Where to go in April on a tight budget?

PolishBigSpender

bbsparkles wrote: »

But I love the idea of going East! Krakow looks really beautiful. (I had to google it :embarasse) And you're right PolishBigSpender, I checked flights with easyjet and prices on hostelworld.com and it can easily be done for £200! Which would leave approx. £300 spending money! :T

Yep, should be easily doable for that 300 pounds spending money will go a *long* way in Krakow - my advice is to go on http://www.inyourpocket.com and read the guides for Krakow. Generally speaking, the idea is to avoid anywhere for food and drink that's either on the Rynek there or just next to it - go a little bit further afield (but not far, let's say 2-3 streets away?) and you can often find twice the quality at half the price.

Krakow is also set up well for the newbie traveller - English is widely spoken, so you won't have any problems there. It's also got a lot to offer - from the macabre in Auschwitz to the beautiful in the Wawel Castle It's a very safe city too - certainly safer than Paris or Madrid!

Certainly, I'd recommend it well over any Western European destination

bbsparkles

I'm sold! Husband is fascinated with WWII, and I hadn't realised Auschwitz was so easily accessible from Krakow. I'm sure he will be really excited to go.

Thanks so much!

Is it best to book flights early or look for last minute deals?

And thanks PolishBigSpender for the 'inyourpocket' link, looks like a great site!

Edinburghlass_2

Check out this user's posts on Krakow

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.html?u=185905

for very interesting and useful links and do a search on krakow using the "search this forum" button and it will come up with lots of threads full of information.

PolishBigSpender

bbsparkles wrote: »

I'm sold! Husband is fascinated with WWII, and I hadn't realised Auschwitz was so easily accessible from Krakow. I'm sure he will be really excited to go.

It's really worthwhile - Auschwitz is an easy daytrip, and it'll leave you plenty of time to enjoy the rest of the day too. There's quite a bit about WW2 in and around Krakow - your husband will be utterly spoilt!

Is it best to book flights early or look for last minute deals?

Book them as soon as possible if you're happy with the price - Easyjet isn't really known for huge sales, so if you can secure flights for 100 pounds or so return, definitely do so. Generally speaking, the earlier, the better - and the safest

Also make sure to get good travel insurance (I'm not an expert on this, so can't advise - but I think there's a forum on here about it?) - things can go wrong, and being prepared will help considerably. Don't book any insurance that Easyjet (or any airline) offer you however - shopping around is certainly the way forward

For accomodation, http://www.hostelworld.com is fantastic - the rule with that site is only to trust hostels with a large amount of reviews and with a high percentage score.

And thanks PolishBigSpender for the 'inyourpocket' link, looks like a great site!

No problem, I wish you a great time

ailuro2

OP. don't want to throw water on the fire as it were, but do you have passports already? Just wondering, as you say you've not had a holiday in the last 10 years, the cost of passports these days are ridiculous, and you'd need his co-operation to organise his, if you wanted to keep the 'abroad' part a surprise.

bbsparkles

No worries ailuro2, the fire is still going! He has his passport. Unfortunately I need to change the name on my passport, because I've had it since before we were married, and that costs the same as getting a new one! But that's not coming out of the holiday money. Thanks for the heads up though.