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Estimate Question: Approximately how much do people spend when travelling for a year?

  • 15-04-2020 01:26PM
    #1
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
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    I understand this is completely dependant on where you go/where you stay etc but interested to hear ballpark figures of where people went and approximately how much it cost.

    I always here of people going travelling for a year but in my head it would be like 15-20k :eek:


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  • #2
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
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    Anyone...?


  • #3
    duffman13
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    Give us a rough idea on location and your way of traveling.

    For Asia or South America, a year without flights to the location could be done less than 10k but you'd be travelling slowly


  • #4
    duffman13
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    Like South East Asia can still be done cheaply but hostels would be where you are staying,8 - 10 euro a night is a good average at the top end but could be down for 4-5 euro a night

    On that alone for a year your talking somewhere between 1400 - 3600 for accommodation.

    Food the same, if you eat local stuff and street food, budget well, you can survive easily on 5 euro a day but when you add in drink to it if your that way inclined you could spend a lot more.

    I'd say keep maybe 10 euro a day for activities whether that is hiring a scooter, visiting somewhere, travelling etc, its a good base point.

    What I'm getting at is it can be done for very little if your very frugal or could cost a fortune. I personally hate living so tightly so I did a 6 months, then worked in Oz for 4 months and did another 8 months, I spend probably 15k for the 14 months (not including oz as I was working) and had a fairly comfortable trip.


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