What is the MOST EXPENSIVE Part of Traveling the World?
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- I was recently asked what was the most expensive part of traveling, and well it depends on where you go, how many people are going, and what you want to do while you are there.
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Going to grocery stores while traveling is the best. It’s like an adventure and educational in itself, and you get to see how the locals behave in their natural environment.
And you get to buy products that you have no clue what they are until you get to your place and open/try them 😅. (Ie my Budapest trip 😅)
I totally agree. It is much cheaper to travel outside the US than to travel inside the US. I’ve been telling people that for years.
Most overpriced, overrated in the past, not that interesting and over crowded place to travel = Disneyworld. 😅
@@JustinCase780 amen!!
As a local I live an hr away from Disney World. I will never go there unless I somehow get to go for free. It is a rip off tourist destination
Disney just sounds fuckin awful. Can’t believe people go there. Imagine saying “let’s pay to wait in line for fun”
You can spend a month in Europe for less than it costs to spend 2 weeks at a Disney World/Land. Aside from getting there, of course.
We have been in Europe for a month. . It is so much cheaper that I imagined. The plane ticket was the big expense. Lodging hasn’t been awful. And, groceries/restaurant meals/wine is WAY cheaper than home.
Another thing to note about food is that you’re paying for food whether or not you’re traveling or at home. If you’re staying at an airbnb or hotel with some kind of kitchenette then your food cost can literally be exactly the same as home.
Thank you
Or even less when you're staying in a place where groceries are generally cheaper than at home (for Americans this is most of the world since the US is quite expensive when it comes to groceries).
@@picobello99100 agree, my groceries in Spain were much cheaper than pretty much anywhere in US.
In 2015 my brother wanted to take his family of 5 to DisneyWorld but upon researching the cost he realized going to Europe (England, France, Germany, and Italy) was cheaper so they vacationed there instead.
My flights to Europe used to be $800-$1200 but the last couple years they’ve been up and up. Granted I fly out of a smaller commuter airport with multiple connections. This year Greece was in the $2300-$2600 range. I’ve been using vouchers and such to fly to bigger US airports to leave from. It takes much longer, especially with chronic cancellations, but it saves more than $1000.
Thank you! Armchair traveler here, and I truly appreciate your work! Even in a very structured format we get the food, the sights, the stay..
For me, lodging is the most expensive part of vacations. More than the flights and rental car combined. Especially our recent trip to Yellowstone/Teton.
I dont mind the food costs...its those damn plane tickets! the prices change everyday!!
You can thank those MBA grads and "tech bros" for squeezing as much as they can out of you.
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For me, it’s simple math. If I crunch the numbers for an average travel vacation day, it’s not that bad at all. But then when I add up the numbers for three, four, or seven weeks … suddenly the total becomes astronomical. In a sense, my biggest travel expense is time.
If you have a set amount of time to allocate for travel, make each trip long because you're using the same number of hotel nights as several shorter trips, but taking fewer flights. Flying to 1 or 2 places on a single trip is 2 or 3 flights, respectively. Flying to 3 places as separate trips from home is 6 flights. Bonus: better for the environment, too.
Love your videos, wife and I are from Idaho and travel abroad twice a year - here’s our list we use to budget depending on where we go
Plane tickets
Doggy day care
RV
Food
Excursions/Day trips
Transfers
Hotels
Fuel
Souvenirs/Gifts
If you rent a car in Europe, expect to pay. The rental agencies also sneak in hidden costs that are not advertised on line when you initiate the rental. I now try to stick with public transportation as much as possible, and save the car rental for getting into the countryside where public transport is non existent. Agree about the hotels. Airbnb is not as cost effective as it used to be and then they tack on cleaning charges and expect me to clean up before I leave. I try to stick with small hotels and inns especially if I can get a breakfast thrown in. Flight cost does not bother me as much because I rationalize and distribute the flight cost over the duration of the trip. The longer I stay, the lower the per day cost of the flight.
You are spot on as usual:)
We have been using our aviator cards to pay for international flights. If we have a domestic trip coming up, we'll use our chase freedom and sapphire cards to get Hyatt hotels
I think one reason why people assume food costs a lot when they travel, especially in europe, because as you pointed out in your other videos I think a lot of people only eat at touristy locations, with views of the Colosseum. But as a savvy travelers all know right around the corner there is a local place that's way cheaper to restaurants in the States.
As for flights, I feel kind of Lucky living on the East Coast because I get to fly Aer lingus for around $800 round trip - $400 each way. That is a tip to anyone out there too, that was flying from the US usually the European airlines are cheaper than any of the American airlines. Also, on my trip back from Vienna last year, I was flying Aer lingus, and while waiting at the Dublin Airport for the flight back to Hartford there was a family sitting next to me who was from Chicago who took the train down to Hartford because of the cheap flights to Europe.
