Create an Agenda

To set an agenda you’ll need to make some decisions for the questions below. Once you have made those choices you can write them on a calendar or piece of paper. Know what nights you’ll be staying in what locations. Once you have a template of your days you can determine your transportation options form one destination to another. Our » Set Your Route page you provide you with distances and travel times between major European cities that will allow you to allocate enough travel into the days travel agenda.

If you only plan to go once, then you may want to take an organized tour covering as much of Europe as possible. Tour companies and operators have packaged tours going to multiple locations from 7 to 30 days.

Are you planning to go to Europe just once? Or do you plan to go back again?

If you are like a lot of independent travelers and plan to go back, then you should concentrate on doing the following.

How Many Days Will You Be There?

Once you know how many days you can travel try to be flexible. Remember some days airline tickets or hotel rooms can have higher rates. By altering your schedule by a day or two can save you hundreds of dollars. That that could require leaving or departing in the middle of the week on a Tuesday or Wednesday, instead of on the weekend.

Making the best use of your time is essential to getting the most out of your vacation. Again, with so much too see and do in Europe, it is very easy to bite off more than you can chew. A vacation could become very strenuous and exhausting if you try to do too much. You do not want to have take another vacation to recover from a vacation. Minimizing travel time to several hours and try not to lose a half or even a whole day traveling. That time could be used to for an activity or just getting a few hours of relaxation. If possible try not to stay in one place for just one night. While it is not always possible, staying in one location for multiple days makes the best use of time. Having a room to go back to for a break during the middle of the day allows you a little rest before going out to diner or an evening event.  Not having to unpack and pack continuously is also convenient.

“Using time wisely can make the difference in having a disastrous vacation or a life’s experience  you will always remember”.

Staying in a major city can maximize your time spent. There are many advantages in these cities as they have a lot to see and do. If you really want to capture the flavor of a great city than you must plan on a minimum stay of 3 full days or more.  These cities have so much to offer that being there for one day will never do. Many have enough for a full week but, always leave enough for another visit. As though these cities do not have enough to do there are great day trips within easy reach. That is why these cities provide a good base to stay so you are at the same hotel for more than one night. Travel time for these day trips are normally only 30 minutes to an hour and a half away. Transportation is also easier for arriving and departing from these cities with good flight selections from major airports and busy train stations with excellent rail schedules. The local transportation systems provide quick and efficient travel within the city to and from all sights. In many cases you can use major public transportation for your day trips outside the cities on rail or buses and in some situations your city transit pass is valid for fares. Cities and regions listed below offer the most to see with the least traveling time. Using these locations as a base for your multi-night stay gives you travel flexibility and the best use of your time. From these locations are suggested jumping off points to the next nearest area to maximize your travel.

If you want to minimize your time so you can spend more time doing activities, regionalize your travel to specific countries or areas. Of course one just doesn’t want to stay in one city, you need to capture the entire country or areas ambience. Try to see things near each other, figure on transportation time of no more than 2 hours between locations. Why spend hours traveling when you can be doing something exciting. You can find the distance between major cities on the Mileage & Time Travel Chart at our ➾ Map Your Route page.. These regional areas compliment each other for minimal time traveling with maximum enjoyment and rest.

The idea here is to try and compact your travel time…