Spring Break in Amsterdam

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<p>Tripadvisor (as recommended above) is an excellent source for reviews. I used it extensively in 2006 when I was planning a Girl Scout trip to Europe. We were very pleased with all the hotels we chose based on tripad reviews.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g188590-c3-Amsterdam_Noord_Holland-Hotels.html[/url]”>http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g188590-c3-Amsterdam_Noord_Holland-Hotels.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>We stayed at the Hotel Brouwer which we enjoyed - not a party place for teen boys - one of the reasons I chose it as we were traveling with teen girls. (reviews like ‘good place to get pot’ or ‘free porn on the television’ got places dropped from my list pretty quick)
<a href=“http://www.hotelbrouwer.nl/[/url]”>http://www.hotelbrouwer.nl/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Another good source for Hostel reviews is bugeurope
<a href=“http://www.bug.co.uk/reviews/hostels/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland-Noord-Holland/Amsterdam/index.htm[/url]”>http://www.bug.co.uk/reviews/hostels/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland-Noord-Holland/Amsterdam/index.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>One place I seriously considered was the amstelbotel - a floating hotel
<a href=“http://www.amstelbotel.com/apex/f?p=250:1:600630640219831::::P_LANGUAGE:UK[/url]”>http://www.amstelbotel.com/apex/f?p=250:1:600630640219831::::P_LANGUAGE:UK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks everyone! I am also a huge trip advisor fan and live in a tourist place so I post a lot to help people coming to my area. I have passed on all the information. I think they are going to make online reservations at flying pig which I found on trip advisor. I will definitely pass on the other tips.</p>

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<p>Most hostel reviews we read for Amsterdam did say there was considerable pot smoking in the hostels. We avoided hostels for that reason ( traveling with girl scouts - yeah that would have gone down real well). Just make sure your son is aware of that and will be prepared for it and not be too uncomfortable. My daughter would probably be horrified to find herself in that situation - my son would have fun laughing at the potheads.</p>

<p>I have kind of wondered if having your clothes smelling of pot - not neccesarily because you partook but by being around others that are - would cause problems if they have drug sniffing dogs at the US airport. The airport I fly into often has either food sniffing dogs or drug sniffing dogs when you are lined up at immigration.</p>

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<p>Thanks all. Copy/pasted some of this info to email to him. Went to my lovely local bookstore (not a chain!) today and bought a Let’s Go Amsterdam to mail along with his passport. He booked the flying pig hostel today and called me to tell me they are also taking some kind of overnight train to some other area to see a concert of some very popular band over there. Sounds like they are going to have a great time.
I would be jealous except that I’m going to San Francisco with my high school daughter for spring break and I have an IOU from DH for my favorite antique jewelry store. Sigh… :)</p>