The myth that travel is expensive: How 5 days in a Stockholm Me 100

The myth that travel is expensive: How 5 days in a Stockholm Me 100 - $ cost

When I arrived in July to Stockholm, I found myself one day $ 100 spend. That's a lot of money, even for Stockholm. Food and entertainment often jacked my living costs extremely high. While I preach about Budget Travel, I am often not the best budget travelers. After all, this is my life, and if I Sushi, I want to eat sushi! So I tend to splurge often than not.

But as I reflected on how much money I was spending, I wondered what would happen if I flipped the equation. As long as I could in Stockholm $ 100 USD last? What if I decided to be ultra efficient? I wanted an answer, especially since one of the reasons why many people do not come to this city (or general travel) is because it is so expensive. So I went on a quest to answer a single question:

"As long as I can to Stockholm $ 100 life without sacrificing too much of the comfort that I enjoy while travel "

The answer :. 5

Where Did The Money Go

There I took five days to spend my $ 100 claim ?. In order to keep my costs low, I couchsurfed with a friend all week (something everyone to do using hospitality networking sites). I went instead everywhere to take the train. I cooked my own food. I went out one night in a bar. My money went mainly to food: (not my friend over the Internet, so I had to visit Internet cafes) foods, sodas and brownies, and a few drinks

The fact that it was

how this relates to you?

I do not think my results for everyday travelers are replicable. This experiment was not intended to be an example, I think you should follow. Living like a beggar was boring. Incredibly boring. Sure, I have a few things, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. It was hard to go out with friends, because even buy a soda could blow my budget. Watch the movie? Nee. To eat out? Definitely not. the day filling was simple: I walked around a lot, took the free walking tours, hanging in the park from, have a lot of hiking or have worked. I was never bored during the day. But the nights? The nights were spoiled. Now I saw a lot of movies on my computer or sitting a beer care because I could not buy it afford. If you can not spend money, there is not much in the night to do except watch television, exercise and sleep.

But the purpose of this experiment, it was not going to have you follow me. The purpose of this experiment was to show that if you are committed, it is possible to have some fun while you make money last, even in a city like Stockholm, home of the value meal McDonalds $ 10 [1945003[

people always say travel is too expensive, but if I can survive $ 20 USD a day in Stockholm, the excuse that travel is not really cut it too expensive.

Realistically, the average traveler is that the $ 100 USD spending faster than I, but this experiment proves, there are ways to stretch your budget. No goal must be taboo.

Yes, flights are expensive, but fortunately there are many ways to get free and extremely cheap flights. Once you reach your destination, there are ways to save money. Cook your meals, couch surfing or house free seating, take the free walking tours, get a tourist card - the list goes on. But this way only if you are willing to stay focused and determined.

Also in Stockholm, there is a middle ground between $ 100 per week and $ 100 per day. Using the above tips as well as some city-specific tips - like beer stick (spirits are expensive), buffet lunch, taking advantage of the students / youth discounts, or on the street carts to eat - you can here go for $ 40-70 USD per day. At this price your dream trip suddenly looks more like the reality.

If you are focused, avoid unnecessary costs, and think outside the "hotel / location / sightseeing" box all goal may be within your budget reach.

And that's really what this experiment went. It had nothing to do with Stockholm, specifically, and everything to do with the fact that I wanted to show you the effect that the budgeting and out-of-the-box thinking on travel costs has.

Do I want you for a week traveling like this? No. Is what I did sustained over a longer period? No way. The first thing I did when my experiment was over was to go for sushi and a bottle of wine to crack.

But to say that a place is "too expensive", is never an excuse. A place is just too expensive in your head. Everyone has a different travel style and its own budget, but there are ways for travel less than you think.

Also in "expensive" Stockholm.

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