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Italy undoubtedly is one of the most popular travel destinations in Europe. It is the fifth most visited country around the world. Its rich cultural and historical features with the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites to date (totally 44 of them) that inherited from different period of time, has won Italy over 40 million international arrivals each year. Unfortunately, traveling to Italy is always like a dream comes true for most of us who have limited budget for travel.
Reasons contributed to this costly visit inlcude its strong Euros, high tourist demands and high local living standard. But don’t let them stop you from visiting Italy! there are still ways to cut the overall travel cost to Italy down to a level that could fit into your available budget. These are 5 tips that may help you through your Italy travel planning and budgeting:
- Spend more days in each city of Italy. Traveling to your dream country for the 1st time need lengthy and well ahead plan. Plan longer period for the whole trip and spend more days in each day. Your average daily budget would be much lower since transportation cost plays the biggest role in Italy travel. You will have more time instead to explore further into Venice, Florence or Rome. Don’t be so ambitious as you can’t have both worlds at one time!
- You will be able to find cheaper deal and nicer authentic local street food, by staying more days in each city! Best discovery always comes last. I always found the best value food on my last day on any travel but could only hope to stay longer. With that in mind, You need to decide what would be your maximum period available for Italy travel, and your maximum allowable budget. Strive a balance in between to achieve a lower daily budget.
- Book all your local transportation and accommodations well ahead as soon as like 3 months in advance. Domestic train online booking can only be done 3 months before traveling day. So book at least 3 months ahead especially in peak season to grab the cheapest possible fares. Most likely local transport will determine your period of stay in that city of Italy. So, confirm your domestic trip before booking your accommodations. Following the above steps, you are very near and on the right track to achieve an average daily budget of 150Euro, by rule of thumbs.
- Book entrance pass and travel pass online. The longer you stay in a city, the cheaper you would get to travel around city. The best example would be Roma Pass which costs 25Euro but covers 3 days unlimited travel pass and 2 entrance passes, which carries extreme value!
- The last tips to fit the Italy travel cost into your budget is saving one meal for the another meal. After deducting all costs of transportation and accommodation, and also those expensive entrance fees, with your budget, you will know how much you could spend on each meal. An average meal in Italy costs 12Euro. If you have only budgeted 10Euro on each meal, save your lunch with 5Euro pizza plus Coke and you will have 15Euro to spend for an authentic dinner with a cup of cappuccino!
Hope these will help you to plan immediately your next travel to my favorite country of Italy.
– Travel Feeder, your ultimate photo travel blog
Italy, ah, what a beautiful place. Beautiful food, beautiful scenery, beautiful life – everything is just wonderful. Now, all you need to add to that wonderfulness is a great trip budget or a cheap vacation. Like Travel Feeder suggests, plan ahead and map it out. So, what are you waiting for? Go be brilliant in Italy! Happy Travels to you from Reader’s Digest!
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Having spent 4 days in London last Spring, I’m planning for another visit to London this Summer. What made me so falling for London, apart from those good memories during my post graduate studies in London, are the people, their culture, and also the countless attractions there. I feel like going home whenever I travel to London. With their warm hearted services and great English breakfast, London hotels are also another factor that make me going back again.
Spending 4 days in London is simply not enough to cover all their attractions. There are so many things a visitor can do in London. I grouped them into top 5 categories so it would be easier for reference. Every traveler visiting London should not miss to do any of these:
- Sightseeing and photo taking -London’s rich history and great architecture have developed a city with full of landmarks for visitors to explore. Iconic architecture such as the Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and British Museum are some of the must-see’s in London. Along the sightseeing tour, taking photos is also a must-do thing to capture them into a beautiful album of breathtaking pictures.
- Food and Beverage – Beside those London’s attractions, travelers must also try the authentic British food such as Fish-and-Chips, the English breakfast, English high tea culture with lots of scones, and those local favourites such as Turkey’s Kebab or Chinese sweet and sour chicken. At night, pub crawling at Soho will make you fall in love with its joyful nightlife.
- Shopping – No London travel will complete without paying a visit to its world renown The Harrods departmental store. For middle class fashion, hop off at Oxford Street and you will find all the local designer boutiques you can think of. For hippies and rockers, head over to Camden Markets for something alternatives.
- Travel about – London has one of the oldest and most comprehensive sub-way called London Underground. First thing to do in London is to buy a travel card to travel within London city centre with their underground trains to experience the 11 different Lines and multi storey platforms. With the same travel card, visitors can also hop onto the iconic Red Buses instead. Fancy, old fashion black cab could also be your next means of transport in London.
- Leisure and theatre – After all the above, it would be memorable to spend some times doing nothing but just relaxing in one of the many parks in London city centre, such as Hyde Parks or St. James’ Park. At night, try booking a ticket to enjoy some famous theatre around Leicester Square and Soho area. Some travelers may prefer to have London theatre breaks when they plan for holidays in London.
If you are visiting London for the first time, this would be a good list of things to do in a few days. I had a great fun visiting London last Spring. And I have done most of the above top 5 things in London, if not all. This Summer, I will do them again. Hopefully, I could repeat it over and over again each year… – Travel Feeder, your ultimate photo travel blog
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