Dream Costs Summary: Trip to Paris

Airfare: PHP 92,000.00
Hotel: PHP 60,500.00
Eiffel Tower: PHP 14,520.00
Louvre: PHP 2,000.00
Museum: PHP 6,000.00 (3 x PHP 2,000.00)
Metro: PHP 5,000
Others: PHP 60,000
Versailles: PHP 5,000.00
Total: PHP 240,520.00

Goal is set!

Dream Costs: Living in Paris for almost a week

Since this is a very special trip, I considered living in a hostel and a hotel. It should be a private double room.

Staying in a hostel would costs...

around 500 euros or PHP 30, 250


while staying a hostel costs...

50 euros to 1000 euros or PHP 30,250 to PHP 60,500

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2015: Tour in Paris

Paris, France is the city of lights. It poses to be a really romantic place and if we are talking about dream destinations of love stories then, Paris is one of the go to places.

Some time in the  late 2000's, a korean TV show called "Lovers in Paris" was shown in a local channel in the Philippines and featured lovely places in Paris and the French culture.

From: a Blog

I believe at that time I fell in love with Paris. In 2007, I got a short time stint in Spain and some of my colleagues were able to visit Paris and at that time I swore to go to Paris. And being a very romantic city, I made a decision to make Paris, the place where I propose to that special someone who I will  marry.

Basically, Here is a draft of the whole Paris Trip.

I am just thinking of 3 places I wanna see in Paris.

1. Eiffel Tower - Generally is the place to be when in Paris.

Entrance Fee is 20 euros or PHP 1,210. Overall, that is PHP 2,420.
Dinner is 200 euros each or PHP 12,100 over-all.

From: http://www.topnews.in/

2. Arc de Triomphe- seen in TV and movies

From: http://justinsomnia.org/

3. Louvre - which I learned in my Art Appreciation class and Da Vinci Code

Entrance Fee is 10 euros each or PHP 1210 overall
Multimedia Guide is 6 euros each or PHP 726 overall

From: http://wikimedia.org/

BTW, Notre Dame happened to be in Paris too...

From: http://wikimedia.org/

We'll just work out going to other places that are near these destinations.

Dream Costs: Paris to Versailles

I'm really not sure where is which and how to get there...

But a train from Paris will do...

This page says it costs 6 euros per trip that makes 24 euros or PHP 1452.

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2015: Paris Trip - Day Trip to Versailles

The Palace of Versailles,  the most opulent and historic royal château in France. - this site

From: http://www.students.sbc.edu/

This place was originally a lodge created by Louis XIII as a rest house and whenever he went there his posse comes with him. It was a very glamorous place as this was one of the statures of determining if you belonged to the have's and have-nots of France.

In our visit, we will avail of the passport tour so that we'll have audio guides and access to must-go places in the estate like the Palace, the grounds, Trianon Palaces and Marie-Antoinette's Estate. It also includes Grandes Eaux musicales (from april to october), jardins musicaux and exhibitions.

From: https://france-spain-trip.wikispaces.com/

The price would be 25 euros or PHP 1512 each. Overall 50 euros or PHP 3025.

Dream Costs: Manila to Paris

I had this idea that I want to propose in Paris, France.

In order to do that we have to fly from Manila to Paris first...

I'm using KLM for the miles!

That USD 2,000 or PHP 92,000...

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2017: First Draft of European Tour

From: http://www.sydneyairport.com.au/

From Sydney Airport, where we should be living at the time this trip will occur, we will be going on a flight to Manila, Philippines.

Our arrival will be at the NAIA International Airport.

From: http://cdn.wn.com/ph/

Possibly, we'll go on a side trip to a tourist spot in the Philippines and visit our family, our friend and our relatives.

Then head on to Madrid with Qatar Airways since it is the cheaper alternative. We'll roam around the city in the first day.

From: http://wikimedia.org/

One of the must visit places is Plaza Mayor.

On the next day, we'll get up early for a day trip to Seville.

From: http://www.spain4uk.co.uk/

A must place is Plaza de Espanya... I'm not yet sure though.. I'm basing it on the picture..

After that daytrip, we'll spend another day in Madrid. 

From: http://madridman.com/

A must see-place in Palacio Real, besides Palacio Real and the gardens beside them.

Then, go on another day trip to Toledo... Based on experience, it will not take a lot of time to roam Toledo...

From: http://i1.trekearth.com/

Then, spend the last day in Madrid...

From: http://www.fecielo.com

Relax at Parque Buen Retiro...

We'll be taking a long day in a train to Valencia where we will meet Jessie's friends... I think I won't plan much for this as Jessie's friends may lead the way..

After 3 days in Valencia, we'll head to Barcelona...

From: http://www.utip.info/

A must see place is Sagrada Familia, which may take a day to roam... I'll be happy with a photo-op outside though.. and another Gaudi place is Parque Guell..

From: http://victoriadombrovska.wordpress.com/

Barcelona would cap our Spain tour, in the meantime. As we'll be heading to Rome...

From: http://www.freefoto.com/

Must-see would be the Trevi Fountain...

From: http://www.solarnavigator.net/

and the Colloseo...

And since the Vatican is within Rome... We'll have to visit that, too....

From: http://www.destination360.com/

From Rome, we'll be flying to Milan...

 From: http://www.aboutmilan.com/

A must visit place would be The Duomo di Milano, the city's gothic cathedral.

After 3 days in Milan, we'll be heading to Prague...

Jessie says it is the most beautiful city in the world and their tourism website says it is a land of endless fairy tales..

From: http://uniglobalexotic.wordpress.com/

Prague is loaded with UNESCO sites so I could really see it as one of the most beautiful place in the world...

3 days in Prague caps our European Tour as we'll be heading back to Madrid which heads back to Manila and goes back to Sydney...

Dream Costs: Plane from Milan to Prague

I seemed to forgot to include plane costs to flying from Milan to Prague.

So I googled Milan to Prague and I encountered a site called e-dreams that books planes so I decided I will base my air fare using that site...

Here is what I got...

So it costs around 65 euros or PHP 3932.50.

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