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Originally Posted by FlamesPuck12
Thanks for all the responses guys, definitely helpful.
I'm also quite surprised about the London responses as well but just looking at the flight prices, it might be worth it to fly into London (it seems to be cheapest out of all airports) and then spend a day or two before taking the EuroStar down to France.
Couple questions for you guys:
1. How difficult is it to cross the border? (We're all on Canadian passports)
2. Any more opinions regarding hotel vs. AirBNB vs. hostel?
I'm a little skeptical about hostel especially because our group is going to be small 2-4 so it might be worth while to just go with a small hotel room or look for something on AirBNB (which I haven't used before either).
3. In terms of booking train tickets and the hotel rooms, would you guys recommend that we do that before the trip or is it not hard getting decent hotel rooms or cheap train tickets as we travel?
Trying to decide if we want to plan the whole thing from the start or go with the flow.
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London certainly has a lot of attractions to visit but I just find that London is too busy and too expensive and doesn't provide enough enjoyment. I'd rather spend that time visiting a place like Amsterdam or cities in Germany or eastern Europe. Flights into London can certainly be had for a very attractive price especially if you fly into Gatwick. Flights into Amsterdam or Frankfurt can be quite cheap as well.
1. You shouldn't run into any problems crossing the borders especially in western Europe. In eastern Europe sometimes there can be minor delays.
2. AirBNB is great. One of my buddies had previously found a website that offered some great deals on hotels in Europe. They booked three or four different hotels through that website and had very good success. I'll have to ask him what the address was.
3. No need to book ahead of time for buses or trains. I would have a general plan but leave things open. You never know when you might want to spend and extra day or two in a certain city or you might meet up with other travelers and you might want to join them on an adventure.