{"id":6426,"date":"2016-06-29T17:23:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T23:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=6426"},"modified":"2016-06-29T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T23:35:13","slug":"copy-trip-paris-munich-9-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldwanderlusting.com\/?p=6426","title":{"rendered":"Copy My Trip: Paris to Munich in 9 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people are intimidated by the thought of planning a European vacation – and even more intimidated by the thought of having to pay for it. \u00a0But what if you could just plagiarize my trip\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>do it almost-free? \u00a0Suddenly it becomes a little easier, doesn’t it.<\/p>\n

Here’s the deal, I don’t believe in proprietary trip itineraries – if I draw one up, I hope and pray other people will use it too, and even better, they can cut out my small mistakes and make it even better, that’s why I’m just going to place my last itinerary right here on “world wide web” for everyone else to see and copy.<\/p>\n

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9 days seeing some of the best of Europe<\/p><\/div>\n

And, as you know if you’ve been visiting our blog for a while, doing these kinds of trips in “almost-free” fashion by using frequent flyer miles and points is just how we roll. \u00a0We did this entire trip for a little more than\u00a0$2000 per couple – and we didn’t cut any corners. I’ll be happy to show you how.<\/p>\n

First off, I booked our flights with 40k American Airlines miles and a little more than $100 per person.<\/p>\n

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If we had paid cash for these flights, we’d have spent almost $3000 before we even set foot on the European continent.<\/p>\n

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[Note: The deal I used to get the 50k points on AA is gone and they’ve gotten more stringent on date availability. \u00a0I think the best opportunity out there to get enough miles to go to Europe right now is the 60k Delta Skymiles Platinum card<\/a>\u00a0– you have to spend $2k in the first three months and pay a $195 annual fee, but 60k Skymiles should get you to Europe in shoulder seasons with some flexibility on dates.]<\/p>\n

In keeping with my philosophy of shoulder-season travel, we did this trip in April of 2016. \u00a0It could just as easily be done in summer, fall, or magical winter. \u00a0I wouldn’t be scared to take on this itinerary any time of year, so don’t let that inhibit you. We basically spent one day traveling to and from, for a total of 11 days away and 9 days and nights in Europe.<\/p>\n

Having kids and other obligations, we were a little short – a full two weeks would have been better, and there are lots of ways to button on a few more days and stretch it out a bit, but I’ll just pitch it to you as we did it.<\/p>\n

Here were my guiding principles in making these plans:<\/p>\n