Ok, just to play what ifs. As I said originally and Dave picked up on it, what if we rent a full size cargo container. I believe I heard somewhere it would hold 40 bikes. Ok for the sake of discussion, say $2,000 apiece for shipping x 40 = $80,000. I gotta believe we can ship a container across the pond and back for $80k if we give the shipper a month on either end of the gotta have it dates. Ok, so there's $2k gone. Plane fare should be no more than $1k with a long pole on booking. Figure group rates on rooms even with Europe being pricey at about $150/night x 14 = $2,100.Gotta be able to eat and drink pretty good for $100/day x 14 = $1,400. Figure another $2k for misc adventures and unplanned expenditures and you're at $8,500. One bike two people adds another $1k for plane fare and bumps the food bill up another $1k so 2 people 14 days in Europe, 2 days traveling $10,500. Adding another bike as and you're at $12,500.
So say we plan this for September 2008. Seems to me I remember that September is the least rainy month in that part of the world. September 2008 is 22 months away. You can hold off on all of those OCD urges, all of the go fast stuff you think you need and start salting away about $550/month for the next 22 months or save what you can and melt your plastic for the rest or just say what the hell and burn the card for the whole thing and figure out how to pay for it later. Lots of options here. My plan is to save 1/2 and go plastic on the rest. I've always been real good at paying bills. Anyway, this IS a once in a lifetime trip and if it's gonna happen, I gotta be in on it.
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