Canadian here. I have stopped vacationing in the US for many years. Instead we go to Europe in summer, the Middle East or Southern Europe in autumn and Asia in winter. Generally food is much cheaper in Europe and Asia and I hate the tipping culture in the USA.
But you tip in Canada, too!
As an Australian flights are so expensive; second most expensive is multi day tours like Trafalgar or Intrepid.
Have you been on a Trafalgar tour? I'm looking into doing a UK+ Ireland tour next year.
@@psychlover42 My parents have been on two and they enjoyed them
Yes, one of the downsides of being so far away from everywhere else😂, is the expensive flights
Have you ever been to South Africa? Accommodation here is super cheap by global standards. Food here is also very good, and very cheap.
I usually travel to asia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia.. and hotels etc are usually under $50per night. I am going to Paris in October and the price of hotels is HORRENDOUS!
Same, prices are going up but still quite reasonable over here when compared to the western world
Now is the time to use those rewards points, people!
Yes! I know some people are scared of CCs but if you are smart /responsible with your money then you are getting loads of free travel.
Looking great Mark... hard work paying off. Thanks for all the helpful info.
No public transportation in the US also makes it expensive. I was in Praha and for $12 I had transportation for 3 days here in the US I would have had to rent a car.
I love visiting the US, but I have to think about it everytime because it's very expensive : hotels, food, uber, taxis etc. I'm from México City so things here in general cost much less.
IMO US travel is overrated/ over priced and you see just about the same food / store chains in every city.
In Europe with low budget airlines plane tickets can cost the same as the taxi to the airport. :D
But yes an outside of Europe travel's budget is usually 33% plane ticket, 33% accommodation.
Definitely the back-at-home costs weigh more on my mind. Housing the dogs, making sure bills are paid while you're gone, having someone come over to water the plants, etc., can take up pre-travel time and expense. I can accept the flight, food, and hotel costs since that comes with the territory.
Your videos have helped us for our two trips to New Orleans & Orlando too I believe. Thanks
Hi, Mark! A round trip ticket out of Dulles to either Manila or Cebu is roughly $2,500. Not $800. And that's for one person. This is Andrew Keener.
I like to use things like Airbnb in the US or abroad. Way cheaper than hotels (even in South America) and when going overseas it lets me spend more on the flight so I can have a lie-flat bed and be well rested on my arrival.
Yup! 100% true!
Plane tickets to Europe are more like 1400 from the U.S. after indurance and extras if you go in the summer. Much cheaper in winter
I have been to Europe 8 times over the last 15 years and I have never paid over $1,000 for airfare from DFW (Dublin, London, Vienna, Geneva, Rome, Amsterdam).
@texasflood1295 You must be getting some kind of discounts then or don't fly in June or July which are the expensive months to go. The only time I find tickets less than 1k is during off season like Sept through May
To get good fares, I try to be as flexible as possible. I just did a quick search using the dates 8/4 to 8/20 from DFW (basic economy). Here’s what I got:
Geneva $732
Amsterdam $948
London $806
Dublin $907
Rome $939
Vienna $887
The high cost for me is accommodation. The plane ticket is easy LOL. Mind you, I'm one person and not a family.
Flights from Australia to México tend to be around the $2000, to $2400 depending on the day, so they are definitely the biggest outlay from an Aussies perspective, since we are in the middle of nowhere😂😂😂
good one
Airport car parking depending which airport
Public transportation depending on which city
I just paid $66 per night to share a room with 5 other women at a hostel in the Swiss alps, but I know that Switzerland is more expensive than most if not all countries in Europe. It was still worth it and I loved my stay 🙂. In regards to phone, I have t-mobile magenta plan, so I was able to use my phone with no extra cost and had decent coverage there.
I tell people all the time that I can’t afford to vacation in the US. It’s so much cheaper outside the US. Accommodations are the biggest challenge I run into with costs.
This is truth! I routinely fiind $500 round trip tickets to Europe from San Antonio, TX believe it or not (they always have one layover, however); this past December I flew to Milan for $500 round trip...was goin for 5 days. Took a train to Florence and spent 2 days there and came back. I spent a grand total of $930 on that trip, which included airfare and airbnb's. I recently took a road trip to small, unfancy Coloraddo mountain town. I spent about the same amount between gas, food, and lodging, with the lodging being about $600 of that $900. My first choice to get bang for my buck is always to travel outside the US!
I only travel within the US if I have a place to sleep. Even Airbnb prices are so much more than elsewhere. And I wouldn't even consider hotels with their absurd prices.
