MsWorthy

@isabel - Thank you so much for all the information you've been posting. You're very helpful and I've been taking notes of all the suggestions you've been giving.

cmeyer54

Just a suggestion....if you want to make the most of your relatively short time in Rome, I have a tour guide I can recommend. Our family used her for 3 separate tours during our 2 weeks there over Christmas and New Years, 2013-14.

Let me know if you want contact info and I'll send it along. She's reasonable, incredibly knowledgeable and will tailor to your interests and needs (yes, she is a very experienced, licensed person- no scam)

suze

<$700 per person for YUL-LIS RT including all intra-Europe flights.>

Wow I don't think that price is "great", I think that is truly unbelieveable!!!

Micheline

I also think that's unbelievable. That TA is amazing. I hope you are not mistaken. Have you checked your credit card statement? You will be tired but at your age it all sounds great.'

suze

Canada to Europe round-trip along with 5 intercontinental flights for $700 is unheard of. I hope this is all legit.

MsWorthy

@cmeyer54 - yes please send her details along....

MsWorthy

@suze and @Micheline - 100% legit. Credit card charged and cleared. Received the booking confirmation and all.

ssander

Hi...

I'd skip Athens. Book your own low-cost flight on the 19th from Rome to London. This gives you (subtracting 1/2 day for inter-city travel:

5-1/2 days Paris
2-1/2 days Rome
4-1/2 days London

...a fairly balanced trip.

IMO...the top can't miss sight in London is the Tower.

SS

Gretchen

She can't omit anything because of the intra-Europe flights.

suze

Wishing you a successful trip. I do hope you'll come back and let us know how everything turned out. I'm especially interested because yours is the cheapest most aggressive itinerary I think I've ever seen posted here (in many years on this forum). But truly... all the best!

ssander

Gretchen...

She can omit Athens if she just buys a new ticket from Rome to London and eats the Rome-Athens and Athens-London tickets...is that right? Or is the entire itinerary one big ticket that can't be messed with?

It would mean a little extra cost, but, IMO, would make the trip better. Just a suggestion.

SS

Hez

I've hear that if a trip is all on one ticket if you don't show for one flight then the rest of the ticket gets cancelled.

Gretchen

We've been through all this on another thread about omitting a stop. Don't think it can be done. the other legs will be cancelled, as Hez says. Whether or not she has checked that, I don't know. But with her travel agent, I don't know if I would trust it if he said she "could" do that.

ssander

Without a definitive, written clarification from each airline, it's better to be safe and not attempt it.

...too bad [sigh].

SS

MsWorthy

@suze - Thank you for response - Yes - we can not skip the Athens trip. Will definitely post how the trip will play out. Hopefully not too many cancelled or delayed flights... fingers crossed.

danon

<$700 per person for YUL-LIS RT including all intra-Europe flights.>

Wow I don't think that price is "great", I think that is truly unbelieveable!!!

size, I agree
Perhaps , it would be interesting to know the name of the airline ( s ) that offer such bargains.
Even Vueling and easyJet charge 50-60 euros one way.

justineparis

danon.. I thought she posted it was KLM.

danon

KLM rate from Montreal to Lisbon alone is over $ 1000 dollars.

danon

sorry,
also to fly KLM from London to Lisbon one has to fly through Amsterdam.( or Paris )
Inside Europe ,national airlines often have a monopoly on direct flights from A to B,
other s have to go to their hub first (which involves a stopover).

justineparis

For her dates I see Edmonton to Lisbon for 982 dollars.. right now.. so she obviously caught a quite a deal.

Intersting it is MORE expensive to fly from Montreal, just looked at same..