hey everyone

I know its ages away but just checking if anyones is going on the european inspiration tour departing on jan 22nd 07 till feb 9th. My friend and I are booked. We're staying in london the week before then spending time in paris a week after then back to london again- can't wait!

Its a guaranteed departure now which is good news so where are u all :P hehe

Vicky xo

Hi Vicky I'm booked for the 22nd as well
I'm im 23 from country Victoria and im travelling alone (Bit scared!) I've got 3 or 4 nights before and after the tour so i can check out London.
I'm so looking forward to it i think i'll go nuts waiting!!

Hi Vicky, Hi Dave!

I'm relieved to find out your booked on Jan 22nd too. It's great now it's showing as Guaranteed Departure. My boyfriend and I are going on the Ski Hopfgarten Trip the week before, spending the weekend before in London and staying on in Paris after the tour.

Dave - Don't be worried about travelling alone -I have a few times and you will have a ball. I have been on a Winter Tour before and it was brilliant. Nearly everyone on the bus was travelling alone and had a great time.

clarissajane24@hotmail.com me if you wanna chat or want some tips[It's getting so close now I am so excited!!!

Hi Clarissa and Dave,

Its so good to find more people on the tour!

My friend and I are 19 from Perth.
I can't wait- I've been taking advantage of the winter sales here for clothes and stuff but I still can't imagine how cold it will be! Layer it up I guess

Yeh Dave don't worry about travelling alone- you'll make heaps of friends

Well have a great day guys

Cya

Vicky

Hi Vicky,

Don't worry about how cold it is - it's not as cold as you think. For a day outside like sightseeing etc I normally where a thermal long sleeve top or long sleeve tshirt and then sometimes a tshirt over that. Most days you can get away with a fleece type jacket or sweatshirt (good quality one) and only when it's really cold rainy or windy do you need an actual jacket. Make sure you bring a light, cool type top for going out (like you would wear here in summer) because in the pubs and clubs its often very hot inside.

Chat soon,
Clarissa

Hello all

My name is jess, im 19 and im booked to go on the jan 22nd tour as well. Just wanted to say hi its so good to see people booked! im travelling alone (scary) and spending a week after in london

Cya
Jess

Hey Jess

Good to hear from you!
Don't worry about being alone, my friend and I are also 19 from Perth, so we've already got two things in common! hehe

Cya

Vicky

where is everyone? :P
theres gotta be more than four of us on this tour!
Maybe we're just weird for being exciting about this 144 days in advance :P

xo

Hi all, we are also booked for the 22nd of Jan.

My name is Brett and I am travelling with my girlfriend Rachael and our friend Jess. we are all 24 and from Melb.

Also staying in London a few days before and Paris after the tour.

As Im sure you guys are very excited about it all!!!

This is Rachaels and My first time Outside Aust so we are really looking forward to it!

hey brett, rachael and jess

Good to have you on board!

Its going to be awesome

Vicky xo

95 days to go :P

am i the only one getting excited here?

hey guys

i'm Rob. i'm 20 and from melbourne and am travelling by myself... i also will be staying in London for a few days afterwards. really looking forward to the trip, just have to get through exams first! looking forward to seeing you all soon.

hey rob

great to hear from you!
i'm sure we'll all have the best time, but yeh like u i gotta get through exams first too- so good luck everyone with exams!

Vicky

Hey!
I am also considering this trip as well as the European Discovery tour, i cant make up my mind.. Any suggestions or feedback???
Thanks.

Well....

The European Discovery is 12 days and the European Ispiration is 19 days (thats a whole weeks more).
E Discovery works out at about AU$ 145 per day and the E Inspiration is Au$ 135 per day so already its better value!

The E Ispiration on Jan 22nd 2007 is a guaranteed departure so you don't need to worry about it being cancelled. It's also listed as Call For Availibility which means it's almost full (so chop chop!). The E Discovery Jan 23rd 2007 isn't guaranteed and if they do cancel it you only find out 6-7 weeks before and then you have to reorganise your whole trip. (This happened to me once and it's not only a pain but really disappointing (not contiki different company). And E Discovery is listed as BOOK NOW which means it's still got minimum numbers.

OK.. down to the actual itinerary... I did the Winter Wanderer is winter 2003 so I have been to all the places on both tours except Prague on the E Inspiration Tour.....

E Discovery - Only has two 2 Night Stops (Paris & Rome). All the rest are 1 Night Stops. What that actually means normally is you get on the bus in the morning around 8am or 9am. You drive to your destination stopping for lunch breaks etc and normally arrive at about 3pm - 5pm. You get your bags off the bus, get your room etc and next thing you know that days all gone. So you get the evening in the town. Then next morning.. you're back on the bus! So you really get a limited time to see each place. On a 2 Night Stop you arrive around 3pm - 5pm have that evening ALL OF THE NEXT DAY AND NIGHT, and then leave the 2nd morning back on the bus.

E Inspiration - ALL 2 NIGHT STOPS!!!

E Discovery Cities
Amsterdam - Cool! not enought time here.
St Goar - BORING.. you could skip here and not miss anything! (I hear in summer it's quite nice though)
Munich - Cool.. lots of beer - need more time!
Hopfgarten (Changed to Innsbruck) - Really nice place.
Venice - 1 night in Venice is CRAZY.. One very amazing place.
Rome - The is so much to see in Rome.. and Eat!
Florence - Need more time lots to see.
Lucernce - Very pretty but doubt you would make it up Mt Pilatus on a 1 night stop and it's amazing.
Paris - 2 nights .. and the rest! Maybe you could leave tour here and spend some more time.

E Inspiration Cities
Amsterdam - Cool!
Berlin - Really interesting place heaps to see.
Prague - As i said haven't been but hear huge things about it.
Munich - 2 nights of beer halls!
Venice - 2 nights is still hardly enough but you will really get a feel for the city.
Rome - The is so much to see in Rome.. and Eat!
Florence - Free day will give you time to see all the gallerys and jewellery!
Lucernce - Very pretty & you should make it up Mt Pilatus.
Paris - 2 nights .. and the rest! Maybe you could leave tour here and spend some more time.


Same amount of stops but so much better organised and way better value.

Oh and we're all booked on European Inspiration so what are you waiting for?? BOOK BOOK BOOK!

Anyways, hope that helped. My theory is you spend so much money to fly there may as well see all you can.
Any more questions, just ask! I promise shorter answer next time!

CJ