Hello im a college student who works for his own tuition. This summer ive saved a lot of money and was wondering what countries are the best bang for my buck? I've been to Japan and Mexico and was wondering if there are any cheap places (you) recommend in South America, Africa, Europe and Asia!

>>2798762 (OP)
>budget countries
what's your home country?
recommendations depend a LOT on this

>summer ive saved a lot of money and was wondering what countries are the best bang for my buck?
what are we talking here, like 5k€? 10k€? or more?

also how much time do you have?
if you can take off 2+ months continuously, can you move out and stop paying rent?

>there are any cheap places (you) recommend in South America, Africa, Europe and Asia!
depends a lot on how you want to travel...

you can do even the expensive parts of Europe for as little as ~50€/day
if... you do a bicycle tour and go tenting or interrail and you're willing to sleep in trains every few days

generally almost all of Europe can be done a small budget of <75€/day
just be flexible with your dates, take cheap trains / flights and sleep in hostels

non-Euro eastern / central Europe is also quite budget friendly
just avoid / limit time in the big cities like Budapest or Prague

or northern Africa, small budget riads in morocco are like 5€/n
same with Tunisia or Egypt, but the latter one is... exhausting imo

if you want to invest more into flight, aka go for longer
Indonesia, Philippines or most of SEA also works well
Indonesia especially
I went in 2019 for 3months and it came out to about ~24€/day, sleep, food, excursions, surfing everything excluding flights

China also is surprisingly budget friendly if you skip the big4 T1 cities
but basic Mandarin is really helpful and some accommodations might reject you

Sub Sahara Africa is pretty underwhelming on a tight budget
because everything tourist related is expensive (for foreigners)
some cool cities like Brazzaville or Nairobi, though not worth it on it's own

>>2798808
Probably just 2 weeks to travel. Anywhere from 1k to 5k

>>2798808
>Indonesia especially
>I went in 2019 for 3months and it came out to about ~24€/day
Yeah I just got back from Indonesia and it's still about the same.
Decent hotel room was $15 per night, and meals less than $5 per day. Most meals were under $2.
Picrel was breakfast every day. It cost $1. Tasted amazing every time

>>2799065
>Probably just 2 weeks to travel. Anywhere from 1k to 5k
1k€/$ for 2 weeks certainly is budget
and for that time long haul flights don't amortize through cheap cost of living,
so you should focus on nearby destinations

but with 2k
you're already out of the worst budget constraints and pretty free on where to go and what to do

100€/day and 600€ for flights / transportation is a workable budget everywhere but US/Canada/Switzerland and a few big cities / Island nations

other than that
what exactly do you want to do?
active / sport vacation (think surfing, hiking, climbing or similar? culture? party? history? nature? food?

>>2799103
>Yeah I just got back from Indonesia and it's still about the same.
crazy that the prices didn't change

i guess Indonesia still hasn't caught on as tourist destination outside of Bali
kinda insane, as they have so many gorgeous national parks / nature, diving & surfing spots, great food plus it's very affordable

>Tasted amazing every time
never had a bad meal during my visits, sometimes just okay, but never bad

I did thrree months in Philippines my budget was 1000php a day so about 25 AUD or 15 USD . I just stayed in a month stay condotel for 12k a month and 1k a day budget that included me getting drunk and fast food

>>2799135
>$7 USD a day for a monthly room
Unless the room was fan-cooled or the utilities were charged extra, I don't believe you.

>>2799147
You don't have to believe me dickhead but there are thousands of condotels to stay in for 10k to 15k bills included. I'm not going to hold your hand on where they are.

>>2799147
For a month-long stay in a condotel in Mindanao, Philippines, you can expect to pay anywhere from ₱8,000 to ₱40,000 for a one-bedroom apartment, depending on location and amenities.

Oh boo hoo dumb faggot he was right you are wrong as always

>>2799147
>He couldnt find a decent room below $5-7 USD
This is why you research before going to a country anon.

>>2799268
I was staying in 2 to 3 star hotels in Vietnam right in downtown areas for like 6 bucks a night and they did laundry daily and included breakfast kek

>>2798808
Any cheap places in December you'd reccomend for an American? Preferably Caribbean but also open to Africa and Central/East Asia. Want to avoid Southeast asia. Horrible to get there from where I live.

