How much is the budget world tour? How much is on average worth traveling
The most popular question we asked after the journey was about money.
There was no such person who would not ask, and how many still stand around the world journey for a year. And I, in general, I understand these people, I myself would probably not resist.
In this post, I will try to answer this question as much as possible.
So, let's start our financial striptease -)
I warn you, the article is big and bored, some numbers and no photos.
Do not take this article for axiom, i.e. If we have left this amount of money, it does not mean that it will be acceptable to all. These spending were due to our desires and opportunities based on our preferences.
It cannot be said that we kept themselves in a black body and sat on bread and water, but at the same time sometimes had to limit themselves in something. We lived both in hotels and hostels, flew on airplanes and drove hitchhiking, fed in restaurants and in local cafes. It all depends on the country, the season and your specific circumstances. Therefore, these figures can be viewed as a certain indicator of the average temperature in the hospital, i.e. It gives only a general idea without specifics.
The following costs include only travel costs. This is: flights / moving, visas, food, accommodation, all sorts of tickets, rental of bikes, souvenirs, etc.
This does not include the cost of training: buying backpacks, insurance, tracking shoes, camera, etc.
Also here does not include unforeseen expenses that could be avoided.
All costs are indicated for 2 people, i.e. If you travel one, you can safely divide the amount in half.
We were around the road for almost 1 year, from 2012 to 2013, prices are respectively indicated during this period. So, let's begin.
In Asia we spent a total of 198 days and spent $ 8,627 during this time.
On average, on a day, we left about $ 45 for two, this is the amount excluding flights. Also, daily consumption does not include the receipt of expensive visas: Chinese, Australian and American. But the daily consumption includes moving and minor visas that are put on the border or relatively easy, quickly and cheap are obtained in the embassy.
Those costs that were not taken into account in the daily flow rate are painted with gray.
Daily expenses includes everything except visas and flights, it is very convenient to use it that about Rate the cost of living in the country. This also includes expenses for entrance tickets to various attractions. I will say again that these expenditures are averaged and exemplary, i.e. It is possible that we forgot something to calculate.
We did a visa to Moscow through the agency, of course, itselves is cheaper, but at the beginning we had little time and there was no experience in obtaining visas at all, so we decided to entrust this work to professionals. Visa did two-time, because planned to call in, but never drove.
China turned out to be very expensive, for some reason I thought about my naiveness that it should have been cheaper there, for example, as in Tae. It seems like cheap Chinese goods and all that, yeah like -)
Especially expensive in China turned out to be moved around the country, because Large distances, but I want to look more. In addition, in China, we just learned to communicate with Asian sellers.
The most cheap country in Asia for us was, for a decent double with the Internet in Guesthouse with Siem Ripa, we paid about 6-7 dollars per room.
Also, I note that the longer you live in the country, the less you get expenses, especially if you rent housing for a month. That is how we enrolled in, as a result, for the month of residence in the house in Ao Nang paid 5,500 rubles. Prices for hotels in Ao Nang for a short time can be viewed.
The most expensive, of course, turned out to be, it was expected, and more than 3 days there is nothing to do there. During this period, everything can be done. You can get an approximate view of hotels in Singapore.
After Asia was Australia, where we headed from Bali. In Australia in 25 days was spent 1301 $
We received a visa to Australia to Bali, this process is described in very detail.
Australia was the most expensive country from all where we visited, the minimum price for the hostel on average from $ 30. And this is for the biggest Dorm, not in the best hostel.
About prices in Australia and how you can save me there.
We mainly managed to save at the expense and accommodation in the Kauratsurofers. Especially Many thanks Dima And Tatiana Komarov.
Unfortunately, it was not difficult to see a thoroughly, for this I need to either ride a hitchhiking for a long time, or take a car for rent (the best option).
From Australia, we flew to Buenos Aires, and began to ride in South America.
As a result, for 81 days, the joint efforts spent $ 8333.
Flight to Yua was even cheaper than we planned, the usual price is about $ 2000 per ticket, but because We took a ticket to the day before departure, the price was lower. Usually, the opposite is usually, but as you can see and exceptions.
