Budgeting in New Zealand
When I went to New Zealand, my goal was living in a household. did $ NZD 15 per lunch After paying, I would Zealand be more expensive than I had originally thought. While I and travel to work and won $ 15 NZD afford for lunch, I wanted to live in a household that would be realistic for travelers who do not.
My original budget was $ 80 per day NZD. As I do with this aim, while New Zealand Backpacking? Well, pretty good - I made it $ 70 NZD per day to spend ($ 79 NZD, if you are the money I at the casino lost.)
I came in under my budget, but before me Congratulations, there are three reasons why this happened: I was with friends for two weeks based and nomadic gave me free accommodation and my bus passes were free
If it were not for these three reasons, would I have spent. ca. 0-140 NZD $ per day. Why? Because I do not cook the way I wanted and I did not so little to drink, as I hoped I would. I enjoy going to restaurants and eating good food. I hate it in hostels cooking, if one million people to bump into me, and no one cleans the dishes. I am a great cook, but I'm very particular about my kitchen.
Nevertheless, I kept an eye on costs and prices. Except for unusual meals that I have everything that other travelers did. I food lived for a bit, took advantage of cheap goon and beer, I took the same buses and total attempts an idea of what New Zealand would look on a budget to get what would be something like this:
- Hostel 27 NZD a 6-bed room per night $
- Food :. $ Per day from 20 to 40 NZD if you eat or about $ 50 NZD per week if you cook your food
- Drink : .. $ 07.05 NZD per beer, $ 10.07 NZD for a mixed drink
- transport : 20-40 on the public bus per trip NZD $
- Internet :. NZD $ 4 NZD per hour, $ 15 per day, [$ 150NZDproMonat .
- activities :. $ 80-500 NZD
on a super tight budget, you can expect to spend about 40 to NZD $ per day, not counting transportation or activities. Two German girls I knew by on around $ NZD 30 per day of CouchSurfing, work on farms in exchange for room and board received, and cooking at every meal. It is possible to spend very little if you really choose your battles and choose.
However, for most travelers, which is not practical. You are probably in hostels, eating a few meals, and stay a few drinks. A more realistic daily budget, including dorm beds, food, drinks, Internet and other expenses would about $ 70 NZD, without significant activity. needs depending on food and drink, you could probably do it by $ 50 NZD per day if you eat most of your meals.
After that you will spend the rest on activities. A bungy jump is between $ 100-250 NZD a skydive $ 500 NZD, the Waitomo glowworm caves are $ 100-0 NZD, Fox Glacier Trekking over $ 100 NZD, and the intersection Tonagriro $ 50 NZD. And these are a part of of many activities that you can do! The point. These activities are not cheap and can really add
The transport costs will vary depending on whether you take the Greyhound, Backpacker buses, rent hitchhiking or a car. Renting a car is the cheapest way, and great to go if you find a group of people. Backpacker buses also offer a good price.
If you are a person who do not want WWOOF (agricultural work) or hitchhike your way through New Zealand, I would say that your total daily budget to the Transport and activities would be $ 110 NZD. That's assuming, like most travelers, you spend a month or more in the country, so you spread the cost of everything. This may seem very high, but considering that people tend to do many activities here, I think it is the most appropriate. Even if you per day to 35 $ NZD cheap life, a few activities and bus your daily average of close to $ 100 NZD shoot.
The lesson I walked away from New Zealand was with that in spite of the favorable exchange rate, it is simply not a cheap country Tourism in New Zealand is really built around activities -. Activities that quickly eat through your budget. If you want to do a lot of them, but with a limited budget, you need to select them carefully or drastically cut in other areas. The cost of food and drinks here are extremely high, but that's the easiest way to save money. New Zealand is a country where the old saying really true holds "half a pack and you expect to take to make money double."
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