![]() If you want to get around Amsterdam in style, several limousine companies are available that provide service direct from the airport to your hotel as well as wherever else you and your bachelor party buddies want to visit. In fact, the legal blood-alcohol limits in Holland are so low that you’d be well advised to assign a designated driver every day (take turns) or avail yourselves of the luxury limousine services that are widely available as noted below. Important note: If you decide to rent a car or SUV for your Amsterdam bachelor party, keep in mind that while the Dutch have a high tolerance for many indulgences, they have an extremely low tolerance for drunk driving. ![]() Many of the street signs are different in Europe, though, so brush up on your signage if you plan on renting a car, especially the critically important sign shown below that you’ll see everywhere which means “Do not enter” (and they mean it!): Besides an extensive public railway and bus network, rental cars are available through range from just $45 per day (for a Ford Ka) to $187 for large SUVs and chauffeured limousines and party buses are also widely available. Many Americans may be pleasantly surprised at just how easy it is to get around a world capital city such as Amsterdam. Following your arrival at Schipol, you’ll need to get around the city and its suburbs as described below. Flights require about 18 hours each way, but you and your bachelor party buddies will find that the time and cost involved in getting to Amsterdam is more than repaid in terms of excitement + fun / time + money. Airportīased on a 4-day stay (all weekdays), round-trip tickets per person from New York’s La Guardia International Airport to Amsterdam’s Schipol International Airport (airport code: AMS) range from $1,555 on Westjet to $3,330 on Air Canada. ![]() Fortunately, Amsterdam has a world-class airport that is served by several airlines from the United States as noted below. Unless you and your friends live in the United Kingdom or Western Europe, you’re only real viable option for traveling to Amsterdam is flying. If this all sounds too good to be true, well, it is in a way because it takes awhile to fly there and it’s not cheap (but it is reasonable) as we discuss below. In other words, Amsterdam is eagerly awaiting your bachelor party, and you can’t find a better destination if you and your friends appreciate colorful history, European culture at its best as well as beautiful architecture and women – not to mention the world-class cannabis products imported from exotic places that is available everywhere at rock-bottom prices. Indeed, long before the ongoing heated debates over merits of medical and recreational marijuana in the United States and elsewhere ever began, the enlightened lawmakers in Holland recognized the futility of waging a billion-dollar war against drugs by applying the harm reduction model and legalizing the possession and use of cannabis products. The million-plus residents of urban and suburban regions of Amsterdam enjoy an affluent and laid-back lifestyle that is the envy of many Westerners, including their casual and tolerant attitudes about sex, beer and pot, some of our readers’ favorite things. Okay, we made that part up but the fact does remain that Amsterdam is the world’s premiere party town supreme for a number of reasons. It’s a little-known fact that the Dutch name “Amsterdam” is derived from the ancient Greek for “Amster (“party”) and “dam” (“town”).
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