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Laura
My fiance and I are wanting to get rid of most of our belongings and let our lease run out so that we can spend a lot of time (two weeks to two months) in Europe next summer for our honeymoon. I've been before he hasn't. Any tips for calculating cost and not going into extreme debt?
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Buy the crucial items before you depart the USA like rail pass, airline tickets (obviously!). These tend to be the most expensive items besides accommodations. Now, it's your honeymoon so you may not want to stay in hostels - but many of them have private rooms and this is going to be your cheapest lodging source. Check out http://www.backpackeurope.com/ They have a section for estimation costs that might be helpful for you
http://www.hihostels.com/
http://www.hostels.com/en/index.html
I back packed when I was 20-something and spent 3-months over there and saw 17 countries. We hardly stepped foot in a restaurant. You can do this and still dine fairly decently. Visit the local outdoor markets and supermarkets and picnic. Many of the hostels have cooking facilities so you can cook your supper there. The pastries are delicious in Europe, as is the vino! Most hostels will serve a breakfast. Eating doesn't have to be expensive.
You can take night trains to get from destinations that are farther apart. This way, rest on the train and wake up ready to sightsee. This can be tiring and not romantic - but every once in a while it will save you money.
Go for the two-month option. Buy an open jaw ticket (fly into one city and out of another. I recommend London - Rome).
Get a rail pass http://www.raileurope.com/us/index.htm
and just go for it. You might want to reserve your first night so you know you have a place to stay when you arrive.
Congratulations on your upcoming marriage and I hope the honeymoon is great! You need to do things like this BEFORE you have kids cause once you have them it's a lot more difficult.
Buy the crucial items before you depart the USA like rail pass, airline tickets (obviously!). These tend to be the most expensive items besides accommodations. Now, it's your honeymoon so you may not want to stay in hostels - but many of them have private rooms and this is going to be your cheapest lodging source. Check out http://www.backpackeurope.com/ They have a section for estimation costs that might be helpful for you
http://www.hihostels.com/
http://www.hostels.com/en/index.html
I back packed when I was 20-something and spent 3-months over there and saw 17 countries. We hardly stepped foot in a restaurant. You can do this and still dine fairly decently. Visit the local outdoor markets and supermarkets and picnic. Many of the hostels have cooking facilities so you can cook your supper there. The pastries are delicious in Europe, as is the vino! Most hostels will serve a breakfast. Eating doesn't have to be expensive.
You can take night trains to get from destinations that are farther apart. This way, rest on the train and wake up ready to sightsee. This can be tiring and not romantic - but every once in a while it will save you money.
Go for the two-month option. Buy an open jaw ticket (fly into one city and out of another. I recommend London - Rome).
Get a rail pass http://www.raileurope.com/us/index.htm
and just go for it. You might want to reserve your first night so you know you have a place to stay when you arrive.
Congratulations on your upcoming marriage and I hope the honeymoon is great! You need to do things like this BEFORE you have kids cause once you have them it's a lot more difficult.
how do u think we should raise money for the aspca? or hungry?
swimchick2
me and my freinds are going to have a fundraiser but we dont know how to raise the money.
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That is great of you guys. My neighborhood has a fundrasier every year. These are the places they have donated to in the past.
1. Paid for a family to live in a condo.
2. Contrubed 1/4 of the money for an addition to the homeless shelter.
3. Provided 30 homeless children in a shelter with only one outfit from K-Mart a brand new wardrobe.
4. Provided 10 babies with the things they need to surrive when parents couldn't afford it. A crib, sheets, blankets, bottles, food, etc.
5. Filled up 100 backpacks with pencils, pens, paper, markers, crayons, etc. and sent them to children in New Orleans.
6. Filled up 100 bins with soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc. and sent them to families in New Orleans.
7.http://www.feedthechildren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=org_kids_stuff_USA
Good luck! You kids are great!
That is great of you guys. My neighborhood has a fundrasier every year. These are the places they have donated to in the past.
1. Paid for a family to live in a condo.
2. Contrubed 1/4 of the money for an addition to the homeless shelter.
3. Provided 30 homeless children in a shelter with only one outfit from K-Mart a brand new wardrobe.
4. Provided 10 babies with the things they need to surrive when parents couldn't afford it. A crib, sheets, blankets, bottles, food, etc.
5. Filled up 100 backpacks with pencils, pens, paper, markers, crayons, etc. and sent them to children in New Orleans.
6. Filled up 100 bins with soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc. and sent them to families in New Orleans.
7.http://www.feedthechildren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=org_kids_stuff_USA
Good luck! You kids are great!
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