Inside: I didn’t think I’d ever be able to afford the cost of traveling the world. Not so! Here’s a list of daily costs in 46 countries. Some are crazy cheap!
I didn’t get to travel a lot as a kid. Once, I even went to Ohio.
That’s why I was so surprised when I got out into the Big Girl Pants world and found out that it’s actually pretty common for people to travel—and not just to Ohio.
I was flummoxed. I thought travel was a Rich Folks’ thing.
My first intro to the world of travel was through the movie Eurotrip. The hapless teenage travelers alternate between being broke and out of options to living like kings on pocket change in Eastern Europe. Whaaaaat?
I had to learn more.
It turns out it’s actually pretty common for other countries to be cheaper than ours. Who knew? I didn’t.
Once I learned this fact, though, a fire lit up in me. I can afford to travel, even if I’m in debt? I don’t have to be rich?
Contents
How much does it cost to travel the world? It depends…
Of course, how much it really costs to travel the world depends on how high falutin’ you like to be.
Do you need a fancy cruise that doesn’t let you DIY your own costs?
Are you willing to stay in a budget hostel, or do you have to stay in the most luxurious resort in the area?
Related: If you sign up for AirBnB through my link you can get a free $40 credit towards your first stay!
Can you get by with cooking your own meals, or do you require a 5-star sit-down restaurant for each meal? Etc, etc…
And, of course, how much your trip costs depends a lot on where you go!
How much does it cost to travel to different parts of the world?
Of course, when you’re just scouting out potential locations to travel to, it helps to have some kind of a baseline comparison between countries.
This blog post is my attempt to sort out some of the cost differences between the most popular tourist destinations.
I’ll show you at least three cost estimates for each country. These costs can vary by two factors: inflation and currency exchange rates because they were written at different times.
I also wanted to know what it was like for real people to travel to each of these countries. So, wherever possible, I’ll link to blog posts about real people’s trips. That way, you can see pictures and learn more about the nitty-gritty of the cost breakdown.
If a trip was taken in 2015 or later, I’ll update it to 2017 dollars. If the currency exchange rates have changed, well then shucky darn—I’m not magic and can’t figure out how to put my shoes on sometimes let alone figure out exchange rates.
These trip prices don’t include airfare. That’ll be a big factor in your final cost, but that depends mostly on where you live. Let’s make it simple and compare apples to apples. These prices are also listed on a per-person basis.
Finally, I only included DIY backpacker-style trips. Why? Because if I waited until I had enough money for the kind of trip I thought I needed to take (i.e., a fancy all-inclusive tour), I’d be as old as the Cryptkeeper and scare everyone away. And that’d be no fun (or would it?….).
Now, let’s go! Allons-y!
(P.S. – if you need some help planning for your own trip, check out my free travel budget planner below. I made it for myself but hopefully it can help you too!)
Asia
Photo courtesy of Neville Wootton.
Thailand
Nomadic Matt recommends setting aside $32-$38 per day for a cheap Thailand backpacking trip. But, he did admit to spending $72 per day while showing living the high life with some visiting friends. (Get used to this dude’s name; he’s all about budget travel and has a ton of blog posts I’ll be linking to).
GoBackpacking says you should budget $15-$164 per day (whew! what a range) depending on how fancy you want to go and how much you’ll be traveling in-country.
Jeremy from Travel Freak spent $30 per day over the course of a month-long visit to Thailand—and has the pictures to prove it!
Natalie and Robson from Love & Road spent a super-low $20 per day, but they did it over the course of eight months. So, they basically moved there. 🙂
Final tally: $44 per day.
China
Jeremy from Travel Freak spent just $30 per day on a 12-day tour of China by scrimping and saving as much as possible.
Nomadic Matt recommends budgeting $30-$40 per day and has a ton of great tips on how to stretch your dollar while visiting this country.
Johnny from One Step 4ward spent around $29 per day on one of his many trips here.
Final tally? $31 per day.
Singapore
Ali of the eponymous Ali’s Adventures took a trip here and spent a whopping $135 per day. (Edit: Ali clarified in the comments that this was for two people…so on a per-person basis, it’s a way more realistic $67 per day. Thanks Ali!)
Nomadic Matt says to budget around $40-$55 per day assuming you’re going the cheap route.
Steph and Tony from 20 Years Hence spent about $36 per day over two weeks (and have tons of great photos!).
