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What's your target daily budget? (self.shoestring)

submitted 2 years ago by overzeetop to c/shoestring

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I'm coming off some UK/EU travel and, for three of us, we were burning a solid $300/day for hotel, food, entertainment (cheap museums, mostly) and incidentals. The worst part is that the hotels we stayed at were probably a notch or two lower than I'd have liked, trying to economize.

I'm planning out another trip to Copenhagen and Amsterdam for next fall, and am just throwing $200 a night at the hotel number in hopes of being close, but even that turns up few options in/near the cities.

What are you all seeing in your travels? Do you have a target number you try and hit?

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[–] nichos 3 points 2 years ago

Really depends on the city. NYC can be insanely expensive. In Manhattan a "cheap" beer (Miller Lite) is $8. Any half way decent dinner is going to run $30-40 per person. In the SE US, you can get beers as cheap as $2 or $3 on happy hour, or $4 regular, and a good meal for $20 per person.

When I'm traveling I try to accept things are going to cost more than at home, it's all relative.