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Anonymous
Why hello there, /trv/.

I, like most Americunts, have not been able to afford international travel for most of my life. However, I have recently obtained a small chunk of money (compared to the euro's value, anyway) and have decided that I want to use this money to finally travel before the dollar's value completely collapses.

Where can I travel on less than $2000, and how can I do so?

In b4 "you can't", "lol poorfag", and "stay in your own country, amerifag"

Also, pic probably unrelated.
>> Anonymous
Canada. Cuba. That's about it.
>> Euros Anonymous
Euros are getting stronger, even with £ I'm struggling to manage.

Europe may be off the cards, unless you go backpacking around Germany or something similar.
>> Anonymous
Bump for serious replies.
>> Anonymous
I wonder how americans feel that even chavs are more wealthy than 75% of your population...
>> Anonymous
>>49299
germany is expensive ... how about the mediterrienians and enjoy beachs and sun ...
>> Anonymous
I spent 5 days in Prague, for €300. If you can buy a plane ticket to there, you can comfortably stay in the Czech republic for several weeks. Would be a good way to spend $2000.

Alternatively, have you thought about going to South America?
>> Anonymous
I'd hit Barcelona, check it out.. One of the coolest cities in spain. (europe)
>> Anonymous
>>49334
Never thought about it that way. Makes me BAWWW very hard now that I think about it.

>>49342
Where in the Mediterranean specifically?

>>49351
Czech Republic, eh? What's there in terms of things to see/do/fuck/etc?

Also, FUCK NO SOUTH AMERICA. I live in Little Central/South America already (read: Texas).

>>49354
Eh...maybe. What makes Spain different from Central/South America?
>> Anonymous
>>49360
I've read that some cities in South America are very European in its people/culture/architecture and a fraction of the cost of travelling to Europe. You can stay at a swank Ritz Carlton-ish kind of hotel for relatively cheap. Of course, I'm not sure what kind of budget that would apply to.
>> Anonymous
>>49360

"Eh...maybe. What makes Spain different from Central/South America?"

...a lot of things. A really fucking huge lot of things.

Spain and most Central/South American countries (I'm assuming that when you mentioned those, you meant Spanish speaking countries) have completely different cultures. The locations are completely different, the climates are different, the historical/cultural places are also very, very different. Central/South American countries were, for the most part, inhabited by natives before the Spanish even got there, so they had a culture of their own before mingling with the Spanish language and general beliefs. And not all of it has merged; there are still some natives who continue to live on with their traditions, and so on.

tl;dr-- Spain is insanely different from most Central/South American countries. Just google it.

(Also, I left Brazil out of the above text, because it's a Portuguese speaking country, not Spanish.)


As for reccomendations? Spain and Portugal are relatively cheap for Europe standarts, but the cheaper countries are the Eastern Europe ones, if I'm not mistaken, like Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, etc. I could be mistaken, though.
>> Anonymous
against the common belief in America, not everyone speaks English in the world, and in some places they just won't like you for you American English or'll make things more expensive, etc. do you speak any other language?
>> Anonymous
>>49577
I had no illusions about the rest of the world speaking English. However, most of the world does speak English whether or not they will admit it. Wikipedia said so, don't argue.

Nonetheless, I speak only fragments of the following languages: German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish (gotta be able to communicate with those Mess'cans amirite). I also know Cyrillic, if that's worth anything.
>> Anonymous
>>49593
...because cyrillic is language right? you are a failure
>> Anonymous
>>49618
Did you see me imply that Cyrillic was a language anywhere in my post? No? Good, because I never did.
>> Anonymous
>>49342

Well, that depends. I've been to Stuttgart and Berlin in the last two years, and pretty much everything was cheaper there than here in Northern Italy.
>> Anonymous
There is this webside that features private stays.. I don't know its name. Something with a couch. The flight may be very expensive, no matter where you go.

