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For a trip like that a travel agent would be valuable. They have access to hotels and hostels you don't and they can get wholesale prices. They can find places you want to see that you'd need a local's insight to get on your own. Last spring I met my son in London where he was doing a semester abroad. I used Carlson Wagonlit to reserve all in Europe travel and hotels. The rates we got were incredible. You have to push back on the upsells a travel agent wants to sell you, because t for the actual travel somewhere you're unfamiliar they're invaluable.