European Trip Planning
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So, when we started planning our trip for Europe in 2025, which also was a long trip, it was almost 7 months long.
So, we actually eliminated eliminated Spain and Portugal right away because it was just hard to work out.
Now, it was about this time in this step of the process that we decided actually not to fly over to Europe, but to take a transatlantic cruise.
So, Switzerland was really wonderful.
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Sharing our process of planning our six to seven month European trip. Timeline: Step One: Come up with an overarching theme or main goal for the trip - 1:26 Step Two: Decide on a rough route - 3:27 Step Three: Make a wish list of things to see and do in each country - 6:13 Step Four: Make a Google My Maps of your wish list - 7:29 Step Five: Identify the order of items per country - 8:37 Step Six: Start an itinerary list in a spreadsheet - 10:09 Step Seven: Refine the itinerary by looking at the time it takes to travel between locations - 10:56 Step Eight: Start setting dates for each stop - 12:30 Step Nine: Find places to stay at each location - 15:22 Step Ten: Research when reservations open for lodging - 18:15 Step Eleven: Set calendar reminders for when reservations open - 21:01 Step Twelve: Make lodging and transportation reservations when possible - 21:52 Step Thirteen: Consider reservations for excursions and attractions - 26:23 Step Fourteen: Plan laundry stops - 28:29 Step Fifteen: Add info to the spreadsheet as needed - 30:06 Additional European Considerations - 32:59 Conclusion - 37:56 Read our related blog post: https://www.redtaillodge.com/blog/european-trip-planning Our gear page: https://redtaillodge.com/gear/ Visit Backroad Buddies website and other social media channels at: * Backroad Buddies website: https://redtaillodge.com * https://www.facebook.com/backroadbuddies * https://www.instagram.com/brbuddies/ *Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.com/webapps/shoppingcart?flowlogging_id=b93b609a3af9d&mfid=1559531068745_b93b609a3af9d#/checkout/openButton –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music from artlist.io Ohio - Low Light –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Copyright © 2025 RedTail Lodge Media, LLC