It turned out to be the most expensive country (which was quite expected) about prices in Argentina there is such a wonderful.
But what we did not expect it, these are such high prices from Brazil.
In general, in almost all EA prices, the price is higher than in Russia, the exceptions are and perhaps a couple of countries in which we were not.
Argentina came out in first place in particular because there is no cheap way of movement in the country. Or dear buses or planes. And the price of the plane is sometimes cheaper than the bus. The distance in the country is huge, sometimes cheaper to fly somewhere on the plane than 20 hours to go by bus.
Bolivia turned out to be cheaper than everything, and in my opinion, the most colorful country of Yua. Honestly, I did not expect so much emotions from this little country. Prices for housing in Bolivia can be estimated at the cost of hotels in the capital of the country La Paz.
By the way, in Bolivia, we have received an American visa without any problems, perhaps this information is useful to those who are gathered in the army.
The biggest flow rate in Bolivia, probably there was a tour of the Solonchak Uyuni. We chose the most expensive company and remained very satisfied.
Awesome place, unique and only on earth, and no money is a pity to see him. I can say with confidence that for me it was the main motive to visit Yua.
Peru is a very tourist country, although it is necessary to get away from the fashionable trail, something among Cambodia and Bolivia arises before his eyes. Prices for housing in, perhaps, the most popular Perauan city of Cusco can be viewed.
I am often asked - "Leva, how it turns out that you can?" Usually people are interested in two things: where can I get so much vacation, and where I take so much money. Everything is simple to vacation - that leaves me travel time. As for the money, I honestly never considered how much I spend on my trips.
But, I think, it's time to estimate, how much does this life cost me full of journeys ...
So as not to walk, take for example 2017. Over the past year, I was in the position of 138 days, and managed to visit 15 countries (including several travels on the USA):
Those of you who are actively watching my blog know that it is notpic, so I will not consider it. After all, I definitely can not afford every year so to go off on the winter holidays.
Since I love to fly to Asia and Europe, and for this I need to cross the oceans, the flights are one of the most important items. Here I - with their help, I made five transcaan flights in 2017. Moreover, I did it into a business, and even in the first class. (Miles are the best way to fly a business class.) It's hard to forget with their double beds on board.
But for the rest of the flights I paid honestly earned money (and therefore flew in the main economy!) I am a faithful client of the Delta airline, and if I already buy air tickets, I try to fly to Delta or their partners in the SkyTeam Alliance. For the last couple of years, they track the dollar equivalent spent on flights during the year. I went to look at it at the end of 2017, and saw this:
It was somewhere in November, and Delta counted me $ 4,826. In fact, this number does not take into account taxes and fees (for example, about $ 700), and in my case, there was still the upcoming flight to Buenos Aires, which was worth a one and a half thousand dollars. As a result, I figured out that I spent somewhere $ 7,000 for flights.
Then he thought that it could be easily checked, and climbed to fold all purchased for 2017 flights. It happened a little more - somewhere $7,500 .
This does not include internal flights. These, though in 2017 it was not so much, and some I also took a mile. But I decided to calculate them together with the rest of the expenses "on the spot."
Here I have everything just - there is no possibility (or desire) to calculate each spent penny. Therefore, I pretend that stay abroad average I am going on in $ 200 per day. This includes the night, food, moving, etc. There are cities and countries more expensive, there are much cheaper. But in general, in my opinion, it turns out that way.
For example
Of course you can travel much cheaper. For example, I prefer to always dwell in centrally located hotels. The number of stars does not care much, but proximity to the center is yes. Often I go to the inadential restaurants, especially when traveling with gourmet friends. How to go, and do not try there?
And in general, you can choose the initially inexpensive countries - so I know there are guys who can spend a month for $ 500 somewhere! But I do not like to save a lot on trips. At the same time, I do not think that I somehow specially trains. Although so probably no one considers.
In short, to understand the exemplary costs, take these $ 200 and multiply by 138 days. It turns out $27,600 . I now saw it, and it seemed somehow a lot. But nothing can be done.
