How much would a trip to Europe cost for a month?

How much would a trip to europe for a month cost?

• I am panning on going to europe for a month in may of next year. I am only traveling with one other person, and we are okay with staying in hostels and cheap hotels. how much should i plan on spending each day i am over there and how much should i shoot for as a total?

• Answer:

  Traveling hostels, doing your own cooking, not drinking much and being careful with the amount spend on sight seeing, you should count on $US 100 per person per day at least, plus your flights to Europe and if you plan to have one, your Eurail passes. And your souvenirs and other shopping cost also come on top. Staying in hotels you will have to add a bit, as hotels are often a bit more expensive and you will not be able to do your own cooking as easily, $150 per day at least. This does include at least one meal a day in a cheap restaurant. The average tourist seems to spend way more, like $400 per day, (based on the numbers of a few years back and updated with the new exchange rates as well as the general raise in prices,) so you see that the low range is really the low edge, not average. A simple calculation 30x $100 + $1000 for the flight + $ 1000 for other costs = $US 5000 each at least. If you can get more money tucked away in a savings account, by all means do. I do personally aim at €125 per day now, Western Europe, cheap hotels, eating out all the time but in a modest way, drinking little and spending a modest amount on sight seeing. I plan one main museum or sight per day, but I will go to the top of the Eiffel tower when there for instance. For the main cities in Europe I budget more, like €150 per day if I only visit places like London, Paris, Rome, and so on. That is about $US 175 to $US 210 per day.