Cheap countries

Saying you lived in Canada blah blah blah is like you saying you lived in Europe somewhere and the view was not that good.  Mind you Canada is no Europe obviously from a point of view of history and failed nations.  But europe is not much bigger than the province in Canada I live in……

My next trip is going to be Italy, Greece and Egypt.  Nothing like seeing 3 major has-been empires to put the world in perspective for somebody who grew up in a never-ran empire.

Mexico is nothing like when I went there.  A bit scary with the drug warfare going on and you can lay on a beach anywhere, mind you, white sand in Cancun was sweet.

I don’t think you will be drinking much Dylan so all inclusives would not be a good value.  What are your interests?  Does it have to be a foreign country?  You really do need to visit different countries and the US doesn’t really count as being ‘different’.  By that I mean the people and culture.  Sure it has lots of nice things to see and do, but that doesn’t give you as much a feel for the place as interacting with the ‘natives’.

The eruo is down compared to historic values, but europe is NOT cheap, hotels are just silly priced.  Backpacking might be an option with hostels, but you need more than 1 week for that, I’d say a month backpacking with a eurotravel pass.  Tropics in summer is kindof a waste, do that in winter.

They way to do it is rent an apartment for a month its only about 300 eruos compared to staying in a 2 star hostel ( about 700 for one WEEK) Thats how we did it. Europe is amazing as long as you go with freinds that arent older than 25. Old people make a trip to Europe old and borng.

Again that depends on what you want. I’m not going to “bash” certain countries or say that others are better or worse.

however! there are things that you’ll definitely see in certain countries. What languages do you speak ( other then English) Its not a prerequisite to a good time but it certainly enriches the experience if you can understand what people are talking about!

@Dylan:

@idk_iam_swiss:

They way to do it is rent an apartment for a month its only about 300 eruos compared to staying in a 2 star hostel ( about 700 for one WEEK) Thats how we did it. Europe is amazing as long as you go with freinds that arent older than 25. Old people make a trip to Europe old and borng.

Where would be the best place, like UK, France, Low Countries, Spain/Portugal, Germany, Countries in between Germany and Italy, Italy, Greece, Old Yugoslavian places, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Baltic States, Belarus, or the Ukraine.

As a rule of thumb: the more south you go in (the western parts of) Europe, the cheaper life is.

But, the more northern you go, the more people will know english ;)

If you want really cheap prices i can also recommend Asia (Vietnam for example, has gone up in price a lot the last few years, but is still very cheap. In food, and in accomodation. The flight might be more expensive though…

Edit: you can also consider doing several countries, of course

Europe is pretty amazing, most young people speak english.  I spent 2 weeks in Holland for work.  I was amazed at how well everyone under the age of 50 spoke english.  Some dutch speak english so well from watching tv from england its almost as if they have an english accent.  Holland might not be bad, you are too young to really enjoy say Amsterdam but the dutch are still really fond of Canucks due to our part in the liberation of Holland.  But again, what do you want to see?  If you can rent an apartment for a month that would be ‘da bomb’!  Sounds much much cheaper than hotels.

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Europe is pretty amazing, most young people speak english.  I spent 2 weeks in Holland for work.  I was amazed at how well everyone under the age of 50 spoke english.  Some dutch speak english so well from watching tv from england its almost as if they have an english accent.  Holland might not be bad, you are too young to really enjoy say Amsterdam but the dutch are still really fond of Canucks due to our part in the liberation of Holland.  But again, what do you want to see?  If you can rent an apartment for a month that would be ‘da bomb’!  Sounds much much cheaper than hotels.

In countries as belgium (the dutch part) and Holland we always had subtitles on our own channels, so most younger people automatically learned english by watching TV and movies.

If you love good beer: visit Belgium  :-D

Having taken a trip to central Europe a year ago I highly recommend the cities of Prague (Czech Republic) and Budapest (Hungary). Both cities were have an amazing night life as well as your usually historical tours.

@Dylan:

Okay so I live in Canada, so as far as money, were close to the US. Anyways, if you look a Pesos in Mexico there about $12.50 Canadian Dollars. What would be like oh I dont know like of a Chocolate bar or a Hot wheel or something around the price range, how many pesos would that be.