So what does it go? Outgoing my general annual travel budget - somewhere $35,000 . At the current rate, this is a little more than two million rubles.
What do you think it's a lot? Have you expected more? Or less? Perhaps if I did not spend such money for constant trips, I could afford to live somewhere in the center of New York, and not (which, but, closer to the JFK airport!)
I was born and grew up in Tyumen. But I was always interested: we have so, and how are there in another city, another country, on another continent?
Another teenager, I decided that I would argue around the world. Parents did not support my desire, but did not prohibit. At the age of 20, I first ended up abroad, and in 21 went to the army.
The army in my understanding is when the start and finish at one point, with the intersection of all meridians.
First, I was moving just natural curiosity. Then travel has become part of life. The more moving the light, the more I want to understand why I can, but no neighbor? How to teach a neighbor to throw away obstacles and know the happiness of traveling?
In my free time, I spend master classes for those who want to know our planet. I like to inspire people. But I would travel, even if my experience was not interesting to anyone and if there were no Internet to share your impressions.
How much is around the world's trip?
I spent 180,000 rubles for the first army. This amount includes:
- air travel - 72,000 rubles;
- housing - 17 500 rubles;
- visas - 6,700 rubles;
- food - approximately 50,000 rubles;
- communication, entertainment and other minor expenses are the rest.
Another important nuance. I never take a trip cash. Only foreign exchange bank cards. Because if you lose cash, I will stay without livelihood. If you lose a card, I will transfer funds to the second and calmly continue the journey.
How to prepare for the first solitary journey?
I advise you not to use ready-made checks from the Internet, and make your own. You must calculate the travel budget and prepare a spare option for each force majeure.
For example, I usually have an alternative to overnight chance if the hotel in which it was planned to stop is crowded. At the same time you need to be ready to sleep at the airport or on the beach, if everything goes wrong. By the way, there is even a rating of the most convenient airports for sleeping and instructions, how to do it right.
The modern traveler is not obliged to be able to navigate on the compass (if I have to select the iPhone, in an unfamiliar place I will pull a long time), but it must be unpretentious and open to the world. The second is the most important thing.
Take a minimum of things with you, and then reduce this minimum still half.
- Rules of behavior. In decent institutions there are always a regulation: you can not give guests, noise after eleven, leave things in a washing machine and so on. The more the rules hostel, the cleaner and more comfortable there.
- Limit of stay. In good hostels it is impossible to stay longer than a week or even a couple of days. If there are no restrictions, there is a high probability that migrant workers or prostitutes settled there.
Housing I am looking for Hotellook or "Islet". At the same time, I always put a check mark "Free Breakfast" and "Free Wi-Fi". You greatly save when these services are included in the price.
Does rubbing work?
And how! I adore Couchsurfing.com. Even removed the video how to use this service.
The most hospitable people from the countries where I visited, by the way, in our Russia.
How to communicate with the local population?
At the time of the start of the first rounds, I knew English at the Cat, Home, Sorry level. But while traveling well tightened the language. If you do not understand what is happening around, then you risk life and the brain is activated - you are learning new words and phrases instantly.
- "Hello!", "Thank you", "Sorry" - simple courtesy, which is very valued by local residents.
- "Stop, enough!" - It is useful in the market or, for example, in a massage salon.
- "How much is?" - If you ask in a local language, you can get away for a foreigner who is well versed in the local realities and not to overestimate the price.
- "Where?" - cuts out in many situations, you can find out where there is some kind of attraction or toilet.
- "I need help" - if you serve the SOS signal on your understandable people, they will quickly come to your revenue. Well, with this phrase in an unfamiliar country, you can even start any conversation.
How to eat on travel?
We never eat in tourist sites. It is worth a 200 meters from the Louvre, as in the cafe there are completely different prices. In foreign trips, I always use Groupon - helps save on nutrition.
