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    To be honest, summer Europe travel is very busy. You're probably better off looking at either spring or fall, unless you happen to see something wide open in both directions just before you go. That said, my experience (albeit relatively limited) with international standby travel is pretty similar to domestic. I just hang out a little closer to the gate in Europe, the one time flying out of HKG they cleared me at check in.

    If you want a "training wheels" way of flying internationally, may I suggest Canada? There are some great cities to check out there. Depending on where you live, I'd suggest Vancouver, Toronto, Quebec City (if you speak French), Montreal (if you don't), or maybe even Edmonton if you want to check out the mall there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spongebue View Post
    To be honest, summer Europe travel is very busy. You're probably better off looking at either spring or fall, unless you happen to see something wide open in both directions just before you go. That said, my experience (albeit relatively limited) with international standby travel is pretty similar to domestic. I just hang out a little closer to the gate in Europe, the one time flying out of HKG they cleared me at check in.

    If you want a "training wheels" way of flying internationally, may I suggest Canada? There are some great cities to check out there. Depending on where you live, I'd suggest Vancouver, Toronto, Quebec City (if you speak French), Montreal (if you don't), or maybe even Edmonton if you want to check out the mall there.

    Agreed 100%. Summer bad timing..

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    Quote Originally Posted by spongebue View Post
    To be honest, summer Europe travel is very busy. You're probably better off looking at either spring or fall, unless you happen to see something wide open in both directions just before you go. That said, my experience (albeit relatively limited) with international standby travel is pretty similar to domestic. I just hang out a little closer to the gate in Europe, the one time flying out of HKG they cleared me at check in.

    If you want a "training wheels" way of flying internationally, may I suggest Canada? There are some great cities to check out there. Depending on where you live, I'd suggest Vancouver, Toronto, Quebec City (if you speak French), Montreal (if you don't), or maybe even Edmonton if you want to check out the mall there.
    Am I reading this right? Vancouver (British Columbia), Toronto (Ontario) are ENGLISH SPEAKING provinces of Canada. MONTREAL which in the province of Quebec just like Quebec City is they speak FRENCH and ENGLISH.

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    Thank you all for your advice. I suspected it would be pretty difficult to travel to Europe during summer, so thanks for confirming. Unfortunately, July is the only time we'll be able to take a major trip this year, so looks like we need to consider other destination options!

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    What is your starting point? and where do you want to end up at? are you located on the east coast or west coast?


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    Hi, Dan. I'm on the west coast. Don't really care where we end up; although, we'd like to go international, if possible. We have some free time in the middle of July, and probably have a max of 10 days for our trip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 29palms View Post
    Am I reading this right? Vancouver (British Columbia), Toronto (Ontario) are ENGLISH SPEAKING provinces of Canada. MONTREAL which in the province of Quebec just like Quebec City is they speak FRENCH and ENGLISH.
    Sorry, I can see where that wasn't very well worded. I meant that Quebec City is good if you speak French, ignoring the rest of the cities listed. Otherwise, Montreal is relatively close in character but they're mostly bilingual.
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    oui oui.....


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