Final tally: $50 per day.
Taiwan
Lauren from Never Ending Footsteps took a sweet 27-day trip to Taiwan for $22 per day.
Steph and Tony from 20 Years Hence headed off to Taiwan as well, and spent $26 per day over about two weeks.
Yeison and Samantha from the blog My Tan Feet took some great photos, and spent $75 per day over a month.
Final tally: $41 per day.
South Korea
Yeison and Samantha jetted off to South Korea too, and shelled out $91 per day over a couple of weeks.
Yoshke from The Poor Traveler (that’s the best name I’ve seen in a while!) created a sample itinerary that would cost $49 per day.
Jayson from The Travel Debugger took tons of great photos during his one-week trip here, and spent $50 per day in the process.
Final tally: $63 per day.
Hong Kong
Travel With Liya spent $50 per day over 4 days on a Hong Kong visit.
Steph and Tony from 20 Years Hence also checked out Hong Kong and spent about $65 per day.
Nomadic Matt recommends saving up about $51-$64 per day for this trip.
Final tally: $57 per day.
Japan
Becki from Borders Of Adventure spent $98 per day while here, and has some great cost breakdowns for all Japan expenses to check out.
Lotte from Phenomenal Globe spent $122 per day over a month-long visit.
Katie and Ben from Two Wandering Soles took a short one-week trip to Japan and spent $101 per day.
Final tally: $107 per day. Ouch.
India
Derek from Wandering Earl (another great blog name!) recommends budgeting between $16-$27 per day while here.
Kristen and Siya from Hopscotch the Globe spent about $18 per day on a one-month Indian adventure.
Rachel from Hippie In Heels spent $20 per day and has a ton of budget tips for you!
Final tally: $20 per day. Hot damn!
The Philippines
Natalie and Robson from Love & Road spent $37 per day per person while on a 3-week trip to the Philippines (and they have some awesome picture to boot!).
Cez and Agnes from eTramping visited this country for the ultra-low price of $14.92 per person — but they sure scrimped a lot (including sleeping on bus station benches!).
Kristin from Be My Travel Muse upped the game a bit and spent $81 per day on her visit.
Final tally: $44 per day.
Sri Lanka
Kristin from By My Travel Muse spent about $52 per day over a three-week visit to this awesome country.
Steph and Tony from 20 Years Hence took a month-long journey to Sri Lanka and spent $30 per day.
Dani from Globetrotter Girls spent between $20-$50 per day over five months here.
Final tally: $39 per day.
Related post: Maximize Your Travel Adventures With A Travel Budget Planner
Middle East
Photo courtesy of natashaj98.
Israel
Johnny from One Step 4ward recommends budgeting about $54 per day for a proper sightseeing tour.
Audrey from That Backpacker spent between $75-$150 per day while on an awesome Israeli trip. Check out her cool pictures!
Silvia from Heart My Backpack doesn’t really say how much she spent on her Israeli tour, but she does have some great tips on how to do it for $20 per day or less!
Final tally: $62 per day.
Turkey
Jill and Dave from Do What You Want Trips spent $124 per day while on a two-week visit to Turkey.
Erin and Simon from the blog Never Ending Voyage took a one-month trip here and spent $85 per day.
Jimmy of the aptly-named Jimmy Eat World spent $55 per day while in Turkey on a two-week adventure.
Final tally: $88 per day.
South Pacific
Photo courtesy of Eulinky.
Australia
Natalie and Robson from Love and Road don’t say how much they spent on this trip, but they do say it’s possible to get by with a shoestring budget of $37-$75 per day.
Chris from Backpacker Banter recommends a budget of at least $81 per day.
Reni and Marcel from Swiss Nomads travelled around Australia for six months on $64 per day.
Final tally: $67 per day.
New Zealand
Susan Shain spent three weeks in New Zealand, averaging about $68 per day.
Arienne from See You Soon took an awesome two-week campervan trip to New Zealand for $155 per day.
Nomadic Matt suggests saving up between $50-$62 per day for this destination.
Note: this blog didn’t include daily cost estimates, but you have to check it out anyways: Backpacking New Zealand on a Budget.
Final tally: $93 per day, but again, costs vary widely.
South America
Photo courtesy of Pedro Szekely.
Brazil
Nomadic Matt’s budget guide recommends $50-$75 per day on a shoestring budget.
