2026 Europe Trip

The itinerary is good.

Since you're talking Canadian dollars, I'm guessing what it would be in US dollars and adding 40%.

Figure about $140 a day for food. You can probably do a lot less most days, but this will give you opportunities for a few splurges. That's $2,660.

Assuming you're traveling by train for all routes between cities, I count five trips. I'd budget about $140 each, though that could go up based on how long you wait to book or which train you want to take. (Eurostar is significantly more expensive than regional trains.) Add another $140 for intracity transit, but that could go up too if you do more Uber or taxi and less metro or bus. This comes to $840.

I have no idea where you're coming from, other than somewhere in Canada, so I could be way off, but budget $2,000 for flights.

So this all comes to $5,500, leaving you $4,500 for 18 nights' lodging, or $250 per night. So it all depends on you finding the appropriate accommodations for you at that average price. You're not going to get nice hotels at that price, especially in London or Paris. It'll go a lot further if you are interested in doing vacation rentals (where appropriate and legal), or hostels for some locations.

Good luck figuring it all out. And sorry if my numbers are way off. But that's kind of how you need to calculate.

A bit hurried for my taste, but fine if you don't mind packing up and moving every 3 or 4 days. As for Düsseldorf versus Cologne, I would pick Cologne.

I see no need to leave Amsferdam.to.return to London for flight home. Book multi city airline tickets flying from.Canada to London and Amsterdam to Canada. This is not two one way tickets. Book airline tickets.only through the airline never a third party so if you have any problems the airline will work with you. If you book thru third party and perhaps miss a flight or have any other issues the airline will not be of any help. Since this is your first European trip I highly suggest you buy or rent Rick Steve's Europe thru the Back Door. It is full of great advice on European travel such as buying train tickets, changing money etc. Also you can post a question on the specific countries here for hotel ideas what to see and do etc. Good luck and happy travels.