Or maybe you invest your 2000 bucks in equity options and make a fuckton of money (or lose everything, lol).
>> Anonymous
Why don't you save the money and wait until you can do some epic travels?
>> Anonymous
>>49640
Northern Italy = tourist hotspot and also the rich part of the country. It's the southern part that's poor and where the cheap prices can be found.

>>49360
Czech Republic should have a few interesting things but I haven't been there much myself. Beer should be cheap enough and that's all that matters anyway :D

In the meds, most countries are nice. Give Croatia a try, or possibly Bulgaria. However, if you go to Bulgaria, stay the fuck away from the tourist hotspots like Sunny Beach because the police are controlled by the mafia and fucktons of people get mugged there.. They don't even bother to make a fake report either, they just outright refuse to have anything to do with you.
>> Anonymous
>>49678
Typical tourist who knows nothing about certain parts of southern Italy. If this person has ever been down there, he has probably only been to dirty Naples or Bari. Maybe Sicily. Northern Italy is a hot spot for some things, but if you are looking for beautiful beaches- go south. I know of some really nice ones where there are virtually no tourists, but I am not telling.
>> Anonymous
>>49286
By the way, speak for yourself OP and maybe if you actually has somewhere to stay, your money would go far instead of spending it on a hotel.
>> Anonymous
Some guy was talking about the couchsurfers website.

Try South and Central America where the dollar is actually worth something and the people are friendly and the food is delicious. Central America is especially good for cheaper airfare. And buy your tickets real soon.
>> Anonymous
>>49678
YEAH BECAUSE BULGARIA HAS AN AWESOME COASTLINE ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
>> Anonymous
>>49723
WE USED TO HAVE ONE, OVER 9000 YEARS AGO
>> Anonymous
>>49286
My GF and I did pretty good on our trip to Italy. We each spent about $1200 on plane tix and maybe $1100 on everything else for two weeks. She insisted on flying a safer, more expensive airline and staying at places that were safe and clean and conveniently located in the middle of Rome and Florence (and we got some halfway-decent deals, considering). If I'd been backpacking solo I could have flown a duct-tape airline stayed at cheap places and done three weeks in central Italy for $2000 easy.

You can actually find some nice places for cheap, just don't expect them to be in the middle of major tourist zones.
>> Anonymous
If you want to have money left to play with, try Canada. Lake Louise and Calgary are nice.

If you're alright with living frugally, it'll cost you half your money to cross the Atlantic and then you could stay almost anywhere in Europe on $80/day (hostel accommodation and food.) Portugal is gorgeous, as is Italy. Depends what sort of experience you're looking for.
>> Anonymous
>>49286
The US dollar has actually seen a recovery lately. It's back up to where it was last year in December of last year.

http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=1&from=USD&to=EUR&submit=Convert
>> Anonymous
Brazil is nothing like its spanish neighbors.
>> Anonymous
Go to Buenos Aires!! Best steak you can get anywhere! Dirt cheap too (1.2lb steak for $10)... Everything else is cheap + its a great city man
>> Anonymous
>>49360
>Also, FUCK NO SOUTH AMERICA. I live in Little Central/South America already (read: Texas).
Wow... you fail for assuming all South American countries look the same, and/or that all of them look like Mexico. A Peruvian has nothing in common with a Brazilian, which has nothing in common with an Argentinian, which has nothing in common from a Mexican. Each country is different, both culturally, racially, economically, and in living standards. Some South American countries are whiter than the United States, others are completely full of natives. There's a lot of diversity in the continent, and from living in Texas you are only in touch with the Mexican and Central American cultures, and you are missing 90% of Latin America.

For example, I've never eaten a burrito or tacos in my life. I hate spicy food, and I learned about these things just from American TV shows.

Typical ignorant amerifag. Stay in your country.
>> Anonymous
>>50754
What country are you from?
>> Anonymous
>>49360
Also bear in mind that the mexicans you see in texas are the ones who couldn't find jobs in mexico