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During my long-term trip I ended up spending over 100 days in Europe, with a split of 53 days in countries typically considered to be Western Europe and 64 days in countries considered to be Eastern Europe.
Today I wanted to share a breakdown of my spending in each of the 30+ countries I visited in that time!
Spending in Western Europe
I predicted that my travel to Western European countries would be more expensive than Eastern Europe. Let's find out if this prediction is true or not.
* Portugal - $3.74 CAD
* Liechtenstein - $45.36 CAD
* Switzerland - $183.06 CAD
* Belgium - $52.04 CAD
* Spain - $86.64 CAD
* Andorra - $54.27 CAD
* France - $342.64 CAD
* Denmark - $48.41 CAD
* Sweden - $75.90 CAD
* Norway - $0 CAD
* Germany - $168.89 CAD
* Finland - $70.69 CAD
* England - $344.46 CAD
* Scotland - $108.66 CAD
* Austria - $54.81 CAD
* Italy - $261.73 CAD
* San Marino - $41.08 CAD
* The Netherlands - $133.21 CAD
Total days spent in Western Europe: 53 Days
Total money spent in Western Europe: $2,075.59 CAD
Average money spent on a daily basis in Western Europe: $39.16 CAD per day.
Key expenses:
* Food - $397.98 CAD
* Accommodations - $360.99 CAD
* Flights - $374.02 CAD
* Intercity trains and buses - $514.08 CAD
* Points and Miles burned - 45,000 Aeroplan Miles, 44,000 BW Points, 4,500 Avios Miles, 6,000 Starpoints, Category 5 E-Certificate
What's shocking about the figures above is the amount I spent on transportation alone. $888.10 CAD for flights, trains and buses is a lot. But that is also because I was traveling so quickly throughout Europe.
What was also disturbing was despite having a Eurail pass, I still had to shell out extra money to reserve a spot on fast trains.
Spending in Eastern Europe
I initially thought my spending in Eastern Europe is cheaper. Let's find if that is the case.
* Slovakia - $53.74 CAD
* Hungary - $67.89 CAD
* Czech Republic - $41.42 CAD
* Poland - $514 CAD
* Slovenia - $32.42 CAD
* Serbia - $17.11 CAD
* Montenegro - $37.30 CAD
* Croatia - $208.91 CAD
* Lithuania - $73.26 CAD
* Estonia - $40.61 CAD
* Belarus - $163.03 CAD
* Ukraine - $257.54 CAD
* Albania - $2.97 CAD
* Kosovo - $0.45 CAD
* Macedonia - $76.31 CAD
* Bulgaria - $18.90 CAD
* Greece - $566.40 CAD
Total days spent in Eastern Europe: 64
Total money spent in Eastern Europe: $2,172.26 CAD
Average money spent on a daily basis in Eastern Europe: $33.94 CAD
Key expenses:
* Food - $383.68 CAD
* Accommodations - $515.60 CAD
* Flights - $550.35 CAD
* Intercity trains, buses and ferries - $365.88 CAD
* Points and miles burned - 75,000 Aeroplan Miles, 15,000 Marriott Points, 21,000 Starpoints
Well, I was right when I said Eastern Europe was probably cheaper spending wise than Western Europe. However, I am surprised it wasn't that much cheaper than I thought. I really thought I saved more money; however, after looking at the spending breakdown above, it is because of Greece that I went overboard on spending.
Karen has limited amount of time when she came to Europe to travel with me so we paid more for faster ferries and stayed at nicer hotels. As a result, I spent a ton of money in Greece compared to the many destinations I visited in Eastern Europe. If I take out Greece from the equation, then I would have saved even more money.
I also realized that I spent more time in Europe than I thought. I originally allocated 3 months for Europe and looks like I spent nearly 4 months!
Anyways, Europe wasn't a cheap travel destination. I will definitely return one day to tick off the rest of the other European countries I haven't visited and to re-visit the ones I really liked with places I missed.
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