Steer
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Mrs Steer for a significant birthday is keen on 10 day trip to visit Amsterdam or Brussels, plus Berlin, (definitely) and then onto Vienna or Prague or maybe Paris. Stopping at each place for between 1 and 3 nights.
We have got a quote from a travel agent for just over £4k for the 4 of us, including all trains and budget hotels. That does not include food in most the hotels. This will be in August (school hols).
I am looking at the interrail tickets and of course we can probably do this all cheaper if we book everything ourselves. But I do think that booking ourselves will be a significant hassle - with lots of trains to book (even with interrail you have to book seats on the longer train journeys) and lots of hotels - which we would want to have within reasonable distance of the main train stations. I also worry that we are left standing alone on a foreign train platform with our 2 kids if for example the last train to Vienna is cancelled or if there is a train strike etc. whereas if we go with a travel agent there should be some backup from them if something goes wrong.
Has anyone got experience with this sort of holiday. Any advice on how to plan all this. I am outside my comfort zone, but my suggestion to do a "normal" holiday has not gone down well!
We have got a quote from a travel agent for just over £4k for the 4 of us, including all trains and budget hotels. That does not include food in most the hotels. This will be in August (school hols).
I am looking at the interrail tickets and of course we can probably do this all cheaper if we book everything ourselves. But I do think that booking ourselves will be a significant hassle - with lots of trains to book (even with interrail you have to book seats on the longer train journeys) and lots of hotels - which we would want to have within reasonable distance of the main train stations. I also worry that we are left standing alone on a foreign train platform with our 2 kids if for example the last train to Vienna is cancelled or if there is a train strike etc. whereas if we go with a travel agent there should be some backup from them if something goes wrong.
Has anyone got experience with this sort of holiday. Any advice on how to plan all this. I am outside my comfort zone, but my suggestion to do a "normal" holiday has not gone down well!