[missygeorgia]

I'm on my gap year and hopefully I'm going to start a volunteering programme in Nepal early next year for 3 months and then go travelling afterwards for a couple of months to India, Thailand, Cambodia etc. I'm working for the first half of my gap year to get money for this; can anyone give me an estimate of how much money I'll need? This is for accomodation, food, travel (flights between countries if necesssary) and a flight back to the UK. Thanks

[No Future]

lots and lots of $$$

[missygeorgia]

Originally Posted by No Future

lots and lots of $$$

I think you know that I need something more specific than that

[sidewalkwhenshewalks]

$$$ < x < $$$$$$$$$$$

[lavalse]

about £10 a day?! maybe less

i survived in eastern europe on £17 a day (including all food + accomodation)

[Ewan]

India: £5-10
Thailand: £10-15
Cambodia: £5-10
Vietnam: £10
Malaysia: £10-15
China: £15-20

If you budget £15 per day you'll be safe everywhere in the 3rd world (so excl places like Singapore & Hong Kong), and you might end up with some to spare. That would be my advice as far as food/accomm & day-to-day expenses go.

You should budget separately for activities like trekking, canoeing, rock climbing, and if your likely to do them a lot budget accordingly. £30 per activity should be a safe bet unless your looking to do anything really extravagant.

You should also budget separately for trains & city-city transport. In India its CHEAP, moreso than Thailand, though I'm not sure exactly how much. In Thailand trains usually cost under £2 for a few hours - night trains are extra. Malaysia - similar. Vietnam - more expensive, take buses. China - expensive but convenient. I would recommend trains everywhere except in Vietnam.

Do you actually know where your going to go? "etc" As I said £15 will be safe outside Australia/NZ, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Its a stretch in China aswell unless you know what your doing.

EDIT: I survived on less than in my post, but its better to over budget than under budget.

[AWZC]

Originally Posted by Ewan

India: £5-10
Thailand: £10-15
Cambodia: £5-10
Vietnam: £10
Malaysia: £10-15
China: £15-20

If you budget £15 per day you'll be safe everywhere in the 3rd world (so excl places like Singapore & Hong Kong), and you might end up with some to spare. That would be my advice as far as food/accomm & day-to-day expenses go.

You should budget separately for activities like trekking, canoeing, rock climbing, and if your likely to do them a lot budget accordingly. £30 per activity should be a safe bet unless your looking to do anything really extravagant.

You should also budget separately for trains & city-city transport. In India its CHEAP, moreso than Thailand, though I'm not sure exactly how much. In Thailand trains usually cost under £2 for a few hours - night trains are extra. Malaysia - similar. Vietnam - more expensive, take buses. China - expensive but convenient. I would recommend trains everywhere except in Vietnam.

Do you actually know where your going to go? "etc" As I said £15 will be safe outside Australia/NZ, Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Its a stretch in China aswell unless you know what your doing.

EDIT: I survived on less than in my post, but its better to over budget than under budget.

I was gonna give some advice to the OP but this thread has it all covered.

[contauri]

There is a big difference between how much money you need to survive, and how much money you are actually going to spend while travelling. I'll give you one example, say you go to cambodia, it is possible to survive on about £7 per day for food, accomodation, drinking water etc.. but if you want to do something like see Angkor Wat, then a day pass is $30 US, so about £15. So basically its cheap to survive but when you start doing activities and seeing things thats when you start spending the big money.