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What should I do with 4 days in Budapest (or London or Rome or ….)?

I think this has been posted at least once but never hurts to try again. “What should I do with 4 days in Budapest (or London or Rome or ….)?” That question will not get you many useful responses

Why?

  • Okay, four days? Define a “day”. The day you come, the day you leave and two more.
  • Dates can be important because
    some things are closed on Saturday or Sunday or Monday sometimes.
    Christmas or August? Or some time in between? Dates please. If
    nothing else, how would you like to find out the best cultural event
    of the year that occurred while you were there but you missed it
    because you didn’t provide dates or someone would have told you?

  • How are you getting here and how are you leaving? Not essential, but
    with it you get more detailed information and suggestions.

  • If you want any sort of detail, I am happy to do it, which hotel.
    Yes, it matters if you want details. A three-day tour of the city
    from a Buda hotel is going to be a different animal than a 3-day tour
    from a Pest hotel. And if you had said Buda, the first thing you
    would have been told is please don’t stay in Buda. Which might be
    the answer to a question you didn’t know to ask.

  • If part of your question is about which hotel, then what is your
    budget and what is your preference 3 star or 4 or 5 star? At least
    that much. Maybe you want a Classic building, maybe you like modern.
    Maybe you don’t care, just cheap.

  • How old are you? Just generally, cause if you are under 30, I have
    one idea, if over 50 another. If over 65 the metro is free.

  • What are you interested in, what’s a fun day for you, or why did you
    choose this city?

  • What are your travel plans before and after the visit to this
    location.

“My husband and I are retired, and we are arriving in Vienna on June 1st and then taking the train to Budapest on June 4th. We have a return flight home on June 9th. We have chosen to stay at the Hotel Moments, is that a good choice? We chose Budapest because of the images we saw on the Viking Cruise advertisements. It looked beautiful, but we don’t know much about it. Can you tell us how to use the time there.” That question will get you 20 or more replies from a half dozen or more contributors.

Posted by
5978 posts

100%!

I understand being reticent to share specifics about a trip openly on the internet. But if you are willing to ask your question here, then people require enough information to answer it. It’s hard to have answered a question, only to get the reply with more facts that completely change your answer. Most of us love talking travel and helping - but it is really nice to actually BE helping instead of wasting time because of missing details.

Adding to the list:
In many cases, it really helps to know travel plans before and after the visit to this location.

Posted by
2983 posts

Mr E and TTM,
Thank you for putting this out there.