European semi-self-help tour (Primer): our alternative tourism

Our alternative tourism

Last August, we write the papers xiaoliangkou simply squeezed out of time, in Europe and play for a month.

Tourism after catch a thesis, to return home to find a job ... Nearly a year in an instant, suddenly have an impulse to record tourism in little, because we feel that this experience was unusual.

Due to the three thousand dollar travel around the world, we as early as last month began preparations for the trip to Europe.

Programme has three: preferred is self-help, followed with the United Kingdom local tours (book in the United Kingdom at that time), and finally select the Chinese travel agencies in the United Kingdom.

Soon the last option is rejected, because before you follow the Chinese students travel back to complain about trip too catch, service is very poor.

Although Chinese travel agency price relative advantage, we are poor students, but feel that travel is an experience, not a few photos, so finally we gave up this choice.

Tours to spend a lot of time doing homework, read a post on the Internet, see predecessors road, compare lines and prices, but also the actual traffic situation and destination accommodation, Visa, etc.

Cursory study, we own a satisfactory line exceeds the original budget, at the time of reading is also very obvious feel insufficient time.

There have been tours through friends, tours is not necessarily to save money, especially complex travel arrangements.

"Three thousand dollar," says Yes, most of the earlier book, the cheaper the price, but it also depends on time. Summer tourism season, so to find those cheap travel products, apart from a lot of time investment, you also need luck.

Taking into account the need for tours a lot of time and effort, and is the first time in continental Europe, we feel short changed.

So, we at school travel advisory Department to hold back a lot of United Kingdom tours. To read those magazines are very much enjoy the process, so many routes, so many photos, even more amazing is that prices should have and a Chinese travel agencies have tiles!

We ultimately selected the Topdeck's "European Frontiers 2005" in this line, July 28, starting from London, August 24, back to London, a total of 29 days.

Different is that this whole process together with the chef, camp out. Because we pay in 2 months, so enjoy the "Early Bird Discount" and the entire trip total more than 900 pounds/person, meals and insurance, the cost of two individual total is 2400 pounds.

Line is the London-Paris-yawei Nong-Barcelona-nice-Monaco-Florence-Rome-Vatican-Pompeii-Venice-Switzerland-Munich-Prague-Cracow-Warsaw-Berlin-Amsterdam-London.

The comparison was first choice Topdeck, motivating our is:

1. line comparison, I'd like to go to Czech, he wanted to go to Spain, we have to realize it

2. camping trip are fresh, is a kind of experience, but also on this age will be crazy about

3. the whole English tour guide, and peer of the foreigner to practise English

Last 30 days in the past, a trip, we are very excited for the following reasons:

1. in the European shopping so big a ring, very crisp

2. in fact, Western Europe camping facilities are very good, like when we continuously call to harassment Topdeck asked the camp because mind inherent-style camps we have a shadow

3. the travel procedure simply closed English training, particularly listening and speaking, much progress, but also learn a lot of slang

4. Subsequently, Topdeck is 18-38-year-old young people travel, so fellow foreigners are, and we almost age, happy, communication still has a contact

5. different from ordinary Chinese travel agency "to get to sleep, off camera" itinerary, basic is "half Topdeck tours".

On the one hand, the guide will give an introduction and recommended destination for distribution to our maps and local information; on the other hand, we have plenty of time to explore, dispersed to play, then its back to camp, or go back to the collection, free

6. service quality assurance.

Because domestic outbound missions are internally organize and find local to add groups, bus renting, so there will be out of service link. Topdeck has its own guides, cooks, drivers and bus, and age and tourists alike, so we can easily identify oneself, visitor interaction activities are also a lot, so we really feel that travel really don't just look at the scenery, but rather a kind of experience!

I rejoice that I am back at STA Travel work, this is a company based in London, specifically for students and young people in tourism company, which is company of Topdeck products! so even in Chinese, or you can set by STA Travel Europe trip.

Ctrip is a good platform, you can let us here and many of the "mix" of the Exchange, I will feel the difference of 30 days posted in different States of travels, and share this unique "half-tours"!

Chose "Italy" as the "prelude" havens is because in Italy for the longest time, hehe, and visas.

Tacks, next: European semi-self-help tour (1): London-Paris

Location: travel gonglue-France