MyFunkyTravel (another great blog name!) also recommends $50-$75 per day for Brazil…I’m sensing a trend here.
The folks over at the Two Monkeys Travel Group have a great picture guide for their two-week trip to Brazil, with an average daily spend of $68.
Final tally: $64 per day.
Argentina
Once again, Nomadic Matt to the rescue! He says you should plan on about $50-$60 per day a your trip here.
Dani from Globetrotter Girls has some interesting info about an alternate currency. She spent about $59 per day here overall.
Manouk from Bunch of Backpackers spent $84 per day for a three-week Argentina adventure.
Final tally: $66 per day.
Columbia
Right in line with the rest of his recommendations, Nomadic Matt says to budget $50 per day for this country.
Go Backpacking’s guide to Columbia advises setting aside $35-$50 per day.
Lindsay from Frugal Frolicker (not me!) has some awesome photos from her week-long trip where she averaged $97 per day.
Final tally: $63 per day.
Peru
Manouk over at Bunch of Backpackers spent two weeks hanging out in Peru and spent $72 per day while doing it.
Nomadic Matt says a budget of $30-$50 should do pretty well as long as you’re traveling on the cheap.
Marta and JD have some awesome photos to show you from their Peru adventure. They spent just $40 per day over the course of two months.
Final tally: $51 per day.
Africa
Photo courtesy of South African Tourism.
Tanzania
Helen from Helen In Wonderlust had an awesome trip to Tanzania and Kenya (with plenty of photos!) for $90 per day.
Johnny from One Step 4ward recommends a bare-bones budget of $20-$30 per day if you skip the expensive safaris.
Budget Your Trip recommends a daily budget of $62 per person.
Final tally: $59 per day, but costs vary widely.
Kenya
Mark at Migrationology has a great guide on various in-country costs. He recommends budgeting $20-$50 for a bare-bones trip, up to $100-$200 per day if you opt in for a safari tour.
Budget Your Trip says you can get by with $42 per day — but I’m assuming then that you wouldn’t be taking any safari tours either.
I’ll add this one on here again…Helen from Helen In Wonderlust’s trip to Kenya and Tanzania cost her $90 per day.
Final tally: $56 per day, but jumps up quick if you want pricey tours.
South Africa
Kristin from Be My Travel Muse had an awesome trip to South Africa for $56 per day.
The blog Goats On The Road has a great guide to visiting this country, and estimates it’ll cost you $59 per day.
Yaya and Lloyd from Hand Luggage Only did a one-week trip here for $73 per day.
Final tally: $63 per day.
Morocco
You can expect to spend about $40-$60 per day in Morocco, according to Nomadic Matt.
Ross and Alyse from Free Your Mind Travel had an awesome three-week trip here for $30 per day.
Erica, a soap opera script supervisor from the blog As Her World Turns (what an appropriate name, haha!) spent $57 per day on a two-week Moroccan adventure.
Final tally: $56 per day.
Egypt
The folks at the Living The Dream blog spent $50 per day on a week-long trip just recently.
Mark from Migrationology spent a super-low $24 per day on his trip here several years ago.
John and Heather from Roaming Around The World had an awesome two-week adventure and packed this post full of tips, pictures, and cost breakdowns. They spent $57 per day on their trip.
Final tally: $44 per day.
Related post: How To Save For Travel Regardless Of How Much You Make
North America/Caribbean
Photo courtesy of James Wheeler.
Canada
A daily budget of $52-$60 per day should last as long as you’re going the frugal route, according to Nomadic Matt.
Hannah from That Adventurer spent just $45 per day on a one-month tour of Canada, with most of that going to transportation!
MyFunkyTravel recommends a budget of $60-$75 per day for a Canadian backpacking adventure.
Final tally: $56 per day.
Mexico
Matthew from Expert Vagabond has a ton of pictures and info about his travels to Mexico, where he suggest setting aside $30-$40 per day.
Jeremy and Winnie from Go Curry Cracker (a personal finance blog – w00t!) spent $84 per day over nearly six months of travel in this country.
Manouk from Bunch of Backpackers suggest budgeting $34 per day for a cheapo trip.
Final tally: $51 per day.
Jamaica
Nomadic Matt suggests budgeting a hefty $50-$80 per day for even a tight backpacking budget for this country.
Ben over at Road Affair spent $52 per day on a two-week trip to this country (and he has a ton of awesome pictures to prove it!).
