The cost of traveling Australia

The cost of traveling Australia -

Everyone has sticker shock when they get to Australia. You see how much things cost, and drop their jaws. Heck, even Australians get sticker shock, and they live there. Travelers go quickly through their budget, because no one ever expected the land cost as much as it works. When I traveled for the first time a few years ago to Australia, I grossly underestimated how much I needed. It cost me double what I thought, because of a strong Australian dollar and poor planning. This time I was better prepared, but I still overspent, because I was not prepared for such a dramatic inflation.

In addition, Australia's strong dollar means that you do not get well no benefit if the money exchange. It is practically on a par with the US dollar, and the weak Euro and Pound have given the Europeans less value for their money.

While I was in Australia this year, I spent $ 3,400 USD in 33 days have. Included are all my day to day expenses, flights, transport, tours and everything I bought. Averaging about $ 100 per day, it would be much more I had not been able to stay with friends and get discounted tours. I ate a lot of expensive restaurants flew, a few places, and spent a lot of money to the Internet on my phone. If it were not for my friends and the discounts I was got, I'd spent about USD $ 150 per day have.

If you travel Australia to seek your typical costs this tendency as:

• Hostels: In North Queensland, can see hostel prices for about $ 20 per night. On the west coast, is about $ 24, but down from Noosa to Melbourne (the densely populated east coast), expect $ 27-35 to pay per night. The smaller the residence, the higher the cost. Private rooms are $ 65-100 per night
• Food . Your average meal in Australia will run you about $ 15-20. A good meal at a nice restaurant you will run about $ 40. Even McDonalds is expensive a value meal around $ 8
• Drink . For a country of drunkards, they make it very hard to do. Beer costs about $ 8. Happy hours and backpacker bars are have cheap drinks normally, and you can have a pint of something for $ 4-5 usually find
• Tours .: tours in Australia are much cheaper than tours in New Zealand, and there is also a lot less of them spend on your money. A typical multi-day tour costs around $ 0th , Most day trips can be found for $ 100
• Transport: to cheap transport in Australia found if you look hard enough. But outside the densely populated and highly competitive East Coast, it is not always so easy. Because of limited competition flying very expensive, except on the West Coast. It is often to fly cheaper than there to get a bus. If you get an offer for a tourist bus, which may be cheaper than either Greyhound or fly. On the east coast, provides Greyhound many discount passes. I would take other transport. The Cairns to Melbourne Pass is $ 485

How to save you money in Australia .:

• cook . cook your meals, you can save a lot of money. I cooked for a week with noodles, a few meat and ready meals, and I dollars only $ 60.
• drink less outputted. Alcohol causes all good budgets to die. A six-pack of beer is $ 14. If you want to save money, to drink less. Or drink goon (boxed wine). Goon is the perennial favorite of travelers. It's $ 16 dollars for four liters of wine. Actually, it is not wine. It's fish, dairy products and dairy-no grapes here. It gives you a killer hangover, but also the most for your money.
• Couchsurfing . CouchSurfing with locals, stay in place and save on accommodation. Every night from the hostel is more money for activities. This is also a great way to meet local people and get involved with the local culture.
• buy packages . Buy together tours can save you money. In Australia it is cheaper to go to a hostel tour desk or a place like Tribal and activity book all together. You will save more money than on your own book. Surprisingly, I know.

At the bare minimum budget, I believe, a traveler could get by on $ 77 a day. Most people traveling Australia for about a month. If you go to Cairns did the Melbourne route, your cost would be $ 810 hostels (average price of $ 27 per night), $ 500 for food (mixing cooking and eating), $ 500 for trips and $ 500 for your bus ticket. The budget covers not drinking or additional costs that may arise. When five nights Couchsurfed and bought all your own food, you could (theoretically) you reduce your budget to $ 64 per day. broken (without drinking water or other incidental costs.)

But we know all households, no matter how well we plan to get. So to cover all your costs and have a little more, I would budget $ 100 per day. You never know what might happen. You might find out a great night or maybe you will break your camera. It is always better to leave a country to spend more money than too much.

For more information on Australia, visit my guide travel to Australia.

NOTE: All prices are in AUD unless otherwise

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