.