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Summary: Great starting point!
Review: It's a good start, it gets you thinking how to plan, and also provides interesting ideas on combining countries in one trip. It provides valuable information on transit. Gives you the ideas you need to get started even with your first trip to Europe. It is also packed with bits and pieces of interesting tips.
Ultimately, once done with the book, I started doing my own research on the internet coupled with my own sense of planning, and that is what provided me with a plan that turned out to be an extraordinary 4-country vacation.
One negative, it is mainly focused for youngsters traveling throughout Europe over the course of several weeks. I traveled 4 countries in one week AND tremendously enjoyed myself, something that this book wouldn't even consider recommending. I would say he should add a chapter devoted for business people who wish to take short trips and cover a lot and have a good time too.
With the book itself, I would get no where, but without the book I wouldn't know where to start!
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Summary: Great travel advice
Review: Rick Steves is a total nut job wacko (I met him once in one of his recommended hotels in Paris!), but this is hands down the greatest travel advise I can possibly imagine. The Rick Steves style of travel is not for everyone (my mother-in-law for example) but by using the advise in this book, most people should have a fabulous European vacation. This book is filled with great advise to successfully plan and enjoy a trip to Europe without the fuss of an organized bus tour. Meet locals, enjoy great food, and stay at charming little hotels on a suprisingly inexpensive budget. This is a must read for anyone who is even thinking about traveling overseas independently. Going to Europe independently (either solo, as a couple, or small group) is by far the best way to see Europe in all its pretentious, snobbish, dirty, crowded, smokey, rude, elitist, and hyprocritical, yet beautiful, fun, friendly, historic, great-tasting, exciting, and romantic charm. **NOTE** This not a travel guide with suggested hotels, restaurants, etc. but rather a travel skills handbooks; how to find a hotel room, make your way around a European train station, or order a meal at a "No English spoken" restaurant. His series of guide books dedicated to individual countries are also worth checking out has yet to steer us wrong on three trips around Europe.
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Summary: He's great
Review: Rick Steves is great. He can really show you how to get around and save a buck. If you're the type who likes 5-star hotels, forget it. He really does show you the back door to Europe and places that you'd probably not see on, say, a tour.
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Summary: Essential reading for any Euro traveler
Review: Rick Steves' "Europe Through the Back Door" is a must-have for anyone who will be traveling through Europe for the first or nth time. This book includes details that any European traveler should know, such as how to actually survive in a foreign territory.
I am planning a backpacking trip and I have not put this book down. Reading this book is getting me more and more excited about my own trip! If you are even THINKING about touring Europe, you should read this book!
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Summary: Essential reading for any Euro traveler
Review: Rick Steves' "Europe Through the Back Door" is a must-have for anyone who will be traveling through Europe for the first or nth time. This book includes details that any European traveler should know, such as how to actually survive in a foreign territory.
I am planning a backpacking trip and I have not put this book down. Reading this book is getting me more and more excited about my own trip! If you are even THINKING about touring Europe, you should read this book!
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Summary: travel guide for the smart jet-set
Review: Rick Steves's popular PBS television series gets detailed how-to treatment in this wonderful companion guide. Nearly every American wants to visit Europe, but the planning and expense of it all usually gets in the way. Fortunately, Steves's no-nonsense tips on traveling quickly reveal that a European trip is possible for anyone who is willing and interested. Along with the "Let's Go!" series of travel guides (best for college-age travelers) by St. Martin's Press, Rick Steve's 'back door' guide is one of the best European travel manual out there.
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