>>2799131
I probably want to spend somewhere more in the $2K-$3k range. I live on the east coast of the US. Tbh im pretty flexible. Love history and architecture, hiking but love city life especially bars and parties and just socializing with locals (if they speak English lol)

>>2799277
>Any cheap places in December
>also open to Africa
you could do Morocco / Tunisia
it's low season and pleasantly warm (like 20°C on noon)
12days road trip in Tunisia in 2023 was ~120€/day all in for 2 people (40€ accommodation, 20€ food, 45€ car & fuel, 15€ misc), so ~60€p.P./day
Morocco can be done even cheaper, you'll find Riads for like 5-10€/day

>central asia
is basically never cheap
the logistics traveling there always make it kinda expensive (even car rentals, so only budget option is to stay in one place or bicycle touring)

>east asia
China
no public holidays in December so it's low season (new years gets some traffic though)
needs a bit of preparation (get all the apps) but can be done on a shoestring budget
really lots of cool sights and nature
and if you stay in the south (HK -> Kunming) it won't be freezing cold

>Caribbean
no clue about that
only been to Cuba, Aruba, Guadeloupe and Jamaica and all were not on a budget
somewhere around 100-200€/day/person

>>2799323
>in the $2K-$3k range
>live on the east coast of the US
for 1 person for 2 weeks, that's not a tight budget, you can basically freely choose


>and just socializing with locals (if they speak English lol)
that's tricky
either restricts you to the big / main cities of a country, to anglo sphere countries or countries with lots of English speaker (norther & central Europe, East Africa, Greece, Portugal, Philippines etc.)

>Love history and architecture, hiking but love city life especially bars and parties
Greece! (avoiding summer)
few days in Athens, day trip to Delphi
then Corinth, Tripolis and tour around Peloponnese
alternatively head to Naxos or Paros, cool hiking, villages and beaches but overall less to do
Athen has lots of nightlife and plenty people speak English
you can do very cool hikes around all the sights like the Delphi Ancient Path or basically anywhere on Peloponnese (again NOT in summer)

southern Germany also fits your criteria nicely but would probably stretch your budget

Prague and Budapest would also work
either do both cities (with day trips) or tour around after you got enough city, like Cesky Krumlov, Karlstejn, Brno, Karlovy Vary

>>2799360
>>2799323
to add more to consider
>Vietnam
>Colombia
>Morocco
but you won't find that many locals speaking English
Morocco will be missing a prominent nightlife scene
and Colombia doesn't have deep, tourist history sites

Thoughts on Signapore?

Better to give cities than countries. Chiang Mai is still extremely cheap and fun. Can’t same the same about Phuket or Bangkok.

>>2799861
Seriously? Same cost of living as Australia. Good luck

>>2799863
See my friend is rich as hell (his parents pay for all his tuition and he doesnt work). He said its cheap but hes a retard.

>>2799276
did you find them online?

>>2798762 (OP)
>check countries within the same continent you live in.
>pick those with low currency exchange
>???
>profit
bonus points if you can get there by bus. Sure, it takes longer but you get to see the scenery and save lots of money

>>2799874
Brokie. You're not any different from a third worlder.

>>2800269
He's lying

>>2800738
Amerimutt. Ive already been to Mexico and Japan. Maybe will go to South America, but I want to see Africa and Europe

>>2800269
If they are online advertising in english youre paying more for that reason
Go on Agoda type in HCMC you can find good hotels for 10 bucks a night air con and breakfast
>>2800831
I'm just not a dumb cunt like you I actually travel

>>2800935
i prefer booking.com bc agoda you have to click to see if it's a dorm room or not, how should i get the cheaper than english price tho do i have to go in person or call or what

>>2800982
Open Agoda type in HCMC sort by price set the price to 15 dollars or less there's thousands of hotels listed private hotel rooms with air con and breakfast included all around d1

>>2801148
are you actually clicking through to the listings tho bc a lot of the ads show a pic of a private room but you go to listing and the cheap price is actually for a dorm