If you just arrived and hung horribly, do not rush to immediately get acquainted with local cuisine. As they say, not knowing the fusion, do not fall into the water. Go to McDonalds or another famous franchise institution. Then the locals will tell you where the most delicious dishes are served, in which restaurant they go to the whole family for years now.
What else can you save?
- Move around the city. I try to book accommodation near the center and I use public transport. In the whole world only once drove by taxi. In the future, I plan to test running tours and bike rental.
- Communication. I always make a SIM card with unlimited Internet, if I plan to stay more than four or five days in the country. And I do not miss the opportunity to take advantage of free Wi-Fi.
- Excursions. Never use the services of a guide: I am interested to feel the spirit of the place, and not to listen to someone's chatter. If you need to know the story of a particular attraction, opening "Wikipedia".
- Souvenirs. Do you need it at all? But if necessary, try to pay the local currency (some cache can be removed in ATM).
Will the second round light?
Yes, in January 2017. By time, it is designed for five months. Approximate route: Russia - UAE - Nepal - Maldives - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Indonesia - Australia - USA - Colombia - Iceland - Spain - Russia.
With the current dollar rate, the budget is 200,000 rubles. But this time everything will be more difficult. I plan to earn money during the trip and participate in two Ironman starts. For participation in it, I was inspired by Lifehaker. :)
By the way, if the readers had some other questions about around the world (and not only) travel, ready to communicate in the comments.
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Live traveling and to visit every corner of the earth dream almost everything. But what stops us? Right - money. It is impossible to just throw the boning work, collect a suitcase and go to conquer the world. Or you can?
website Tell about 11 reliable ways to help you secure yourself in a trip.
1. Teacher English
English teachers are in great demand, especially in Asia, Africa and Latin America. At the same time, to teach English in school, it is not necessary to have a teacher's education or to be a radical native speaker.
But in some serious schools, you may be able to show a certificate of international on Tesol, TEFL or CELTA. But the salary will be appropriate: for example, about a year in Japan and a year in the United Arab Emirates.
2. Work on a cruise liner
Work on a private yacht or a cruise liner is a good way to see different countries and visit exotic places. At the same time, you will provide free accommodation, meals, insurance and hotel in case of stopping in another country. And on many large liners for crew members there are separate shops, internet cafes, gym and recreation areas with billiards.
Many work varieties: Chef, stewardess, tour manager, photographer, engineer and many other vacancies. For some professions, it is even not necessary to know additional language.
To get to the liner, you must enter into a contract with one of the firms and prepare the necessary documents. As a rule, all documents pay the employee himself, and the contract is at least 6 months.
3. Blogger
How much can you earn: Different, depends on the number of subscribers, themes and type of blog.
Where can I find a job:popular Platforms Instagram, YouTube, Facebook or your own separate blog site.
4. Work in the hostel
Many hostels and small hotels are ready to hire foreigners for various work: cleaning the territory, room preparation, guest resettlement or meeting visitors at the airport. At the same time, in addition to salary, employees are provided with free accommodation, and sometimes 3 meals a day and insurance.
Of course, this is not a dream work, and a small salary in such hostels, but new acquaintances and the opportunity to touch the culture of a country or another and visit many interesting places are provided to you.
5. Festival
Work on board the aircraft allows you to visit many countries, make new acquaintances, while gives a discount of up to 90% on flights, hotels and rent for yourself and your relatives. The advantage is a very good salary that averages from $ 45,000 to $ 100,000 per year.
Sounds great. But here there are their difficulties. Such work usually takes about 80 hours a month. In addition, to get a position, you will have to go pretty hard selection.
6. Purchase of things in different countries
To recoup the cost of travel, you can first agree with a small shop (or with a separate person) that you will bring any subject from another country. At the same time, the store will receive a rare product, and you are a good bonus for delivery.
Some people buy things that are known for their quality and place of origin: Italian leather, Turkish ceramics, Chinese tea, etc. Then simply sell this product on the ad or agree with the sellers.
How much can you earn:depends on the type and number of goods.
Where can I find a job:a negotiate with the store, man or sell through ad sites.
