What beautiful places have you traveled to for less than £700?
Posted by GlassCamelToe@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 40 comments
Since moving to the UK, I'm absolutely shocked at how cheap it is to travel to European countries compared to from the USA. I'm curious what trips I can take for £700 or less including lodging, flights, food and transportation... Basically everything except shopping.
Has anyone taken trips on a similar budget?
INEKROMANTIKI@reddit
You're surprised that it's cheaper to travel to Europe from within Europe as opposed to travelling to Europe from a separate continent 1000s of miles away?
GlassCamelToe@reddit (OP)
After spending my whole adult life paying thousands for trips thinking that was normal... yes.
The difference is mind-blowing.
urtcheese@reddit
Peak American moment
Sudden_Leadership800@reddit
If you have a car, take the eurotunnel to the mainland.
I went camping with my friends in Europe for a week - €15/person/night
If we had taken our own food we probably could have stayed out there for 2 weeks on £700
BoiledEggOnToast@reddit
How are you surprised that it’s cheaper to do a 2-3 hour flight compared to a 7-8 hour flight lol? Wait until you discover Eurostar!
Odd_Habit3872@reddit
I don't think I've ever travelled for more than £700 within Europe.
Go on google flights, use the explore tab, set your departure airport, set destination to anywhere, add your date filters, be amazed.
ItsIllak@reddit
I priced up a few days in Edinburgh recently and it was going to be much more than that. Going to Venice instead.
ThatAd790@reddit
Snagged a last minute week to Malta a few years ago for £179 that included flights and hotel
KingDebone@reddit
Oh I'm sorry to hear that. I hope you've managed to recover.
Bitter_End_5643@reddit
The UK is in Europe so of course it's cheaper to travel within the same continent you are located in from start to finish. Literally every country and city for that budget for flights, accom and food as long as it's not a 5 star hotel of course but guest houses, bnbs, 3 or 4 star hotels all possible.
Ralucahippie@reddit
Most recently this year we've done Tirana and Krakow. Last year we did Bratislava and Vienna as part of one trip (fly into Bratislava, out of Vienna, train between them). There are cheap flights often to Bologna, which is a great foodie destination and you can do more of northern Italy by train from there. Lisbon is also good.
enkayinfrance@reddit
Prague. Barcelona. Bergerac. Bordeaux. Nantes. I could get boring. 😑
Buttonmoon94@reddit
Not Europe but spent a few days in Marrakech over the summer for <£600 total and that included a cooking class, several museums, taxis, and an expensive dinner
Princes_Slayer@reddit
I’d usually go on Skyscanner, choose my nearest airport(s), and select ‘Anywhere’ for the destination and see what bargain locations are to be had. I’m happy travelling an hour-ish by coach from where I land, so I’ll mooch for what towns are in that range, then I’ll check how easy it is to get to them.
The Christmas markets are starting soon. We flew to Basel (Swiss side), crossed to German side, then took an hour long coach up to Freiburg im Breisgau for a long weekend. It’s on the edge of the Black Forest. It’s charming enough though there are definitely more overtly charming fairytale looking towns scattered through Europe. Basically you’ll find something gorgeous pretty much anywhere you land in mainland Europe (Poland has stunning cities and I’ve been to Krakow numerous times, Warsaw and Gdynia on my list. .Annecy in France is also on my list to visit and looks interesting as does Bruges in Belgium. You’ll find an HR Giger museum if you visit Gruyeres, Switzerland and Budapest is a corker to visit with spa baths).
Real-Apricot-7889@reddit
Most places really - even somewhere expensive like Paris you could do for £700 if you only stay a few nights and are careful with your budget.
According_Cold_990@reddit
I think the south of Spain or the islands are qiite a good option y you travel in the low season:https://www.trabber.co.uk/LON/
Narrow-Tree-5491@reddit
Try Bruges. If you drive and live in the south it’s an easy drive using the tunnel. Watch “In Bruges” first.
Ok_Resident3556@reddit
Tunnel or even better is Dover to Dunkirk ferry crossing. Off season that’s quite a cheap crossing, takes longer than the tunnel but cheaper and further up the coast towards Belgium, it’s only around 90 mins drive.