When I was in Bogota (April 2024) I stayed in a terrific Airbnb in a high-rise. I was on the 24th floor with amazing views of the city. The building I stayed in had a supermarket, an Oxxo (the equivalent of 7-11) several fast food places. Even a bar.
The cost? $28 USD a night.
Travel within the US is insane
I like how he ends it with cheaper than a trip to Florida. I never realized how expensive things here were till I met my girlfriend from Germany and she came over here to see me. I guess food is more expensive here, but she didn't have to worry about a place to stay or transportation. i took care of that and most of the food cost. But she still spent some money on me anyway.
One of the things I'm cautious about is booking flights, I'll only go through the airline or a well-known third party seller.
To often you'll see a good deal but I've seen so many horror stories where people have booked these cheap tickets turned up at the airport only to find out the airline has no record of their booking.
never book a plane ticket through a third party.
Definitely flights and hotels are the biggest expenses. Hotels more than flights for me usually. That’s why I try to use credit card points for these two main expenses as much as I can
great videos from Bogota
Watching from the south east of england
Back in 2022 I kept track of the expenses for my 30 day road trip in USA with my son and it showed the we spent $4,500 on plane tickets and exactly the same on lodging. $2.600 on car rental , $1,900 for food and 1,500 for gas. On my two later trips (alone) I didn't keep track 8n my spendins but poane tickets and accomodations were by far tye m8st expensive.
I think your group plays a big role. Are you solo or a family of 4? As a solo traveler, the pricier flights to Asia are worth it for me because lodging is like $35 per night. I can end up spending less overall over there on a multi week trip solo.
Families get a lot more value with roadtrips because of no flight expenses and still one lodging cost.
If you travel separately and meet a friend, that tends to be a good time to knock out pricier areas. Splitting lodging and even a rental car
Mark, your youngest son is really growing up fast. 😊
If you are travelling for a longer period as I do, usually several months at a time the highest cost item is definitely accommodation
I've noticed the same as well. It's really expensive to travel the US. Sounds weird, but true.😊❤
You totally forgot about the car rental cost plus car rental insurance. We are staying for six weeks in Italy and that’s about the most expensive of the entire trip. I really find it interesting that you do not bring up car rental….. I would certainly love to hear your input on that.. 😊
You are right if you spend the time yo check that out😮
Food - you need to cook if you’re in an expensive place like Vegas
Learn to be a travel hacker. I never pay for flights!
Ive just dropped over 40 k for a 7 week Europe trip. Love your content by the way we have utilised your vids for planning.
my flight from denver to geneva was $2000.
Hotels and transportation cost in the US is insane.
Get a travel rewards card and use that money get a flight now you’ve saved a lot
Hi Marc visiting Paris now!!!
Pre-pandemic accomodation used to be the most expensive bit of most of my trips, but with flight prices now nearly doubled things look a bit different....
Try living in Australia where everywhere costs $2k to fly to apart from SE Asia and NZ
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transportation
It's easier to get a hostel or couchsurf from experience. Americans aren't super trusting ie. Don't meet people you met online as kids culture. People always think hotels but they're expensive in the US.
I can see why cruises are so popular now. By the time I added in flights and crazy
hotel prices (looking at you Hawaii and NYC) and food for family of 4...might as well
cruise. Honesty just got back from Europe and it seemed cheaper than the states.
@@kiwisun529 It’s way cheaper than traveling in the states.
Don't forget the exchange rate in South America😎
I agree with you. 98% of my travel is foreign as I too find going to Europe more affordable (and interesting) than the US. Other than business travel where I'm not footing the bill. I've been to 20 countries numerous times, but have only gone to Hawaii once, and that was on a buddy pass. Next trip Uruguay.
Great video, Mark. I wanted to go to Vancouver Island but the prices on accommodations were expensive! Portugal on the other hand, prices on accommodations were 😘. I had an entire apartment in many locations off the beaten path. Places that would have cost 200-300+ dollars in America or Canada, cost me 50-100 per night.
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The government bought up many hotels for the homeless, no kidding.
Could you please explain why hotels in Boston are more expensive than NyC, Paris or London? I cannot make sense of it.
Flights are brutal for no reason 😭
Just as free lunches do not exist, free breakfasts also do not exist 😂
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US domestic flights are overpriced to pay for the unions 😂
I do have a question. If you had the opportunity to have a European Union passport, would you do it? Also, I love this channel!
I have been close a couple different times to getting one but I havent.
With the exception of maybe London, Paris in high season, and of course Switzerland, Europe is actually way cheaper for tourists than the US is. Eating out in the USA , along with Hotels are kind of insane in most major US cities that get tourism. 20% tip for every meal and all the 50$ musuem tickets etc. bleed you dry.
I always travel abroad without a, broad.
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