Europe Road Trip

Booner! said:
We did ~2500miles in total. We gained a day as I drove from Oxford to Marseille in day 1 (22 hours with stops). But mostly spent 3-4 days in each country in a range of places. Getting food poisoning put me down in France for a few days on the coast and being the only driver it meant we stayed put for longer than we wanted.

From memory:
French coast = 3-4 days
Genoa/Milan/Monza/Lake Como 3 days
Alpes = 1 day (wish I spent more time here)
Austria = 1 day (wish I spent more time here)
Munich = 2 days
Stuttgart = 1 day
Black forest = 2 days

It was all fairly tight, but once you have reached that bottom coast everything is small distances (1-3 hours) away and doesn't feel far at all.
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You say 3-4 days on the French coast, did you stay in the same place? Also, camping/hostels/hotels?
 
miikeeyy92 said:
You say 3-4 days on the French coast, did you stay in the same place? Also, camping/hostels/hotels?
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We stopped near Marseilles day 1, then camped in Agay (laugh it up!) which was very nice for beach etc. Sanuary sur Mer is another great stop for beach action, then stayed Monaco, then to Genoa ITA.


[TW]Fox;25639047 said:
Why is everyone in this thread so desperate to rush these trips? I wouldn't want to do one in less than 2 weeks really.
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Agreed, I wish I had 3 weeks at least to do that same route. The only reason I guess is holiday from work or limitations of passengers which we had (teachers and school holidays etc).
 
Thought I would revive this, and list the information about what has been planned so far.

Car: E91 335d M Sport touring. (unfortunately it looks like we will need a roof box)

Day 1: 12 Hour blast to Marseille
Day 2: Marseille
Day 3: Marseille - St. Tropez
Day 4: St. Tropez
Day 5: St. Tropez - Nice
Day 6: Nice
Day 7: Monaco/Menton
Day 8: Nice - Lake Como
Day 9: Lake Como
Day 10: Lake Como - Stelvio Pass - Camping in Austria
Day 11: Austria
Day 12: Austria - Neuschwanstein Castle - Munich
Day 13: Munich
Day 14: Munich - Strasbourg
Day 15: Strasbourg - Home

We are camping in the majority of places, which seam to average out at about £8pnpp, so costs are reasonably low for now. Travelling with the top box will add about £30pp we estimate. Being allowed to burrow a friends GoPro for the trip too :)
 
Have a play around planning your route on viamichelin.co.uk if you haven't already done so. It will estimate how much you are going to get charged using the toll roads.
 
benwoodcock said:
I'm curious about your budget if yo don't mind?
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Budgeting £500pp to include everything. So far we have come in at around £350 for over-nights and a rough estimate on fuel. So a bit of room for tolls and spending money.

molar said:
Have a play around planning your route on viamichelin.co.uk if you haven't already done so. It will estimate how much you are going to get charged using the toll roads.
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Thank you! I'll have a look, definitely something I need to do.
Banny said:
If your in the south of France you should visit gorge de Verdon, well worth the visit, not to far from Nice
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I'll take a look :)
 
[TW]Fox;26320481 said:
Thats very, very cheap. Are you sure you've done your maths right?

Also how did you go from looking to pick up an E46 diesel whilst on placement to suddenly having a 335d?! Bit of a change :p
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The E46 changed slightly to me picking up a 2.0T A3 which I'm loving :), As for the 335, its a friend who's coming along so getting insured on it for the trip.

Cost wise, we have totalled up everything we've booked so far so we know how much that costs, with only 2 more places to book. (we are camping, so its averaged at £11pppn). Fuel is roughly going to be £130 each. Thats at 25mpg, as we don't really know what we are going to be getting with a roof box. As for tolls, a brief look at viamichelin.co.uk, tolls will roughly be €50 each.
 
So no lunch, no coffee stops, no beers by the lake in a nice pub, etc etc?

I think you are quite significantly underestimating what this trip will end up costing you.
 
miikeeyy92 said:
Nope :) Admittedly we don't have loads left in the budget for food, but we aren't going to be eating out often, maybe twice. And we are students after all so we can make food go a long way!
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Food maybe, but surely not drink? :p Last time I went abroad with friends, I budgeted quite a lot for food and drink, and still ended up exceeding that budget by quite a considerable margin. A holiday isn't much fun if you're eating crap food and drinking tap water!
 
[TW]Fox;26320580 said:
So no lunch, no coffee stops, no beers by the lake in a nice pub, etc etc?

I think you are quite significantly underestimating what this trip will end up costing you.
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geekman said:
Food maybe, but surely not drink? :p Last time I went abroad with friends, I budgeted quite a lot for food and drink, and still ended up exceeding that budget by quite a considerable margin. A holiday isn't much fun if you're eating crap food and drinking tap water!
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Hmmm I see what you're both saying. I guess only time will tell to see how much it costs! Its not the end of the world if it goes over budget, as you say its all about having a good holiday!
 
I do these trips every year - mostly in the USA/Canada but did Europe in 2012 and you ALWAYS end up spending quite a bit on stuff you didn't even realise, drinks here, snacks there, bit of lunch, etc etc. I have the gastronomic tastes of a 15 year old and don't drink alcohol so I'd imagine that for normal people the expenses would be even higher.
 
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