First - thanks for the wealth of information on this site! It has been very helpful in navigating through this process and planning out trip!
We are doing our first OSD trip (and it's out first Volvo!) to pick up my S60 T5 in just over a week and we're really looking forward to it! I have traveled in Europe before but will be seeing lots of new places on this trip - the only place I have been to before on our itinerary is Paris. This will be my boyfriends first trip to Europe
Everyone always has really helpful criticism/feedback for people who post their plans so I wanted to share ours as well and see if anyone had some suggestions. At this point, the delivery date and air travel plans can't be changed but I'm open to ideas for our plans in between.
Day 1 -Tuesday, June 12
Arrive in Gothenburg in the AM
Explore Gothenburg
Night in Gothenburg
Day 2 - Wednesday, June 13
Delivery @10am, lunch, tour - drive to Copenhagen (bridge)
Night in Copenhagen
Day 3 - Thursday, June 14
Explore Copenhagen
Night in Copenhagen
Day 4 - Friday, June 15
Drive to Bremen (break up drive to Amsterdam)
Night in Bremem (free hotel night thanks to points from work travel)
Day 5 - Saturday, June 16
Drive to Amsterdam in AM - leave car in Park & Ride lot
Night in Amsterdam (staying on a houseboat)
Day 6- Sunday, June 17
Explore Amsterdam
Night in Amsterdam
Day 7 - Monday, June 18
Explore Amsterdam
Night in Amsterdam
Day 8 - Tuesday, June 19
Drive to Brussels (leaving early AM)
Drop car off in Brussels
Leave luggage at train station and have lunch/spend afternoon in Brussels
Train to Paris (1hr 20min)- Arrive @ 6
Night in Paris
Day 9 - Wednesday, June 20
Explore Paris
Night in Paris
Day 10 - Thursday, June 21
Explore Paris
Night in Paris
Day 11 - Friday, June 22
Fly home - earlllyyy
I originally planned to drop the car in Amsterdam - but didn't consider that it would be a Saturday. Our current plan is to leave the car in a P&R lot (8 euro/day) for our stay in Amsterdam and drop it off in Brussels on the way to Paris. It seems to either be that or take time out of a full day in Amsterdam to take care of the drop-off - and it's more expensive to drop there as well.
I welcome any feedback!! Thank you
We are doing our first OSD trip (and it's out first Volvo!) to pick up my S60 T5 in just over a week and we're really looking forward to it! I have traveled in Europe before but will be seeing lots of new places on this trip - the only place I have been to before on our itinerary is Paris. This will be my boyfriends first trip to Europe
Everyone always has really helpful criticism/feedback for people who post their plans so I wanted to share ours as well and see if anyone had some suggestions. At this point, the delivery date and air travel plans can't be changed but I'm open to ideas for our plans in between.
Day 1 -Tuesday, June 12
Arrive in Gothenburg in the AM
Explore Gothenburg
Night in Gothenburg
Day 2 - Wednesday, June 13
Delivery @10am, lunch, tour - drive to Copenhagen (bridge)
Night in Copenhagen
Day 3 - Thursday, June 14
Explore Copenhagen
Night in Copenhagen
Day 4 - Friday, June 15
Drive to Bremen (break up drive to Amsterdam)
Night in Bremem (free hotel night thanks to points from work travel)
Day 5 - Saturday, June 16
Drive to Amsterdam in AM - leave car in Park & Ride lot
Night in Amsterdam (staying on a houseboat)
Day 6- Sunday, June 17
Explore Amsterdam
Night in Amsterdam
Day 7 - Monday, June 18
Explore Amsterdam
Night in Amsterdam
Day 8 - Tuesday, June 19
Drive to Brussels (leaving early AM)
Drop car off in Brussels
Leave luggage at train station and have lunch/spend afternoon in Brussels
Train to Paris (1hr 20min)- Arrive @ 6
Night in Paris
Day 9 - Wednesday, June 20
Explore Paris
Night in Paris
Day 10 - Thursday, June 21
Explore Paris
Night in Paris
Day 11 - Friday, June 22
Fly home - earlllyyy
I originally planned to drop the car in Amsterdam - but didn't consider that it would be a Saturday. Our current plan is to leave the car in a P&R lot (8 euro/day) for our stay in Amsterdam and drop it off in Brussels on the way to Paris. It seems to either be that or take time out of a full day in Amsterdam to take care of the drop-off - and it's more expensive to drop there as well.
I welcome any feedback!! Thank you