How Many Days Can I Travel In [Insert Country Here] With $1,000?

Rough Guides has this handy chart breaking down their estimate of how long you can travel in various parts of the world with a $1,000 in your pocket (this is based on a “barebones budget (hostel dormitories, street food) with about sixty percent of the time spent outside the expensive major cities in each country”).

Coming in at the fewest number of days, not surprisingly, is Japan, where you’ll blow your budget in a svelte 15 days. (Hostels.com has rooms in Tokyo for about $20 on average in the city.) Most of Europe follows Japan (Switzerland, France, Italy, and England), then comes the dollar-weak U.S. at almost a month (you’re welcome world for our weak currency).

The cheapest is India, where you can expect a full 71 days traveling the country (Hostels.com has rooms in New Delhi for only $6), with China, Bolivia and Guatemala all coming in over two months.

Noticeably absent here is Southeast Asia beyond Thailand (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and Indonesia. I’ve got to think they’re competing with India for the 71-day mark.

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Matt Stabile

http://twitter.com/charleslemos Charles Lemos

There are parts of Indonesia where one can comfortably get by on $10 a day.
http://nomadicsamuel.com Nomadic Samuel

Although I wouldn’t agree with everything on the list (some outdated) this generally gives a good perspective. Out of all the countries listed I’ve found India the most fascinating and it’s friendly on the wallet too :)
Binamratasharma

lol!! nepal’s like expensive than egypt and stuffs…!!! gee!!
Tamas Kis

This can be never true for Switzerland!
The cheapest even “20 Bed Mixed Dorm” is about 40 $ a day in a cheaper town… with no food, no travel.
..so only way: couchsurfing + bread + water + walk.. yeah! maybe even more with begging..
Richardglendenning

How old are these facts? Australia is stupidly expensive these days. Take an average meal out where the main will cost A$50 and then they’ll charge A$10 for each side. Or how about a packet of cigarettes for A$25. That’s nearly £20.
Baybora

$33 a day in America? Yeah right!!!!
http://www.fajascolombianas1.com fajas colombianas

This is true, you could get more days out of your $1000 in the regions of south east asia.
http://twitter.com/Ayngelina Ayngelina

Hmm I would say Argentina is out of date. My budget is $30 per day and technically you can do 30 days here but it’s really tough, 52 days is out of the question without couchsurfing the entire time.
http://twitter.com/salomondrin Alejandro Salomon

That would be nice…. sadly I spent over 3k just in a hotel a night… so…. not for me :(
commonsense

shit like this is ridiculous…why be cheap when on vacation? Is that the goal? See how little money I caan spend per day in a foreign country? Try this with a wife…losers

mr d

calm down calm down its only a twitter/blog/load of garbage

commonsense

1000? LOL…that lasts me 1-2 days when im on vacation…
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http://twitter.com/gimme_sugrrrr kailyn hart

ILooks like I’m going to china!
http://www.TendToTravel.com Amer

Great article but I wished there was a more detailed breakdown. Judging from my limited travel experience, taking China as an instance, I travelled there for 10 days and had spent nearly a grand. That includes a return flight from Beijing to Shanghai. Though I did stay in a mid range hotel and that might justify the extra cost.
Liujing199

我没有钱旅游呀
http://www.livingthedreamrtw.com Jeremy

The only thing I don't like about that is it seems major transportation is not included, so unless you only spend time in one or two cities, the tally is going to be less. Going pretty good on a budget I only made 10 days in Japan on $1000 and 24 in China. But I did touristy things every day, ate moderately priced meals, stayed in hostels, didnt drink much, and traveled city-city every 3 days or so. My best guess would be that take the number that is listed, divide by two, and that is a more moderate spending amount.
http://www.balisignaturevillas.com deputu

Wow.. so cheap in India. I just know that. Nice info.
http://poortravelblogger.com Poor Travel Blogger

Interesting find. I like the concept. Wonder how a chart like this would look if you JUST couchsurf?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=659114590 Jeffrey Huntington

Well I am wondering about travel and this is a good idea for the imagination.
http://matadortrips.com/ Hal Amen

Ha, that's a fun concept. Nice find, Matt.

http://intensedebate.com/people/TheExpeditioner TheExpeditioner

Hal — I'm sure we could do better though. Who needs to pay for a hostel when there are perfectly good public benches to be had?

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