Okay now India`s currency. 1 CAD is about $46.50 Indian rupee. So again same type of item what is the range of that in India.

Okay in South Korea, about $1,222.00 is the amount of 1 Canadian Dollar. I am going to assume their like Japan on this one.

Okay Russian Ruble. About $30.00 CAD. Again same thing

Okay thanks

Rate of exchange has nothing to do with pricing.

If you have limited funds just try to stretch it as far as you can.  The experience will be priceless.  I wish I could travel more, but the last time I did was 5 years ago to France.  It was a great time.

What’s more important is prepping yourself to wherever you are going to go.  Try to get some basic phrases in the native language, look up what you might want to see, but also give yourself some leisure time in case you come across something you do want to do on the fly…or just to walk around and take it all in.

@Dylan:

@special:

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Europe is pretty amazing, most young people speak english.  I spent 2 weeks in Holland for work.  I was amazed at how well everyone under the age of 50 spoke english.  Some dutch speak english so well from watching tv from england its almost as if they have an english accent.  Holland might not be bad, you are too young to really enjoy say Amsterdam but the dutch are still really fond of Canucks due to our part in the liberation of Holland.  But again, what do you want to see?  If you can rent an apartment for a month that would be ‘da bomb’!  Sounds much much cheaper than hotels.

In countries as belgium (the dutch part) and Holland we always had subtitles on our own channels, so most younger people automatically learned english by watching TV and movies.

If you love good beer: visit Belgium  :-D

I am under legal drinking age  :-D

Oops yeah, i forgot that  :lol:

@Dylan:

@special:

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Europe is pretty amazing, most young people speak english.  I spent 2 weeks in Holland for work.  I was amazed at how well everyone under the age of 50 spoke english.  Some dutch speak english so well from watching tv from england its almost as if they have an english accent.  Holland might not be bad, you are too young to really enjoy say Amsterdam but the dutch are still really fond of Canucks due to our part in the liberation of Holland.  But again, what do you want to see?  If you can rent an apartment for a month that would be ‘da bomb’!  Sounds much much cheaper than hotels.

In countries as belgium (the dutch part) and Holland we always had subtitles on our own channels, so most younger people automatically learned english by watching TV and movies.

If you love good beer: visit Belgium  :-D

The drinking age varies from Nation to Nation.  In the US it is 21, in Canada it is 19 (In Quebec it is 18!).  I was drinking beer in Greece when I was 15 and had a beer in Cuba when I was 12…  Under controlled adult supervision of course.

Some products are cheaper in some countries/regions and expensive in others…  It depends on how “local” the product is re import or export, and on local tax structure per product type.  Regardless of exchange rate you will still be paying the same amount of “funds” for most products (In First World Countries~G20)

I am under legal drinking age  :-D

The drinking age varies from Nation to Nation.  In the US it is 21, in Canada it is 19 (In Quebec it is 18!).  I was drinking beer in Greece when I was 15 and had a beer in Cuba when I was 12…  Under controlled adult supervision of course.

Some products are cheaper in some countries/regions and expensive in others…  It depends on how “local” the product is re import or export, and on local tax structure per product type.  Regardless of exchange rate you will still be paying the same amount of “funds” for most products (In First World Countries~G20)

Great deals can be found in Eastern Europe or South America for Hotels and Travel expenses if you are looking to travel on the cheap.  At your age it is common to “backpack” on trips, staying in travelers Hostels or sleeping on Trains. The Flight is the biggest expense.

There are two kinds of people with drinking problems;

Those who drink too much!  …and those who drink to little…  :lol:

@FieldMarshalGames:

There are two kinds of people with drinking problems;

Those who drink too much!  …and those who drink to little…   :lol:

I’ll drink to that!  :-D

Its an opinion, these are the opinion subforums. so yeah its actually just right. This topic needs to be locked and or deleted. This thread is really pointless.

Getting drunk in of itself is not evil nor even neccessarily bad.  Being a drunk……has some consequences in life that are perhaps not so desireable.  If you get drunk and turn into a dickhead, you’re probably just a dickhead but with sobriety comes the ability to hide it from others.

As for as inhalents etc.?  Sir Richard Brandson is an admitted pot smoker and so is Bill Maher.  Just imagine how much better in life they would have done had they not wasted their life smoking dope…