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As many of you know, Road Trips are my ideal holiday. Having done Australia and then America twice over the last 3 years I've begun to wonder if perhaps I should explore a bit closer to home this time around.
So, on the shortlist along with a trip from Seattle up to British Columbia and back to Seattle is... a Europe trip.
My basic route would take me from the UK via Dover down through Belgium into Germany, via the Nurbergring to Munich, down into Austria, into Switzerland, down into the corner of Italy, call into Monaco, along the South Coast of France, down into Spain and then to Santander for a ferry home. I'd skip Belgium and drive straight through as we did Bruges, Brussels last year.
Total mileage approximately 2000 miles. This is about what I covered this year on the East Coast of the US and less mileage than I covered in California/Nevada the year before, so the mileage doesn't seem too problematic.
The issue I have is that I am acutely aware of the fact that road-tripping in Europe is quite different to that in the USA. I'm after opinion and advice from those of you who have done it who can help me understand just HOW different it might be and work out what a budget should be for two people.
In the States I average 50 quid a night for accomodation - this typically gets me into something like a Holiday Inn Express, Hilton Garden Inn, that sort of place. Not a trashy Motel but not an inner-city 5 star palace either. Clean, reasonably nice chain places where you know what you'll get. The first thing I've noticed is that this seems less abundant throughout Europe and, where present, much more expensive.
So is this idea even feasible? I'd have about 16 days and would pick highlights in each country so 3-4 days per country. What about tolls?
My back of an envelope calculations suggest that this might end up even more expensive than doing North America again which seems daft and is likely to sink the idea but it's something I've always wanted to.
I guess the main question is what is the budget for 2 people for a trip of this type? I don't have equisite culinary tastes either but doubt there is quite the ambundance of cheap Dominos Pizza that I find Stateside
I've already calculated a fuel budget of circa £500 based on 2300ish miles at 30mpg.
So guys who have done Europe - tell me all about it!
So, on the shortlist along with a trip from Seattle up to British Columbia and back to Seattle is... a Europe trip.
My basic route would take me from the UK via Dover down through Belgium into Germany, via the Nurbergring to Munich, down into Austria, into Switzerland, down into the corner of Italy, call into Monaco, along the South Coast of France, down into Spain and then to Santander for a ferry home. I'd skip Belgium and drive straight through as we did Bruges, Brussels last year.
Total mileage approximately 2000 miles. This is about what I covered this year on the East Coast of the US and less mileage than I covered in California/Nevada the year before, so the mileage doesn't seem too problematic.
The issue I have is that I am acutely aware of the fact that road-tripping in Europe is quite different to that in the USA. I'm after opinion and advice from those of you who have done it who can help me understand just HOW different it might be and work out what a budget should be for two people.
In the States I average 50 quid a night for accomodation - this typically gets me into something like a Holiday Inn Express, Hilton Garden Inn, that sort of place. Not a trashy Motel but not an inner-city 5 star palace either. Clean, reasonably nice chain places where you know what you'll get. The first thing I've noticed is that this seems less abundant throughout Europe and, where present, much more expensive.
So is this idea even feasible? I'd have about 16 days and would pick highlights in each country so 3-4 days per country. What about tolls?
My back of an envelope calculations suggest that this might end up even more expensive than doing North America again which seems daft and is likely to sink the idea but it's something I've always wanted to.
I guess the main question is what is the budget for 2 people for a trip of this type? I don't have equisite culinary tastes either but doubt there is quite the ambundance of cheap Dominos Pizza that I find Stateside
I've already calculated a fuel budget of circa £500 based on 2300ish miles at 30mpg.
So guys who have done Europe - tell me all about it!
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