Alesha and Jarryd at NOMADasaurus have some great budget backpacking tips they learned on their trip to Jamaica. They suggest a budget of $50-$60 per day.
Final tally: $57 per day.
Belize
Lauren from Never Ending Footsteps spent $53 per day in Belize…but she didn’t really like it that much.
Dan from Break Free spent a whopping $320 per day with his wife on a week-long vacation. Whew! It looks like Belize is mostly catering to all-inclusive (read: expensive) tourists, and the other two trips in this country were only done with extreme care.
Charlie from Charlie On Travel spent $35 per day with her husband by being super-savvy about where she spent her money.
Final tally: $44 per day on a super-tight budget, or several hundred per day.
Costa Rica
Matthew from Expert Vagabond spent a month-long vacation in Costa Rica for $32 per day.
Yeison and Samantha from My Tan Feet recommend budgeting $75-$100 per day if you want to go on tours, but $30-$50 per day will get you by if you’re doing it on the uber-cheap.
Nomadic Matt went to Costa Rica for 20 days and spent an average of $47 per day.
Final tally: $55 per day, or more if you want to do tours and stuff.
Guatemala
Matthew from Expert Vagabond spent $26 per day on a two-month trip around Guatemala.
The dude from Snarky Nomad spent $31 per day on a one-month trip here.
Manouk from Bunch of Backpackers lists $46 per day as a realistic budget.
Final tally: $34 per day. Super cheap!
Panama
Nomadic Matt set off here with a budget of $35 per day, but actually spent $66 per day over the course of a month.
Charlie On Travel spent $31 per day while traveling for a week around the tiny Panamanian island of Bocas del Toro.
Randi and Michael from Just A Pack also spent around $40 per day while at Bocas del Toro.
Final tally: $46 per day.
Cuba
Simon and Erin from Never Ending Voyage spent two weeks visiting this country, spending $47 per day.
Nick and Dairece from Goats On The Road spent $35 per day each over the course of a three-week visit to Cuba.
Gemma and Craig from Two Scots Abroad spent $47 per day each over a three-month trip.
Final tally: $43 per day.
Europe
Photo courtesy of Christopher Fraser.
The United Kingdom
Kash at Budget Traveler put together a super-comprehensive guide to the England full of pictures and costs. He recommends setting aside $42-$67 per day for a cheap budget trip.
If Scotland’s more to your liking, Nomadic Matt recommends a bare-bones budget of $68 per day.
MyFunkyTravel recommends a budget of $60-$80 per day depending on your preferences.
Final tally: $65 per day.
Iceland
Kristin from Be My Travel Muse did a 10-day DIY camper van trip around Iceland, spending $93 per day.
Roma and Russell from Roaming Required suggest a budget of $97-$129 per day each after their week-long Icelandic road trip.
If you plan on staying in Reykjavik only, expect to spend about $80 per day, according to James and Susan from The Savvy Backpacker.
Note: Brendan from Brendan’s Adventures doesn’t say how much his trip cost, but he is a photographer and holy cow I could spend the rest of the day looking at these photos from his Iceland trip.
Final tally: $95 per day.
Norway
Nomadic Matt suggests a daily budget of $70 per day for Norway, assuming you’re doing it on the super cheap.
According to Dan and Casey from A Cruising Couple, you can do Norway for as little as $50 per day with their tips.
Lucy from On The Luce took a five-day trip to the fjords and spent about $153 per day, but has awesome pictures!
Final tally: $91 per day.
Finland
Johnny from One Step 4ward has some great tips on how to get by on $70 per day while traveling here.
Nomadic Matt recommends a trip budget of $65-$85 per day.
Petra from Restless Girl spent $86 per day on a 7-day Lapland adventure.
Final tally: $77 per day.
Sweden
Nomadic Matt visited Sweden for about three weeks, and spent $111 per day while there.
Allison from Eternal Arrival went on a short three-day jaunt to Sweden, spending $105 per day.
James and Susan from The Savvy Backpacker recommend a budget of $90 per day.
Final tally: $102 per day. Ouch!
France
Stephen from A Backpacker’s Tale spent a month in France, averaging about $89 per day.
Nomadic Matt suggests saving up $46-$76 per day while traveling here.
Randi and Michael from Just A Pack say you’ll need about $57-$83 per day while staying in Paris.
Final tally: $73 per day.
