For you travelers out there?

[world.livejournal.com]

If you had very little money to spend (like, $8-900 TOPS for everything, air, lodging, rental car if necessary), and only a week (MAYBE 9-10 days),where's a neat place to go? I'm looking for somewhere in the US that's different from where I've spent most of my life (Boston/New England), or somewhere in the Europe vicinity that's cheap-would love to see some suggestions from people who have been there, done that...! :)

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[marphod.livejournal.com]

Northern/Western Europe is almost always cheaper than the west coast, esp. if you're not heading to a ski region right now.

If you're willing to stay in hostels, 8-900$ could get you to most of the cities on the british isles, and parts of the continent, with cheap lodging, for the requisit period of time. Unfortunately, you just missed a good BA sale to london. There are, however, always sales on someone.

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[world.livejournal.com]

Yes, Ireland is one of my choices already-I'll have to check in with BA, then!

[tla]

Also check United, American, and Aer Lingus. London is godawfully cheap right now, and I expect Dublin wouldn't be too bad. And if you're a student or under 26, see what one of the student travel agencies can dig up.

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

MMMMONTREAL :) all the fun of europe without the price!

[kvarko.livejournal.com]

Montreal rocks!!! J'aime le Quebec! (et les quebecois)

(I hear that Hungary is amazing too, but don't know what it costs. It's probably cheap once you're there. My next trip will be to Sweden, var jag kan prata lite svenska!)

[world.livejournal.com]

Wow! Thanks again for all these wonderful suggestions, and any more I may get...! :)

[clayrobeson.livejournal.com]

Iceland Air has GREAT prices to Europe. I stayed in Amsterdam for 9 days and spend about $900 on the trip total. You just have to not mind staying in a hostel.

[world.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've seen their specials-I know you can pick one of many cities around there (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Oslo, Glasgow...), and do a special-and with a cheap trip on the side to Reykjavik thrown in as well. Granted, I'm sure all those places a mite chilly in March-which, of course, is why they're so cheap then, eh? :)

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[clayrobeson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, probably... I went in May. :D

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[world.livejournal.com]

Hey, saw that you live in Somerville, too, and checked out your journal...are you in school?

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[clayrobeson.livejournal.com]

No... long out, stuck in the corporate world. I teach Improv, though, when I'm not playing desk jockey. That's my "class" reference.

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[world.livejournal.com]

Ah-me too, but I'm starting the library school thing soon, part-time. :) Improv-that's cool, but scary (for me)!

[curiostar.livejournal.com]

a wonderfully cheap european city to visit is Prague.... im not sure about airfare to there, but you can litterally get a 4 course meal at a nice resteraunt for two for under $10... plus its beautiful and fun!!

[hyperliminal.livejournal.com]

I recently went to england for $1000 all-inclusive, with airfare on BA being $360 including tax and fees. Catch is, I only paid for 5 nights in guest houses our of my 2-week stay, but then, I also did some traveling all around the country so I had train costs. However, I didn't always stay at the cheapest rate, either. If you're willing to stay in a group-dormitory situation, there are even rooms to be found in central London (otherwise London is not a cheap city) for 15-20 pounds a night.
If you do decide to do England, definitely drop me a line, I've still got all my travel guides and can recommend the cheap hostels and guest houses and how to get discount train and subway passes etc. Plus another advantage is that many of the attractions in London, like museums, are free.

I will also second dykeprincess above. Montreal is great, has a very european feel, and it only costs $100 for a round-trip on the bus, which takes about 6 hours and goes through beautiful countryside. And their youth hostel is pretty good, too.