Hey all, my nme is Michelle and am heading off on the Eastern Road after working over here in London for 8 months. This will be my second Contiki Europe trip in 2 years and third Contiki trip in general in 5 years. Looking forwardto meeting everyone on tour, if anyone is heading off on this trip, feel free to drop me an email at michellevickery@hotmail.com. Can't wait to get on that plane !

hi michelle''

im a new contiki member,and im from india.i did western europe last month and im lookin to do the eastern road sometime next year. i would like to know how is contiki different from all other travel packages,and wat makes it so very special...lookin fwd to your reply.thanks karan

hey karan !

i have been looking at all of the options available for travelling around eastern europe for myself, including organising my own flights, accommodation, etc. and have found that contiki provides a good balance of what they call 'free time' and organised tours in any given place/venue. personally, i have never travelled with any other company around europe, but from what friends and colleaugues have told me, in terms of travelling around europe, contiki is one of the best ways of travelling around europe, at a reasonable cost. plus, you get to meet other awesome people whilst on holiday !

hope this answer's your questions !