Travel Skills: Itinerary Planning

Developing a thoughtful itinerary not only helps make the most of a trip, it also helps nurture travel dreams. Brainstorming a must-see wish list, reading books, and watching movies about destinations allow travelers to embark on the experience before reaching Europe by enjoying the planning phase. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

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• PBS
• Rick
• Steves
• Travel
• Europe
• Itinerary
• Planning
• culture
• educational

[vlee88]

Cheap flights offer more itinerary possibilities, but flying has a big time and hassle overhead. If you can get a direct flight between two cities that you want to visit, great, but you still have to deal with airport transfers and check-in time. If the train ride is less than 5 hours, the train ride would be my preference: I can stretch out and walk around, I'll see some scenery, and I'll probably start and end right in the city center. Bottom line: consider all your options.

[GoTravelling]

Awesome bro... Like this (Y)

[lotwyo]

The only think I don't follow is to put cities in a "geographical order" because with low-cost flights it doesn't matter much to travel 400 miles or 1.000 miles (like one extra hour in a plane).

[Siobanphotogirl]

haha... he plans like I do!

[tsalexey544]

5 stars!!!!!