Going on our own

This option could be cheaper but also has more risk.

Same dates of travelling but for 2008 prices are arround $1000 round trip, and each hotel night could be arround $40 each person.

Transportation in train is cheap. Madrid-Palencia round trip is arround 19 Euros. With high speed train is a little more expensive. Trains are very frequent

www.renfe.es

 

Having our "base" in Palencia, we can travel to Cantabria to spend one day in the beach, or to historic Burgos and Leon, to the medieval towns of Avila and Salamanca (oldest university in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe), to Madrid, to see castles in Segovia, to see roman archeological excavations, to a car factory, to agicultural centers...

 

OTHER COMPANIES

 We can also use other companies.

Prices are a little more expensive, but they promise there are no hidden charges

www.voyageurtours.com

www.explorica.com

travel with a company options

You can check the ittinerary. The price is based on a group of 10, and leaving on May 14.

www.eftours.com/RMD   for students (under 23) $2155    for adults $2395   7 DAYS

www.eftours.com/MCS  for students $2350                       for adults $2615   8 DAYS

www.eftours.com/MAB    for students $2490                     for adults $2805   10 DAYS

www.eftours.com/MNS    for students $2490                     for adults $2855    12 DAYS

www.eftours.com/SSP     for students $2920                    for adults  $3410     17 DAYS

FIRST IDEAS

So far we have 2 options

2 OPTIONS

  

OPTION A)

TRAVEL WITH A COMPANY

PROS

*EXPERIENCE           

* ALL ORGANISED           

* IF THINGS GO “WRONG” WE HAVE SOMEONE TO COMPLAIN           

* MORE AMERICAN STUDENTS (NO LANGUAGE PROBLEMS)

* GUIDES, TOURS ACTIVITIES.

CONS           

 ·        LESS FLEXIBILITY (TRAVEL, FOOD, EXCURSIONS)

·        LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE IN FEW TIME

·        PRICE???  

OPTION B)

TRAVEL ON OUR OWN

*CHANCE TO SEE THE “REAL SPAIN”            

* MORE FLEXIBILITY           

* NEED TO USE SPANISH           

* HELP/DEALS WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES           

* COULD COMPARE WITH MIDWEST.           

* COULD BE WORTH WITH A SMALL GROUP 

·        LACK OF EXPERIENCE

·        UNCERTAIN PRICE… DEPPEND ON THE DOLLAR AND EURO 

 

FIRST MEETING IN AN HOUR

Hi everyone!! Hola a todos!

As you probably know, this is Mr Camina, a Spaniard teaching in Nebraska. Several students asked me about going to Spain during the summer. In an hour we will have a meeting trying to decide what to do and how to do it. But many of you wont be able to be at the meeting. So I tried to create this blog. All the info of the meetings, all your questions and requests, and all our progress will be published here.

Thanks for visiting and I am sure we will have a wonderful time planning the trip and having fun in ESPAÑA (OLE!!)