Italy
Stephen from A Backpacker’s Tale spent $77 per day on a month-long tour of Italy.
You can do Italy on $60-$80 per day, according to Nomadic Matt.
James and Susan from The Savvy Backpacker recommend a budget of $54-$87 per day while in Venice, and I suppose the other big cities would probably be similar.
Final tally: $72 per day.
Germany
Nomadic Matt recommends a daily budget of $42-$62 per day for a trip to Germany.
Dave and Vicky from A Couple Travelers spent $62 per day on their German vacation…and they have some pretty awesome photos to prove it!
Stephen from A Backpacker’s Tale recommends a budget of $52-$73 per day for this country.
Final tally: $59 per day.
Spain
Natalie and Robson from Love And Road spent $43 per day on a month-long tour of Spain.
DJ from Dream Euro Trip spent $27 per day on a week-long trip here.
Nomadic Matt suggests a slightly higher budget, at $52-$62 per day.
Final tally: $42 per day.
Ireland
Lotte from Phenomenal Globe went all-out in on a five-day anniversary celebration vacation for $123 per day.
Audrey from That Backpacker spent $31 per day while splitting costs with a bunch of friends on a one-week road trip around Ireland.
Nomadic Matt says a budget of $42-$63 per day should do most people traveling on the cheap just fine.
Final tally: $69 per day.
The Netherlands
DJ from Dream Euro Trip spent $43 per day on a one-week trip here.
Susan and James from The Savvy Backpacker recommend a budget of $83 per day if you’ll be heading to Amsterdam.
Ali and Andy from Ali’s Adventures (say that ten times fast) spent $105 per day on their week-long trip to the Netherlands.
Final tally: $77 per day.
Switzerland
The folks over at Ridinkulous spent a whopping $136 per night on their week-long trip to Switzerland.
Nomadic Matt spent $82 per day on his week-long tour of this country. That’s way more than he usually spends. 🙂
Marta from In A Faraway Land spent just $32 per day on a week-long trip of Switzerland. Well done!
Final tally: $83 per day.
Austria
Sonia and Ankur spent a total of $135 per day each on a ten-day Austrian tour.
Susan and James recommend a daily budget of $54 while visiting the capital city of Vienna.
Jazzy from Road Affair has an awesome guide full of tons of photos. She recommends a daily budget of $44-$65 per day.
Final tally: $87 per day.
Greece
Jodie from That Little Backpacker spent $74 per person on a week-long vacation to Greece.
If you’ll be checking out Athens, Susan and James from The Savvy Backpacker recommend a budget of $61 per day.
Nomadic Matt says you can get by here on a budget as low as $42-$63 per day.
Final tally: $62 per day.
Poland
Charlie On Travel spent an amazing $12 per day while visiting Poland for three weeks (although she does admit she got free good/lodging for five days).
Nomadic Matt also agrees that Poland is cheap—he recommends a budget of around $30-$45 per day.
Susan and James from The Savvy Backpacker recommend setting aside $32 per day while in the capital city of Krakow.
Final tally: $27 per day. Sweeeeeeet!
Wrapping Up
Hopefully I’ve shown you that travel doesn’t have to be something that costs tens of thousands of dollars. If you pick your destination and mode of travel wisely, you can afford to travel too!
Related: How To Travel The World On $50 A Day: Travel Cheaper, Longer, Smarter (affiliate link—and yes, this is Nomadic Matt’s book!).
What countries have you been to, and how much did your trip cost? Leave a comment below!
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Great post Lindsay, some of these costs surprised me pretty much. I am european and I did not really thought that you can stay in any western country for less $100 a day.
Let me put my area (Serbia/Vojvodina) on the map too. You can fly from New York to Belgrade (cost is highly variable, but could be around $1k for the round trip) and then head to the northern area which is called Vojvodina (I have no problem with the southern parts, just don’t know them very much). If you check the two cities next to each other Subotica and especially Palic on AirBnB you can see that you can get a very good accommodation here for around $10/person/night (also you can check these cities on google street view to ascertain that this is not a warzone as many people assumes). You can dive into the local gastronomy for $2-$20 per meal (the lower end is a pljeskavica, similar to your hamburger but from real meat and a lot of veggies 🙂 , the higher end is a steak in a cool restaurant, and you can try local specialities anywhere between them). You can have a glass of local beer, wine and schnapps for around $2-$5 in restaurants & bars (from shops or local producers you can buy these things for $1-$4-$10 a bottle). Sightseeing and traveling around can happen with bus or train which because of its unreliability can be an adventure itself 🙂 Getting locals to carry around you with car or even horse-drawn carriage can be an option at some places. Final tally? You should be fine on a budget with $25 or live pretty good for $50 a day. Also you can check our northern neighbor Hungary too for very similar prices. Hope this will help someone 🙂
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That sounds like a fantastic adventure!! I’ve always been tempted to head to that region since I’m a wannabe history buff, and there’s so much that’s happened there.
