4 High School Students LAX to Europe for the first time to Europe. Strategy sought..
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Ha ha, so true!
Here is the hostel group I was told about.. I haven't had a chance to see if it will work for us. https://www.hihostels.com/
Here is the hostel group I was told about.. I haven't had a chance to see if it will work for us. https://www.hihostels.com/
It is easy to make bookings on-line with them.
The most recent was:
http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/black-sail
Pretty remote, but I've also stayed in one in downtown London.
Note that the Black Sail one has a ".uk" address but that is part of Hostelling International.
I noted it earlier, but do make sure they find www.seat61.com for the best advice on European rail travel I've found.
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In any case, maybe it will help the young travelers learn to watch those reviews. Though I think I may have found a worse one in Key West for a little less $. Sometimes budget rules. The sunshine is the same.
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I visited Amsterdam late last year and found that English was pretty much spoken by almost everybody. Schiphol Airport is also conveniently integrated with a train station. I noticed that Schiphol is a hub for EasyJet and that should imply low fares to many places.
Some orange plane watching....
Some orange plane watching....
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Thanks to all for all your posts, commentary and suggestions. Working with a group of teenagers was very insightful for me. The boys were very opiniated on what they wanted to do and in the end they seem to have an Itinerary that works for them. They first purchased a OW on DY LAX-CPH and finally yesterday purchased another OW VCE-LAX via ARN again on DY (well 2 of the 4) One is going to meet up with his family in Costa Rica for a vacation and the 4th his girlfriend in PDX (so they booked separately) They purchased 15 day Ist Class Student Eurarail Tix and have a series of Hostels, Family Lodging (Grandma of one of the Boys) and a luxury condo in Amsterdam thanks to one of the parents generosity an Airbnb and a Hotel.They will Visit Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Interlaken, Florence and Venice. Unfortunately this did not turn out to be the Budget Travel as I had expected Actually it's not that bad.. They have communicated well among themselves and the Parents have received written updates along the way. I am very proud of these graduating High School Seniors. Hopefully they will prepare a "Guest" Trip Report when they complete their travel. Thanks again to all and Safe Travels