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Sorry in advance for using this as a travel thread, but everything so far as been super-helpful so I am hoping to get some input on a couple of areas I am still trying to figure out. I am tentatively planning a trip to Iceland for this year. Any input on this is much appreciated. My timeframe is anywhere from 14-25 days (I was thinking 20ish), probably in the late summer provided my schedule doesn't fall through, and I'd like to spend under $10k USD (under $6k would be ideal), not counting airfare. I know Iceland is considered an expensive destination expensive - is this a feasible budgeting? I have no objection to staying in hostels and am a fairly young guy. I was eyeballing this 16-day itinerary. Is this remotely sane? I don't really have a lot of context for how packed this itinerary is. Assuming that I had two to four weeks in Iceland, is there anything that is an absolute must see? I am basically totally flexible as I'm traveling solo. I sort of feel like I should leave some additional time for spending in the cities, but I'm sort of at a loss as to what to do in the cities (see aforementioned solo travel). I've also noticed that apparently all the rental companies will happily give you enough rope to hang yourself with. For something like circumnavigating the country following the road (at least, via the above itinerary), what kind of cars are reasonable options? Prices (assuming I am reading them correctly) seem a little high for car rental (anywhere between $100-$300/day), but I don't want to accidentally screw myself by shooting too low. Thoughts? Theseus fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Jan 29, 2014 |
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Deceitful Penguin posted:Dude, I am as ever pretty hesitant to advise people with traveling because I've never travelled Iceland as a tourist, but I'll try my best. Well, it turns out that I'm going to have to push this trip to next year. Which means I can be more open about travel season, if there is a better time to go than late summer. It sounds like 20 days is the right timeframe. Is 10K more reasonable? I don't have a great estimate as to budget on this sucker. I would expect airfare would be roughly 1.2k, car rental for the period probably around 3-5k (+ a couple hundred for gas, I would expect). I am completely down with hostels and had not planned to stay in a proper hotel. Prices I was seeing for those were between $30-50/night, which seems quite affordable. I would expect that with 16 days of driving around the country, I would often be in places totally lacking in hotels anyway (?). In terms of what I am interested in - I'm quite fond of theatre, symphonies, and to a lesser degree history. I also like to hike, though my guess is that after 16 days of seeing the countryside I will want to save a long hike for another trip. Drinking is good, but I will be traveling solo so I'm a bit wary. My primary plan was to see as much of the country/landscape/nature as possible on the trip. I'm pretty open to suggestions; essentially everything you mentioned save tanning are things that I could be into a bit of. The Ford Focus thing is extremely reassuring; the cars that are along the lines of a Toyota Corolla are around 3.2k for the 20/21 day period I was eyeballing, which would be towards the low end of my expectation on car rental.
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