7. International courier
Many large online shopping to deliver goods for days, entrust the delivery to tourists who are just returning home from travel or, on the contrary, fly to relax.
- A tourist going home should leave information about himself and a flight on a special delivery site or on the store website, and store employees will select the right parcel (usually these are gadgets or clothing). By the arrival of the tourist, the service officer meets the goods for the goods and the delivery bonus return to Paypal or the card.
In the event that you travel by car, you can earn an autocourmer. If there is a free place in the car, you can capture the load and translate it to the next city, thereby paying for some costs.
8. Barmen.
Many clubs and restaurants hire staff worldwide. Therefore, acquiring the skills of the bartender, you get an excellent opportunity to visit new countries, exotic places, expensive parties and make a lot of new friends. In addition, usually the staff is provided free accommodation, food and all sorts of bonuses.
Of course, with such a work, it is important to know at least basic English or be able to accept an order in the language of the country where you are going to work.
How much can you earn:from $ 500 to $ 2,000 per month.
Where can I find a job:on the internal or international vacancies on request "BartEnding".
9. Remote work
We decided to minimize the curtain of the secrets of round-the-world travel. And tell about one of the possible options for such a trip. How to organize it? How much does it cost? How long is it necessary to prepare? Do burning world travels? And now about everything in order.
Around the world - this is a trip to which you need to prepare in advance. Even probably very and very in advance. If you are a US citizen or Europe, then consider you lucky. And visa-free countries are much more for you than for citizens of Ukraine. Because the opening of visas under the world journey is a labor-intensive process and long. Most likely, you will need an assistant in this matter.
Do burning world travels?
Our answer is no! For example, a round-the-world journey, about which we will tell in this article will take place from January 4, 2019 and the sale has already been opened. It is simply physically impossible to organize such a trip. Yes, and places, despite the high cost, end long before the start.
How to organize a world tour?
The easiest way to organize a world tour is around the world cruise. You live on a comfortable liner, with a lot of entertainment on board. The cruise we will tell about today will be held on the MSC Magnifica liner, MSC Cruises. So why is it convenient to travel in a cruise and why from year to year hundreds of thousands of tourists seek to spend your vacation in the sea?
Let's imagine that today is January 4, 2019. You flew to Rome. Your passport is a shot of all sorts of visas. Large preparation has been done and you have a trip, which you probably planned all my life. Today at 19:00 from the cruise port in the town of Civitaveccia you go to the round-the-world cruise for 119 days. Your ship will cross all the meridians and twice - the equator. During the cruise, you will spend 54 days at sea, and on the other days, visit more than 30 countries.
In such a trip you will be available all the benefits of the hotel 5 * with one difference: tomorrow morning you will be wanted in a new city or even the country. And you will have a whole day for walking, photos, tasting of local cuisine and everything that the soul wishes. Watch at 6-7 pm You come back to the liner, where everyone is ready to feed you and entertain. If we talk about the liner itself, there is everything here: ranging from the theater and karaoke, ending the casino and art gallery. The length of the ship is 294 meters, this is the same, if the house in almost 100 floors were imposed on the water. So, the place was found even for the tennis court and the basketball court.
So. If the sea is scheduled to spend 54 days, then 65 days remains for the study of new cities and countries. What kind of route awaits us?
Italy - France - Spain - Madeira - Saint-Martin - Virgin Islands - Puerto Rico - Curaçao - Aruba - Colombia - Panama - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Guatemala - Mexico - USA - French Polyesia - American Samoa - Samoa - Tonga - Fiji - New Zealand - Australia - Singapore - Malaysia - Thailand - Sri Lanka - Maldives - UAE - Oman - Jordan - Egypt - Greece
Not bad, right? Well, the main question.
How much is around the world cruise?
The most inexpensive inner cabin for two will cost 24,958 euros. The cost of cabins with a balcony begins from 36,958 euros. Well, the most expensive suite will cost tourists at 76,358 euros. This is the cost of two people, including mandatory port fees. It includes three meals and all entertainment events on board. The bonus is attached by 15 coastal excursions.