To be fair, the quality of service from most major airlines has dropped so much from what it used to be that there isn’t much difference between them and the international budget airlines. Most of them use the same type of planes. With Norse or other budget airlines, bring some food with you to eat on the plane, don’t worry about the seat selection, and pack lightly.
Speaking of packing lightly, before you take your departure flight, don’t go crazy when you’re filling your suitcase with clothes. Learn some packing tips, and — if you feel daring — take a backpack instead of a suitcase. When you take a backpack, it can use it as carry-on luggage. Plus, it’s easier to travel with it on your back instead of lugging your suitcase all over the streets of Europe.
When my family went on the 30-day European trip last summer, our only luggage was one backpack each. It saved us so much time zipping through airports when others were waiting for carousels to unload their checked luggage. And it helped us get in and out of planes, trains, and automobiles once we arrived in Europe.
If you don’t believe me, here’s a photo of our backpacks shortly before we dropped them off at a luggage storage location in Edinburgh, Scotland. The extra Primark bag was just for some souvenirs we picked up earlier on our trip.
So how did we do it? First, we had enough clothes for seven days. Every week, we found a laundromat in whichever town we were in that day. Second, I highly recommend the Matein backpack (pictured above on the far left). It has so many compartments inside the backpack where you can store shoes, clothes, etcetera. It even has space for a laptop if you need to bring one with you.
Other travel tips to take before heading to Europe
Once you’ve landed in Europe, you’ll find that public transportation makes it easy to get around — whether you want to take a bus, train, or plane. Buses will differ in every country, but Flixbus is certainly one to take a look at.
The high-speed trains in Italy and France are wonderful. The rest of Europe has great train service too. If you are planning on taking a lot of train journeys, definitely check out Eurail and BritRail as options. The train passes are only available in the United States, and they’re often much cheaper than if you bought rain tickets in Europe. I’ve used them both on previous trips, and I love the comfort of sitting on a train as we relax and enjoy the views out of the window as the trains speed through the countryside.
A huge advantage of traveling in Europe is how cheap airfare is from city to city. Last summer, we took a flight from Manchester, England to a city in southern Italy called Brindisi. For the flight of just over three hours, we paid approximately $25 per ticket on RyanAir. We saved so much because we found the deals on the RyanAir website. Plus, we didn’t have any checked luggage, so those backpacks saved us a lot of money too.
While RyanAir and other European budget airlines offer incredibly great deals, they’re not luxurious. As can be seen from my photo below, the seats don’t have much comfort, and legroom is at a minimum.
Just like before, Google Flights is a great resource to check for airline deals from European city to city.
Last but not least, when it comes to where to stay when you’re in Europe, I recommend Booking.com. If you use their app to make a booking, it’s cheaper than its website. Plus both the Booking.com app and website aggregate listings of hotels, apartment rentals, and bed-and-breakfasts into one.
Safe travels.
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