Itinerary For the Whole Trip

August 8th                  Madrid Arrival arrive 8:40 pm

                                    High Tech Madrid Aeropuerto                                   $33 dollars per night, 1 night

August 9^th                   Spain all day                                                              

Cats Hostel check in 9 pm                                          $26 dollars per night, 1 night

August 10^th                 Paris flight 3 pm arrive 5 pm                                       36 Euro FR5444

                                    (Madrid to Paris)

                                    Paris Village Hostel check in 5 pm                             $45 dollars per night, 3 nights           

August 11^th                 Paris all day

August 12^th                 Paris all day

August 13^th                 Rome flight 9 am arrive noon                                     46 Euro FR9632

                                    (Paris to Rome)                                                          

                                    Rose B&B and Hostel                                             $32 dollars per night, 3 nights

August 14^th                 Rome all day

August 15^th                 Rome all day

August 16^th                 Venice

                                    (Train Rome to Venice)                                             

Silk Road                                                               $46 dollars per night, 2 nights

August 17^th                 Venice all day                                                            

August 18^th                 Frankfurt flight 10 pm arrive midnight                       37 Euro FR8093

                                    (Venice to Frankfurt)                                                 

Meininger Hostel                                                    $39 dollars per night, 2 nights

August 19^th                 Frankfurt all day                                                        

August 20^th                 Madrid 5 pm arrive 8 pm                                          37 Euro FR5455

                                    (Frankfurt to Madrid)

                                    Cats Hostel                                                             $21 dollars per night, 1 night             

                                                                                                                       

August 21^st                  Madrid all day

                                    High Tech Madrid Aeropuerto                                 $33 dollars per night, 1 night

August 22^nd                 Dallas flight 1pm       

Cost for flights, including one bag per person                                               $337or256 Euro 

Cost of flights with out check on bag                                                            $200 or 156 Euros

Cost for hostels                                                                                           $524

Cost for eurorail passes per person (Italy)                                                   $252

Total                                                                                                                                       $1,113

How to take Money abroad.

There should be Three ways for you to access money. Cash, Debit, and Credit.
Cash: If you want you can take a small amount out before we go. Like Forty Euros. Some banks can trade money for you. If you Bank doesnt talk to me because mine does. But there is no need to take alot. Remember it is better to pull it out of the ATM in Europe at larger quantities at a time.
Debit Cards: Call your Debit card company and let them know that you will be in Europe for two weeks. Also remember to write down your banks number in case you loose your card on the trip (the number on the back of the card, but not the 1-800 number because that wont work in Europe.) Make sure that you raise you ATM limit with them as well or you will no be able to take out more than $300 at time.
Credit cards: Make sure to bring a credit card too just in case. You never know when it will come in handy. Also let the credit card company know that you will be going to Europe so they don't freeze your account.
It might also be smart to take a money belt that goes under your clothes so that you can put money and your passport in there when we are traveling.

Hostels

Hostels are a great way to be able to save a ton of money. Most hostels have a Kitchen and some even have a washer. Hostels can have shared rooms. Most have six people to a room. So if we wanted to book a room just for us with the people in our group we could do so. Hostels cost anywhere from $11-30 a night. Most come with a free meal and wifi. We could also save money by going to the grocery store and preparing food there. Find more information at http://www.hostelbookers.com/

Eurail Pass

http://www.ricksteves.com/rail/select.htm
This site explains the different passes that we can use. We will most likely get the 6 days in 2 months pass. There are different pricing plans. If you are under 26 you get a discount. If you are over 26 you can get a discount if you will travel with 1 or more people. However the adult pass is first class and the youth(under 26) is second class. So the people with the Adult pass would not be able to travel in the same compartment as the people with the youth pass.

Countries

We plan on Starting off in Madrid Spain, then going to Paris France, then Berlin Germany, Then somewhere in Switzerland, then to Bellagio  and Rome Italy. After that we will decide where else we want to go or if we want to go back somewhere else.

Flight

The cheapest way to flight to Europe is to Spain. We found the best priced flight at right around $960 for a round trip. We are setting the dead line for march 25th to get the tickets. We will have another meeting then so we can all buy the tickets to get on the same flight. The site we found with the best price is Cheapoair.com