Im planning to visit Amsterdam at the end of Feb for the weekend with a couple of friends, hopefully departing from London from the Friday. I was wondering has anyone been there or can anybody give me advice and how to get the cheapest package, including flight, hotel, insurance or whether I should book the flight and hotel separately. Also anything else that I havent mentioned that you can advise me on.

Also can anyone tell me whats the best way to go about paying for stuff out there, should I just go to an bareau de change and get euros, if so wheres the best places? Or are travellers cheques a better idea or my last idea off opening up a Nationwide Flex account and transferring money into it. Any other ideas will be appreciate.

Cheers Folks

Marcus