tanek

There are organized by travel agency trips from my counrry to Copenhagen as well as Malmo, Lund, Helsignborg/Helsingør including the Kronborg castle. Most cost about 615 EUR for 4 nights including the hotels and plane tickets. Breakfast is also included which is nice.

I tried to calculate 4 nights in Copenhagen hotels with breakfast and the airplane tickets. When I add the transport costs between so many cities it turns out more expensive to organize this trip by myself?! I though booking by myself must be cheaper?

Even if I select the cheapest Copenhagen hotels without breakfast on Booking.com it would be about 480-500 EUR just for sleeping the 4 nights. When I add train tickets the budget goes above the 615 EUR price of the organized trip by the travel agencies. And that's not even including the WizzAir or RyanAir tickets! While the TA trip has them included in the 615 EUR price tag.

Even with the hidden costs like museum and ferry tickets it seems using a TA for Scandinavia appears cheaper. I think they get discounts for bookimg mode people at hotels because if I add breakfasts I can never match that price from hotel alone. In that case would you book with a TA? I'd rather enjoy breakfasts and seeing the Kronborg castle. Maybe Airbnb would be cheaper to rent but again I won't have a tour guide and I actually prefer hotels for safety. Should I just book the 615 EUR TA offer?

bilboburgler

It is always possible to go cheaper. But... it may mean you are not in the heart of the action but in an industrial estate with mere drive bys. Read the details of what they offer carefully and understand what each phrase means. "See the capital" means just that, it does not mean "visit the capital".

tanek

Thanks, I read their itinerary and it seems quite a nice bang for the buck for seeing the must sees in Copenhagen and around. I also feel like I prefer group trips more than solo ones, at least for places I've never been to.

bilboburgler

so not really a question then ;-)

Ez73

It might actually be cheaper doing a tour. I wanted to travel to Portugal and found a tour that included airfare, nice hotels, ground transportation, etc, for a lot less than if I had arranged it myself. But then it was a last minute trip. Hotels in Copenhagen are pricey so that trip looks like a good deal.

hetismij2

Are the hotels actually in the places you think they are? Often tours use hotels well away from the expensive cities they visit.

Ez73

You might be right about hotel location. I have only actually been on that one tour to Portugal and I only took it because it was €1500 for 8 days (7 nights) and that was as a single person. But since we had a bus taking us most places, it didn't matter about the hotel. Still, in Coimbra and Porto, we were less than a kilometer from the city center so it was walkable. And in Lisbon, the main Metro station was right up the street, even though the hotel was 10 km from the city center.
We got a day trip up the Douro River on a boat that our guide told us would cost at least €150 a person. All breakfasts and most lunches and dinners were included. So, to me, it was a great deal.

Koutence

It sounds like the travel agency offer provides good value considering the convenience and inclusions like breakfast and transportation. If it fits your budget and preferences, booking with the travel agency seems like a practical choice for your trip to Denmark and Sweden. Enjoy your travels!