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newintown
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 Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject: cost of travelling around SE asia |
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my boyf & i plan on taking some well deserved R&R through thailand, vietnam, cambodia & laos - and anywhere else for that matter, when our contracts up in december.
could anyone provide a ballpark figure as to how much will go how far in SE asia.
accomodation wise, basic is fine, but not too basic 
we should have at least �6000 saved between us.
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Drew345
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| I lived a couple of years in Bangkok and traveled around SEA extensively. I lived on $1500 a month, on average, including airfares and hotels. That did include yearly trips home to the US, so that brought the average up. I would guess two of you could live on $2000 a month and stay pretty well including a couple of flights a month. |
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newintown
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| good news. thanks for that. |
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passport220
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Location: Gyeongsangbuk-do province
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Since it sounds like you will be traveling without time pressure and can pick and choose destinations and methods of travel without that pressure $1,500 per month for a couple and you will be quite comfortable indeed.
Figure about $40 a day for basic living expense and the rest for travel (transportation) expense. You can live on less if you decide to rough it some of the time. |
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jimmiethefish
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Location: pusan
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Freaka
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: cost of travelling around SE asia |
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| newintown wrote: |
my boyf & i plan on taking some well deserved R&R through thailand, vietnam, cambodia & laos - and anywhere else for that matter, when our contracts up in december.
could anyone provide a ballpark figure as to how much will go how far in SE asia.
accomodation wise, basic is fine, but not too basic
we should have at least �6000 saved between us.
any ideas? |
Fun! I've only been to Thailand (back in 2003) out of the countries you mentioned, but I know friends who've spent time in Vietnam and Cambodia. I think it's safe to say that Thailand is the most expensive country of the four, so with this in mind, when I was there, I traveled during high season (November) so everything was a little bit more pricey but not as expensive as it would've been if I had visited in December (peak season). I recall that I was there for almost 4 weeks and I spent a total of $1800 US - this included roundtrip airfare ($600) from Los Angeles, three flights on Thai Airways within Thailand and a week spent in a beach paradise indulging myself. (lol)
Other than for my last week in paradise, I stayed in guesthouses and ate and drank well every day; I traveled very comfortably. I had received personal recs for a lot of the places I stayed at and some of the guesthouses were amazing! (PM me if you want more information) Also, for two weeks I was on my own and for two weeks, my boyfriend was with me - if you'll be traveling with your boyfriend, the two of you should be able to save on accommodation.
How long do you plan on traveling for? Do you have a set time frame? Or are you just going to have a go at it until your money runs out? (lol) I hope you have a wonderful trip! I loved Thailand and I can't wait to go back to Southeast Asia!  |
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