Traveling is Not as Expensive as You Think
For a lot of people, travel (especially long-term, round-the-world type travel) seems cost prohibitive. I think people conjure up visions of fancy hotel rooms and olympic sized pools, five-star dinners and evening booze cruising. And for some that may be the reality of travel. But for many of us, travel looks quite different.
There’s the just-out-of-school poor schniglets who snuggle up in hostel dorm rooms around the world and munch on street vendor food while stretching their last dime to its limits. There are the two-weeks-of-bliss vacationers who splurge on that fancy hotel room and the fancy cuisine. And there are many, many of us who fall in between those two things.
Since cost questions are so clearly on people’s minds, I’ve started compiling a list of budget and cost breakdowns from a variety of world travelers around the web. And if you know of another resource, please send it my way! I’d love to get tons of great perspectives in one place.
Without further ado, then, travel budgeting and cost resources:
Budgeting for a round-the-world trip:
Round the world expenses from one traveling couple
Budgeting for Europe:
One month in Split, Croatia
One month in Edinburgh, Scotland
How to budget for Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland
One month in Perugia (Umbria), Italy
5 days in Stockholm for $100
Traveling around Europe for two months, solo
One month in Paris
Budgeting for Asia:
Two months in Southeast Asia
Another experience in Southeast Asia
Budgeting for India
Budgeting for Australia/New Zealand:
Melbourne in 10 days
Budgeting for North America:
How much does it cost to road trip from Colorado to California?
Sayulita, Mexico for one month
Playa del Carmen, Mexico for one month
If all else fails, you can always busk with a hat box.
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Ali
It’s definitely NOT as expensive as people think. Definitely ways of traveling inexpensively. Thanks for linking my posts!
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Mary-Alice
Love this list — how really useful to collect these resources! They’ll help people who are already planning, and they’ll get on-the-fencers thinking seriously about taking that step. I only have one more resource to add: My friends Betsy and Warren, of Married with Luggage, sold everything and have been traveling for a year plus now, and they’ve written posts about their financing/budgeting, as well as a book called “Dream Save Do”: http://www.marriedwithluggage.com/ They’re sensible, articulate, interesting, delightful people, and they’ve got good things to share.
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Gigi Griffis
Thanks! I believe that first link is Betsy and Warren’s budgeting microsite. They rock.
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pomputius
Well, hell — I clicked on it and didn’t recognize it. I’m so sorry for the misfire, Gigi!
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Gigi Griffis
No problem at all! It’s actually good to have their main link in the comments. And I’m glad you mentioned their book as a resource.
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Budget Your Trip
A few years ago we started BudgetYourTrip.com to help travelers learn about travel costs for destinations around the world. All of the average travel costs on our site come from actual travelers, and can be used as a guideline to find out how much stuff costs around the world. By signing up (for free) and entering your travel expenses, you can help contribute to the daily costs and keep track of your own travel budget, too. I hope you find it useful!
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Andrea
How did you manage with the dog? e.g. quarantine issues
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Val Ter
What a great info, thank you. Now i really think that i can change my habit to spend my vacation in traditional way
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Melissa Adams
Couchsurfing is great for both budget travelers and those who just want to stay with locals and extend their travel funds. Learn more about this alternative accommodation here: http://uncloggedblog.com/2013/02/01/six-habits-of-highly-effective-couchsurfers/.
Tami Heaton
gigi, i have several links for expenses specific to cost of living in bali, if you’d like those…