How much would it be to travel/live around Europe for about a Month?

Question

the cost of living expenses, housing, food, and etc...

I really Don't know where I want to go besides sread out places like Barcelona or Ireland... maybe France, Switzerland... everywhere

Answer 1

It really does not matter where you go, it is all about the same now. Before the Euro it varied more but the cheaper countries have now caught up because of inflation caused by the introduction of the Euro. Never mind the exchange rate that is relative.

Anywhere in Europe you need at least Euro100 per day for a hotel. This will get you a 3 Star, which means nothing fancy something like a Motel 6 in the states. Some places and hotels will be a little higher and some lower but this is a good daily average. For a double room per night.

For Food you can spend Euro 30 at McDonald's or Euro80 at restaurants per day.

Transport Euro 10 per day, only for travel within a city.

Train travel capitol to capitol in central Europe 50 to 150 Euro one way.

Good Luck, have fun and don't spend too much time in France.
Absolutely go to Sweden, it is the most place beautiful in Europe and not as expensive as you might have been told.
Forget Denmark and Greece.
Do not count on Eastern Europe being a deal anymore, the Brits have ruined that over the last ten years. The are now as expensive as the rest.

Answer 2

It really depends on which countries you'll visit, the standards you set for your accommodation (hostel vs hotel for example), what you plan on doing and how much you plan to travel around, which means of transport you prefer etc. If you stick to Eastern Europe and budget travelling you can see a lot for little money. If you plan to spend much time in Western Europe or are not into budget travelling you can expect the costs to be many times higher. If you could be a bit more specific it would be easier to give you more exact idea about the costs you can expect. Europe is very diverse, especially when it comes to prices.

Answer 3

I have Been packpacking first time in 1976 and visited just about all the European countries. The cost steers very much where to travel. .

Travelling is not that expensive if you buy an eurailpass for youth. It costs currently $634.00 for one moth travel in Austria 3, Belgium 3, Denmark 3 , Finland 3, France 2, Germany, 3 Greece 2, Holland 2, Hungary 1, Italy 2, Luxembourg 3, Norway 4, Portugal 1, Republic of Ireland 3, Romania 0 , Spain 2, Sweden 3 and Switzerland 4.

You can also extend your trip to Czeck 1 and Slovakia 0, Estonia 1, Poland 1 you have to buy the train tickets (boat for Estonia), but prices of them are very reasonable and living cost make it up. I would recommend Prague (old city and center price level 3 all other 1). Other Cities definately worth seeing on top of your list are: Porto (take a tour in port cellar),Cologne, Delft (Holland), Annecy (France), Budapest, Copenhagen, Tampere (Finland), Tallin (Estonia)

Believe or not you can cover all those cities in a busy month.

I have number behind each giving idea of price level there this correspons the price level on regular towns not historic city centers etc...

4 - much higher than states
3 - somewhat higher than states
2 - states level
1 - below states
0 - way below

The same list for ability to get along with locals in English and find chat companion in PUBs among locals (not fellow tourists) 4 very easy 0 slight chance. Getting along with hotels and torist professionals is usually easy in all the countries.

Austria 3, Belgium 2, Denmark 3 , Finland 4, France 1, Germany3, Greece 1, Holland 4, Hungary 1, Italy 2, Luxembourg 4, Norway 3, Portugal 1, Romania 0 , Spain 2, Sweden 3 and Switzerland 3. Czeck 1 and Slovakia 0, Estonia 1.

So if you are low on budget go east if high west and north, very easy. My son has backpacked at your age with 15 dollat budget a day for accommodation, food and even travel in slovakia (where eurailpass does not cover)

Budjet tips:

1. Stay the hostels, you will find them there www.HIhostels.com, saves a bundle over hotels or have a tent even cheaper.
2. Visit and see historical centers (and Venice), but do accommodate nor drink or eat anything there, few blocks of busstops can halve the price.
3. Spend some nights on train traveling, get more covered (one night covers cross Europe East-West) an save on accommodation.
4. Buy food at supermarkets, do not eat in restaurants more than necessary, my son even used to have a cooker with him. A noodle lunch is below 1 dollar anywhere in the world if you can make hot water.
5. If you want to eat or drink in a restaurant check the prices from menu and order from there, so you know what to pay (even if you dont always exactly know what you ordered, goes mainly for 1 and 0 on the last list) Usually the cheapest eating out is pizzas and stuff.
6. Best budjet/quality months to travel are June and September, the entire Europe is still warm, but prices (and flights from USA) much cheaper than July-August.

I would not use long ferry trips they add to cost, railpass is free once you bought it, so take trains.

Have a good trip and always ask your fellow travellers for hints, they are plenty in trains. You would no imagine how easy it is to travel a month for way under 1000 dollars (exl. flight and eurailpass) if you follow even some of these hints.

Flying can be an option if you use the only real low price airline in Europe at ryanair.com. Be sure to order 6 months in advance and you get unbelieveable prices like 50 dollars for 3 hour flight return. Company works fine like Southwest in the States.

So the final cost depends on where you travel: Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Kroatia, Slovenia have a lot to offer for under 500 dollars a month in hostel/tent/train accommodation, the same in category 4 countries would be aroud 2000 dollars. If up to 3 star hotels and normal restaurant eating 2000 to 6000 dollars.

So first fix your budget, then hit the road.

Answer 4

It depends form country to country.. I recommend u to visit Slovenia and Croatia because prices there are not so high, but circumstances there are like in Western Europe.

Answer 5

$400.00- $400,000,000.00. That depends on you, what you want to see, who you know, where you want to go, your language skills, your skills of negotiation. Where you want to stay, what skills you have, ect.