Best way to travel from Amsterdam to Paris?

Q. High speed train or rental car? Which is more practical and cheap?

Going to Amsterdam for 7-9 days and want to spend a little bit of time in France to see castles and such.

A. Amsterdam to Paris, no better option than the train.
If you want to do day trips from and to Paris, get a hotel on the edge of the city, near the right motorway, and rent a car there, either a local rental location or have it delivered to your hotel.
If you do a few days Paris and a few days castles, train out to a city near the castles and rent a car there. You can rent cars at all or most French railway stations if you book in advance.

Only if you want to roam around all the way, and not stay in Paris itself, you might want to rent a car in the Netherlands.

If you book your train early, or are willing to take odd times, you will beat the price of a rental car by miles. Early booking of a rental car will take a little of the rental cost but you will still be paying gas/petrol and that is expensive in Europe.

And for a one way travel, train, as drop off cost will be high.
Again, you can rent a car wherever you need it.

But going to Paris and the French castles on a 7 days visit to Amsterdam is overdoing it.
If you want to see Paris and a bit of France, make it a France holiday.
For both Paris and Amsterdam, fly into one and fly out of the other, saving you a travel day. The train costs only 3 hours or so, but with checking out of your hotel, getting to the station, be sure you are in time for the train, getting from the station to your new hotel and checking in, you spend most of a day on the travel.
With getting a rental car, collect it, fight the traffic, finding a safe place to park and again the checking out and in you will spend at least as long.

Can you help me find a nice hotel in amsterdam?

Q. I am going to amsterdam with a group of 5 people and we are looking for a place to stay that will accomodate all 5 of us. I am looking for something in between vondel park and the center of the city (red light district) I am also looking for something that is reasonably priced and is not too expensive since we are all college students. If anyone has any advice please let me know.

A. Lots of info in the rough guide or the lonely planet. (maybe your library has a copy)
Lonely planet has also some info on the internet

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/
destinations/europe/netherlands/amsterdam/
(sorry, address is to long for yahoo, just copy it)

or the official tourist office on
http://www.amsterdamtourist.nl/

youth hostel info (their is one in the Vondelpark)
http://www.stayokay.com/info/
uk/youth-hostel-amsterdam.html
(sorry, address is to long for yahoo, just copy it)

some hotel info on
http://www.hoteliers.nl/amsterdam/
?city=amsterdam&cID=143â©=nl
(sorry, address is to long for yahoo, just copy it)

Is it safe to travel to Amsterdam?

Q. I recently heard on the radio that it wasn't safe to travel to Amsterdam because of the war on drugs or something like that. I am planning a trip to Amsterdam within the next year and I just wanted to see if this is true or not....Thank you!

A. Amsterdam is absolutely safe, as long as you use common sense. Any major city has its share of problems, but Amsterdam is no worse than other European cities of its size. It's a lovely place with so much to offer.

-Avoid parks and other isolated areas after dark.
-Don't wander the streets obviously inebriated.
-Look like a native, not a tourist.
-Try to leave valuables at your hotel.
-If you are approached, ignore them. There are scam artists in every big city, people asking for money, people offering deals. Do what a local would do, and just walk away.
-If you plan on visiting the coffeeshops in the city, make sure you stick to what the coffeeshops have to offer. Never buy from anyone on the street.

As the article linked below states, the UK has more (local) drug users and a much higher crime rate. Enjoy your trip :)

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