Hello. I am also booked on the London to Rome/Athens tour. My sister, brother and I will be arriving in London on the 8th. If anyone is looking for accommodation I have stayed at a hostel called picadilly backpackers which I like and am staying in again for our stay in London. Can't wait for the tour to start.

whats up everyone! from New Zealand doing this trip and its going to be awesome! its all on th profile bt will be with another gappie - a girl from sydney - getting into london th day before we leave . . should be a v.rowdy time - what/where is this drinks th night before we leave? Sounds a good idea..

Was in Paris over easter but didnt get to Moulin rouge so definitely be up for that!
Afterwards will be doing a greek islands trip for 3 Weeks with busabout - taking on Mykonos, Paros, Ios and Santorini if anyone is doing that or doing greece? Will c ya in a few weeks!

Hey all!
WOW that's awesome news that the tour is fully booked out! I'm getting really excited indeed

So all keen for Moulin Rouge we'll probally have to book it in prior to going I imagine. I already have tickets booked from a trip I had planned for last year so I'm happy to give one of my seats away cheaper for first virtual hand

I'm looking at accommodation at the moment, my workmate said the Royal National was pretty run-down when she was there last but they might have been awhile ago

The Generator Hostel looks pretty good, and only about 20 GPB a night - Nice and central. Where is everyone else staying?

Totally keen for drinks the night before - will be great to get to meet everyone.

Hi all
i have been busy with work and yet to book accommodation. Will be booking over the weekend

on another note, the Aussie $$ is getting better and hope stays stable in JULY.

Yip drinks would be an awesome way to catchup before it - better than doing in while we are busing it to Paris! Where should it happen?

When we've gone to London for weekends we've stayed at Smart Russel Square - v.close to an underground station and close to leicester square area which has given some massive nights out ! I think when we booked ahead it was like £11 a night ? . . its all new and with common room + computers etc and was clean ha so not bad and recommended!

Yip where have other ppl booked in for London for the night before? Not long to go and looking fwd to this!

Okay totally have to book my accommodation today, it's coming up so fast I'm amped!

I'll check out the Smart Russel Square place too , ah, NZGuy (don't know your name sorry) lol. Sounds nice and cheap!

haha sorry Tazzy - name is Damon
YEah the Smart Russel Hostel is right by the Royal National - all in the same area - so made sense to book there! Does anyone know if we are up to anything after our meeting th night before? O + are we thinking that our tour is semi full? See u all in a little bit!

Hey all,

Finally booked my accommodation for London, I've decided to go with the Palmers Lodge Hostel for my first 4 nights, then going to be staying at Smart Russell Square the two nights before the trip (13th and 14th)

Next step is booking in for the Moulin Rouge, I've got 2 tickets so I can book someone under my name too but did we want to all book together? Not sure how other tours usually do this?

What's everyones plans after Athens? I'm just staying one extra night somewhere then jetting it back home to NZ

i have booked my accomodation at the generator hostel for the first 4 nights.. its close to royal national and had decent reviews online

got my contiki pack yesteday ...less than 3 weeks to go now

Hey there everyone on the London to Athens July 15th tour,

I'm monty (20) and i'm gonna be on the tour with my mate michael and we're both from sydney.

We are flying out on the 7th of July from sydney so sian86 if u see this we might actually be on the same flight.

If anyone wants to get in contact before the tour send me an email at andrew.john.montgomery@hotmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you guys there

cheers

Hi all,

Me and Erin have almost a week and bit left til we fly out.. getting excited! Hi MOnty27.. it seems we just miss each other. We're flying out on the 6th staying in Japan for 1 night and arrive in Heathrow on the 7th.

But we're squishing in a 3 day tour of Scotland before Contiki starts so we'll only get a few days in Ye Olde London Town beforehand.. definitely up for drinks the night before though

Us 3 girls booked into a Travelodge nearby since its just as expensive as sharing in a 8bed dorm at Generators or Smart Russell but it's not too far away so we're happy. Still waiting on our Contiki pack though...

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