14 days end to end London Heathrow

Old Feb 20th, 2017, 02:37 PM
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14 days end to end London Heathrow

Hi All
Will be travelling with 2 young kids 14 days to London end of May, flight tickets bought.
How do I go about doing it for London - Amsterdam - Brussels - Paris - London?
Or will London - Iceland - Paris - London works better?

Please help. Any input is highly appreciated.
Appreciate itinerary suggestions for young kids age 7yo and 9yo.
Should we drive or rely on public transport?
Budget travelling deals info appreciated.

TIA ^^
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Old Feb 20th, 2017, 03:02 PM
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2 weeks is not enough time for all that (either plan) -- especially with two young children.

Assuming it is 14 days from touch down at LHR to take off from LHR (and not 14 days including the travel days) - you will have 13 usable days on the ground after jet lag. Then you'll lose another more than half a day every time you move. So 'London - Amsterdam - Brussels - Paris - London' would leave you barely nine days for four major cities. And by not booking open jaw you will waste a full day getting back to London to fly home. I would seriously consider just London and Paris or London & Paris plus a couple of days (3 nights) in Amsterdam.
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Old Feb 20th, 2017, 03:13 PM
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Thanks for your comment.
Should my route be London 1night, to Paris 4nights, to Amsterdam 4nights and back to London for the rest of journey,
with train?

Or should I do Amsterdam first, then to Paris and detour to London?

How is Ouibus service? Any comment if I use it for overnight travelling?
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>>How is Ouibus service? Any comment if I use it for overnight travelling?children??? Awful idea.

Between London and Paris you will want to take the Eurostar train (book as soon as your dates are firm). Between London and Amsterdam flying works OK.

If it was me though -- I'd fly directly on to Amsterdam the same day you land at LHR, stay 3 nights there, then take the train to Paris and stay 4 or 5 nights, train to London for the rest of your time.
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thanks Janisj
you gave me new insights to plan my trip!
I will work along this route!
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