Thanks for the cost breakdown too – hopefully someone will go check it out and report back! 🙂
Thanks for including me! And to be clear, that Singapore budget post was for me and my husband, so that’s 2 people traveling on that amount per day. But yeah, not a cheap country, especially if you don’t want to stay in a hostel dorm.
:O thanks for the heads-up – I’ll go change it now.
Also, I loved the pictures and the detailed breakdown from your blog – it really made me want to check Singapore out! 🙂
Okay, so there is a figure that flies around the interwebz a lot, it’s the one saying you can travel Southeast Asia for $30 a day (USD). This is soooo not what most people spend. If you don’t do pricey tours, or move around a lot, and focus on street stall food, then places like Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia can be done for $30/day. But from my experience and lots of others, I’d say $40/day is usually a good price to set (hostels, street food, etc.).
SUPER comprehensive list! Thanks for putting it together!
You’re welcome! Yeah, that was one of my problems in putting this list together. There were trips where people literally slept on the street and didn’t do any fun things and spent like $2, and then there were people who went all-out and spent several hundred dollars per day in the same area. It just goes to show that there really is a huge range of costs, even for the same trip. So, you DO have options at least!
Great resource. Thanks for putting all of your research in one place and sharing it! It often seems unbelievable how little you can spend on travels to some of these places, but the detailed budgets help you see how realistic it truly is.
I know, right? I had no idea. If you stay away from the uber-fancy resorts and all-inclusive vacation packages it really is affordable.
Haven’t done this since college, and don’t remember at all what I spent on European travel during my semester abroad. I do know that my tolerance for sleeping on trains, bunking in dorms, etc, has faded a bit over the years. Backpacking was a lot more appealing at 21 than it is at 50, lol, so don’t wait too long, folks.
That makes sense, haha!
Although I think I’ll always be a backpacker in some form or another (even if it’s just on trails at home) until my legs give out. Maybe then I’ll get an all-terrain-wheelchair! lol
This is invaluable. It’s good to keep in mind something that Tim Ferriss said in The Four-Hour Workweek that amounts to: “You think you want the money that the rich have, but really you want the freedom that you think that money brings you.”
It doesn’t cost a lot to travel, especially if you’re frugal.
I’ll be checking this out as I plan my own trips.
I think I’ve seen some of your comments on The Financial Samurai, too. Keep it up!
Thanks Phil! I hope this can help you out in the future.
Me and my husband just had a discussion like this the other day, about whether we “like” money. My response: I couldn’t give two hoots about money. If it wasn’t money, we’d have some other way to trade value. Money is just something that gives me options, and that’s what I really care about. Some options cost more than others, and if you’re smart about it, you can get your preferred options for cheaper.
I think we differ on that one. I *definitely* like money 🙂
It’s more important, though, to have the traits that attract (and keep) money. A financial disaster can ruin any old wealthy person, but it can never take away your drive and integrity.
And it definitely looks like you have those traits.
You’re definitely right that cost =/= value. Personally, I think I might be even happier travelling the world on a budget because 1) it presents problems, and I like solving problems and 2) I wouldn’t be paying exorbitant amounts of money that could otherwise go to someone who actually needs it.
Absolutely depends on where you go! We aimed for an overall NZ$100/day budget for 2 people during our RTW trip and didn’t go too far over. Asia was obviously our cheapest region … averaged about $80 (so $40 each) and we travelled comfortably, not scrimping too much. And obviously with exchange rates, that would be a much lewor equivalent for other currencies including US. (Our full breakdown is here! http://nzmuse.com/2014/01/rtw-trip-costs-total)
Nice! And thanks for the heads-up about hostels not being cheaper in your post…I had no idea. I’ve never actually stayed in a hostel before, but I always assumed they’re cheaper. It really does pay to do your research!
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