What does it ACTUALLY Cost? (Backpacking Europe on a Budget)

[00:00] I just returned from my European

[00:03] going to break down exactly how much

[00:07] budgeting tips on how you can save money

[00:12] five categories being travel food

[00:17] no secret that travel is going to be one

[00:22] flights will likely be your biggest cost

[00:28] 560

[00:32] together and flew TAP Air Portugal

[00:37] to Rome and Paris back to Chicago in

[00:43] $468 this airfare was so cheap because a

[00:47] advance and B I went on the shoulder

[00:53] February and I flew out of Paris in

[00:58] roundtrip flight from Rome to Athens and

[01:04] Dubrovnik Croatia my next major travel

[01:11] $369 for the 10day in 2-month pass which

[01:18] also paid an additional

[01:24] altogether this cost me

[01:29] indiv individual train fairs for each of

[01:33] committing to a pass personally opting

[01:37] bucks plus it's incredibly convenient

[01:41] you can cancel a travel day with ease

[01:47] bucks on other major travel this

[01:51] separately for my pass day trip travel

[01:56] Islands finally I spent $240 on public

[02:03] I tried to do as much walking as

[02:07] the public transit you're not going to

[02:11] back altogether travel cost me $1,600 or

[02:17] $1,490 which divided over the course of

[02:23] and 26 if you're willing to spend a

[02:28] your travel you can travel a affordably

[02:32] next expense category is food first I

[02:37] $670 on groceries this included food

[02:42] for lunches a lot of the times I would

[02:46] and cheese for lunch I cooked about 25%

[02:52] sustainable to cook every single night

[02:56] to the hospital exhausted from a day of

[03:01] eating out is considerably more

[03:05] $1,700 on eating out which includes

[03:10] restaurants and street food I believe

[03:14] eating the Local Foods and that you

[03:18] that you visit in total food cost me

[03:25] $2,260 which breaks down into $35 or €32

[03:32] food but I also eat a lot more food than

[03:37] weigh 185 lbs and I worked out almost

[03:43] steps per day there are many days where

[03:49] think you could get away with spending a

[03:54] the time street food costs about the

[03:58] about €10 a meal I don't think it's

[04:03] your meals if you're doing as much

[04:08] obviously if you cook more of your own

[04:13] could save a bit of money in this

[04:17] accommodation about 80% of the time I

[04:22] other 20% of the time was airbnbs

[04:27] definitely be an adjustment at first but

[04:33] only stayed in airbnbs when I had

[04:37] when that split cost was cheaper than

[04:42] $1,700 on accommodation which comes out

[04:46] $24.45 or €

[04:53] average cost of accommodation by country

[04:57] Hungary Austria and C

[05:02] may not be a great representation of how

[05:08] accommodation in Europe is not crazy

[05:13] can go in the offseason or the shoulder

[05:17] would be to book out hosts in advance

[05:22] may also want to book hostiles in

[05:26] times but for busy cities with more

[05:31] days prior also if you book through

[05:36] for free cancellation which will allow

[05:41] you find something cheaper or if the

[05:45] staying in hostiles while solo traveling

[05:50] the cost of an Airbnb with someone else

[05:55] like-minded people my next cost category

[06:01] excursions and activities for instance

[06:07] a church I did a wine tour at the

[06:10] Portugal but outside of that didn't do

[06:16] guy so that was an easy thing not to

[06:22] souvenirs like bracelets and rings and

[06:28] $345 or

[06:33] $493 or €

[06:41] have the other category the first thing

[06:46] insurance I got my travel insurance

[06:51] for health insurance trip cancellation

[06:57] cost me

[07:02] fortunately I didn't need to use my

[07:07] have because if you were to get

[07:11] in a really tough spot in a foreign

[07:16] bill I switched over to T-Mobile for

[07:20] American Carrier plan that was nearly as

[07:25] carriers charge $10 per day extra which

[07:31] international plan costs just 50 bucks

[07:37] those I was allotted 15 gigs of

[07:41] typically use between 6 and 7 gigs I

[07:47] phone that much so that was really just

[07:53] to get local SIM cards because you need

[07:57] that you visit and I was legit in

[08:02] have just been a nuisance in total the

[08:07] $162 with tax the next other category

[08:14] $167 on drinking I'm not a huge drinker

[08:19] clubbing is almost part of the

[08:25] general for me I was just too tired to

[08:31] long day of sightseeing but I met plenty

[08:36] literally every single day so you're

[08:40] spectrum of not drinking at all to

[08:46] expensive if you're drinking and going

[08:51] laundry I did my laundry n times over

[08:57] airbnbs which was free and and five

[09:02] cost me about 8 to do my laundry

[09:08] another

[09:12] $590 all right now for the moment that

[09:17] spent drum roll

[09:21] please $

[09:27] 6,244 which comes out to

[09:33] 8920 per day if you eat as much as I do

[09:40] this is as cheap as you can do it but

[09:44] or cut other costs like alcohol or

[09:49] lastly I wanted to talk about how I

[09:53] for this adventure when I got my first

[09:58] specifically for this trip and over the

[10:04] jobs and other jobs while I was at

[10:09] corporate internship although I

[10:13] trip I soon realized that I could spend

[10:20] with that extra money I'm planning on

[10:24] for a month and I'm going to make a

[10:28] doing vlogs vogs of my entire trip thus

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