If you’re more into the coming of spring and planning summer vacations, I have a list for you. Ten destinations you can visit for under $25 per day. Now admittedly, this does not include airfare, but if you have points or miles you can redeem, you can go even cheaper. The $25 per day is talking for both accommodations and food (lunch and dinner, since a lot of hotels and hostels will feed you breakfast). You have to be a little creative sometimes and follow the strength of the USD, but it can be done.
• Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Cheapest night accommodation $3, Cheapest daily food cost $10. Plenty to see – stunning architecture, Royal Palace, bustling markets. You can get a local draft beer for less than $1. You can take a Killing Fields tour, and attend one of the daily screenings of The Killing Fields at the Empire Movie House. A new memorial and museum dedicated to the country’s dark history opens in 2017. What’s it gonna cost to get there? $630 roundtrip from LAX.
• Kampala, Uganda: Cheapest night accommodation $16, Cheapest daily food cost $3. It’s passed over frequently for one obvious reason – President Idi Amin Dada. But the city continues to come into its own culturally. New clubs, theaters, and restaurants keep cropping up. Once you’ve gotten your bearings, it also serves as a strong jumping off point to other adventures, such as touring the Nile, taking a safari or hitting a Lake Victoria Beach. What’s it gonna cost to get there? $790 round trip from NYC.
• Panama City, Panama: Cheapest night accommodations $13, Cheapest daily food cost $8. Here you get city and beach both, history and modernity, and you get it all for a low price if you look for it. But what’s it gonna cost to get there? $290 roundtrip from NYC.
• Fiji: Cheapest night accommodations $6, Cheapest daily food cost $12. Anyone can afford to stay in Fiji is you’re truly committed. You won’t get to island hop, you’ll have to settle for a dorm room, and you’ll be amongst the party set, but it can be done. Cheapest method is to stay in a hostel on the main island of Nadi and nab meals from the snack stands lining the roads. Sunsets and swims don’t cost a thing. What’s it gonna cost to get there? $1070 roundtrip from LAX.
• Santorini, Greece: Cheapest night accommodations $15, Cheapest daily food cost $10. Hostels aren’t always the cheapest options here. Look for pensions, room rentals and tiny hotels. Eating on the cheap means gyros galore, and alcohol might be confined to a tasting at a vineyard. Taking in the architecture and dark sand beaches is free. What’s it gonna cost to get there? $1140 roundtrip from NYC.
• Medellin, Colombia: Cheapest night accommodation $6, Cheapest daily food cost $4. Medellín is currently one of the world’s great success stories. The onetime “most dangerous city on Earth” (thanks, Pablo Escobar) is now a safe, forward-thinking urban hub with cool public transport and an exciting art scene to boot. The dollar is incredibly strong against the Colombian peso right now, which makes bargain-basement accommodations plentiful; spring for a $12 hostel and you’re suddenly talking plunge pool and screening room. Beers are cheap, coffee is cheaper, and the foodie scene continues to ascend. Besides, who doesn’t want to visit the former murder capital of the world? But what's it gonna cost to get there? $400 roundtrip from NYC
• Hội An, Vietnam: Cheapest night accommodation: $9, Cheapest daily food cost: $4 Against a temple backdrop, you’re going to walk and eat as you sample every street food imaginable (and bánh mì is an obvious must). Cooking classes are also a big deal here, especially at the Green Bamboo Cooking School, but you also have your requisite $10 massages and spa treatments. And you get your beach time too, with An Bang most easily accessed (though too crowded for some). But what's it gonna cost to get there: $910 roundtrip from NYC
• Goa, India: Cheapest night accommodation: $3.50, Cheapest daily food cost: $5 Food will likely run you more than accommodations here, which is pretty much all you need to know budget-wise. Everything else-wise, this might be the most unexpected beach vacation you ever take. Basically you just need to decide what beach is your beach. But what's it gonna cost to get there? $890 roundtrip from NYC
• Sofia, Bulgaria: Cheapest night accommodation: $11, Cheapest daily food cost: $6 One of the oldest cities in Europe is also one of the least explored by tourists, owing to that pesky Eastern Bloc thing. Local beers are cheap and legit tasty, and Bulgarian cuisine veers nicely toward the Greek and Turkish (kebabs, salads). Simply walking the cobbled streets is a delight, but you can also take in a cheap daytime opera performance and hike (or ski, if the timing is right) the super nearby Vitosha Mountain, once a Soviet vacation spot. And you have to love a city that has ancient ruins buried beneath, including a colosseum visible from the subway. But what's it gonna cost to get there? $660 roundtrip from NYC.
• Lombok, Indonesia: Cheapest night accommodation: $8, Cheapest daily food cost: $9 Lombok is the island that Bali’s tourism forgot. Pristine white beaches, lush hiking trails, covetous surf breaks, and Indonesia’s second-highest volcano. You’ll still get your $3 chili crab and pennywise Bintang beer, but you also have diving, a sea turtle sanctuary, and a blissful lack of crass. But what's it gonna cost to get there? $730 roundtrip from LAX (plus a five-hour ferry ride from Bali).
So, where are you going for vacation? Have a fangtastic day my friends.<3 Brock V"""V
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