Key-Twist596@reddit
I watched In Bruges last night and had forgotten how good that film is. Shocking at times, with many lines I'm sure wouldn't be included in films now, but a really great film.
Narrow-Tree-5491@reddit
It’s like a fairytale. 😁
Zealousideal-Habit82@reddit
Two manky prostitutes and a racist dwarf.
Ok_Resident3556@reddit
If you go in winter you can go pretty much anywhere in Europe with that budget. A few years ago now I did a trip to Venice in January for around £350 for 2 people. It was COLD but it was beautiful and far quieter than in high season when it’s really expensive and crowded. I did hide to stay in the Lido (not the city itself) for that budget, but only about 10 mins on the water busses (and was included on the bus routes for the weekend ticket).
Cultural_Tank_6947@reddit
It will all come down to how many nights you want to spend away. If it's just a long weekend, you can go practically anywhere.
And if you can go practically anywhere, go to Slovenia. Or Albania.
migo_81@reddit
Multiple places in Italy
Turin, Bologna, Verona, Pisa, Genoa
cameragirl17@reddit
Budapest is lovely
taknyos@reddit
Budapest has so much great history and wonderful things to see.
Some of the places outside the capital are great too. Obviously Lake Balaton is very good for a few days on holiday and isn't far.
They're less touristy but some of the cities like Szeged or Pécs are beautiful and have a great vibe about them. Maybe not great for a tourist but honestly very nice places to live.
DonPaddock@reddit
Yeah I think there’s a tendency to dismiss Budapest but it’s definitely one of my favourite European cities that I’ve visited. Would definitely go back. I went to Vienna, Budapest and Prague all in a year and Prague was the only one I wouldn’t rush back to
Difficult-Shelter-89@reddit
Don’t forget in Brittany and a lot of places you can get a tent site, tent provided. Jump on the ferry or tunnel and you are there. If you have a bike and a pack £700 will last you 2 weeks
Difficult-Shelter-89@reddit
Estonia is nice especially at Christmas time. Romania also. If you only want a couple of days Rome. Stay in the cheapest out of holidays as you will be sight seeing all day
Difficult-Shelter-89@reddit
Amsterdam
sooty_bear@reddit
Lisbon
pineappleandpeas@reddit
Most European countries you can do for under £700, Scandinavian countries may be pushing it but even then if you go for cheap accommodation you can manage. We usually just look on sky scanner for the dates we can take leave, and look at the cheapest places that week. Flights, apartment for the week, usually out of tourist areas is significantly cheaper, and car hire ends up under £500 for 2 of us. Food/meals out etc are costs on top, but most European supermarkets are cheap (except Scandinavia) for the basics to cook for a week.
Ok_Monk_9583@reddit
Madeira, like a European version of Hawaii and super cheap
StuartHunt@reddit
My niece used to work as a travel agent and she bagged us a £50pp 7 night stay in Los Christianos Tenerife. The actual price was £400pp, but with her travel agent concession we got it for £50.
MaterialFollowing4@reddit
You can probably do any European city on this budget if you're smart, but my favorite is Porto. It's small enough to walk around, is cheap as chips, has amazing food and wine, great history, location is perfect with Riviera and beach.
geeered@reddit
Go to skyscanner, choose your preferred dates, or even better let it check for a whole month (flexible dates).
With a bit of notice, I'd say most countries in Europe in your budget easily, it's just finding accommodation out of more popular areas.
I've either been to or priced up plenty of options for .. Italy, Spain, Portugal, Albania, Montengro, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Lithuania and more that will all easily come to under that price - though will depend how much you spend on food, but that can usually be done cheaply.
Long weekends (say 4/5 days) often quite a bit under that. Think I managed a Ski trip for not far off that too.
Of course it will help if you're sharing with someone, but it's still perfectly doable when you're on your own.
Firesequence@reddit
Fly to Geneva, and from there on the amazing swiss rail system you can be in some unbelievable mountain valleys in 3-4hours
topher2604@reddit
My son and I took a three day trip to Berlin from Manchester last summer and it cost about £600 for both of us for flights, hotel, food and transportation.
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