Forget the obvious here, I'm talking about the planned routes. We were looking at the Conde Nast packages because it sure makes it easy, but after reading this I think I will just take all those tips and call a travel agent to put together something. Not sure if they can do restaurant reservations also, but I'll try.
Anyway, how do you use the navigation to get from one place to the next? Is there some CD-ROM that Conde Nast would give you with all the locations pre-entered that you load on the system? Do you just enter each one as you go?
My wife wants great hotels, I want great scenery - I'm sure it won't be tough getting both.
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http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49194
here is Beewang's rental service for the euro dvd nav disk........ i don't think you have to reserve restaurants in advance...... definately do priceline or similiar for hotels IMO.
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You need to buy or rent the Euro Nav DVD. It has street addresses for all of Europe in it....so if you reserve a hotel make a note of the actual hotel address and plug it into the Nav...it works well. If you just want to go from Munich to another city you can select that city and then select "Start Guidance" (without entering a street address)....it will get you to that town. If you want to see Rothenburg (a great town for EDers) don't misspell it. There are 2 other towns called Rotenburg. Be on your toes!
Also, many hotels are actually on the Nav DVD.....especially if they are major hotels. But just to be safe have the addresses with you of the ones you've booked.
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Quote: Forget the obvious here, I'm talking about the planned routes. We were looking at the Conde Nast packages because it sure makes it easy, but after reading this I think I will just take all those tips and call a travel agent to put together something. Not sure if they can do restaurant reservations also, but I'll try.
Anyway, how do you use the navigation to get from one place to the next? Is there some CD-ROM that Conde Nast would give you with all the locations pre-entered that you load on the system? Do you just enter each one as you go?
My wife wants great hotels, I want great scenery - I'm sure it won't be tough getting both. | You enter the cities as you go. No itinerary function. Also, it's DVD based, not CD based FYI.
You can probably do as good if not better by planning your trip here instead of using Condé Nast. Their trips are ok if you've never been out of the States in your life and don't care at all if you overpay quite a bit.
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Quote: | trips are ok if you've never been out of the States in your life and don't care at all if you overpay quite a bit. | That's putting it mildly... 
You can do much better by simply deciding the general region you would like to see, then buying a travel guide for that region. Read it at home for a couple of evenings (you will find it fascinating) - then tentatively plan your trip.
Post your itinerary on this forum and ask for advice - you will get plenty of that, and you will have a blast ultimately.
Or you can let someone at Conde Nast create a package for you with one hand, while they empty your pocket with the other hand. 
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Those Conde Nast tours are way overpriced and really not a way to get to know Europe.
Earlier this year somebody posted that they had a falling out with the Conde Nast travel agent/representative but had made up their mind that was the kind of trip they wanted. The CN rep had told them that they had exclusive contracts with the listed hotels and nobody would be able to recreate such trip.
The posting B'Fester was an American Expresss Platinum cardmember and used their free concierge service to completely recreate the trip (same hotels and restaurants) at substantially less money than what Conde Nast was asking. The concierge service was never advised that there was price to beat, just given an itinerary.
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