2017 Europe Summer Trip Breakdown: Open to Meeting Steemit Members in Cities I Visit

As someone that lives in Hawaii, while paradise life is awesome, it makes traveling to far-flung locations much more difficult due to distance and cost. I did a round the world trip for 4 months in early 2016 going westward to over 15 locations on 23 flights from Hawaii. 

Once again, I'm off currently on another trip, but this time focusing on a region. My thought process is that it would be more of time-saver to simply explore as many European cities as I can within my allowance of the 3-months the Schengen visa would allow me. 

For the long-distance flights over the Atlantic Ocean, I used airline points I accumulated with credit cards I applied for. I flew with Finnair with 57,500 + $5.60 taxes on American Airline points from Chicago to Helsinki on their comfortable business class cabin. 

I had the choice of traveling around Europe using train, however with the amount of cities I wanted to cover, I chose flying for most part to get around all the locations as it would be much faster. As well, Europe has so many low-cost airlines that make it much more affordable to travel by air instead. Majority of my low-cost airline flights are with Easyjet followed by Norwegian Air Shuttle, Air France, and Vueling.

My return to the United States will be through Alaska via Icelandair when I visit Iceland for the first time. I used 55,000 points + $186 taxes on Alaska Airline points to redeem with Icelandair's Saga business class. 

Here's the breakdown of the total flight costs on this trip:

Total Flights (Europe ONLY – 13 low-cost flights): $714.27
Average Paid Per Flight: $54.94/flight  

Total Flights (Trans-Atlantic Flights - 2 business class flights): $191.60

Total: $905.87

The above breakdown just shows how affordable traveling Europe can be.

As for where I stay, I've decided to continue using Airbnb stays for each of the cities. I simply like living like a local in each location rather than staying at boring, expensive and over-priced hotels. I also am staying with friends in couple locations so that further saves on funds.

In total accommodation for Airbnb stays came out to be $3,052 (71 nights)
Average Paid Night Stay: $42.99/night  

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I've started my 2017 Europe Summer Trip, and I thought I'd share the next several locations that I'll be traveling to in hopes of meeting up with any local Steemit members and/or travelers to those cities. 

Below is my travel itinerary with exact dates of when I'll be in each city. 

{June 2017} 

-> Helsinki (May 30 - June 4)
-> Stockholm (June 4 - 8)
-> Rome (June 8 - 14)
-> Paris (June 14 - 18)
-> Edinburgh (June 18 - 22)
-> London (June 22 - 27)
-> Seville (June 27 - July 1) 

{July 2017}

-> Malaga (July 1 - July 6)
-> Barcelona & Other Catalonia Towns (July 6 - July 19)
-> Berlin & Nearby Surrounding Towns (July 19 - July 30) 

{August 2017}

-> Vienna (July 30 - August 4)
-> Amsterdam (August 4 - 12)
-> Reykjavik (August 12 - 17) 

If you happen to be in any of the above cities on those dates, please comment below and let me know. I'd love to connect up and grab a drink or two.