europe trip --estimating costs

CountMonteCristo
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:42:58 +0000

It can be very expensive because of the current poor exchange rate, but the costs can be kept down with a lot of planning. Last summer my family of 3 flew from Los Angeles to Paris, where we spent 2 weeks in Paris, 2 weeks in Italy, and 2 weeks in Austria/Germany. The trip cost us a total of $12-13,000. One tip, assuming you have children, is to try and stay in American chains where children stay free. We paid as little as $50 a night at Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express. I have also done well using Priceline.