Australia is the most expensive place to live in the world
I knew before I arrived in Australia under the earth would be expensive It wasn t until I had spent a few weeks there and saw the balance of my bank account decline faster than ever I really including how much it costs to travel to Australia.
The root of high prices, I am told, is the fact that the Australian minimum wage is about 17 per hour, a hike conceived as social protection, but the real life effect was to increase the cost of almost any Other factors import tariffs, high domestic taxes, a large population and high GDP Australia also affects the amount you have to pay when traveling in Australia.
Whatever the underlying cause, the fact remains that Australia is among the most expensive places I have ever traveled Although it is possible to travel to Australia without going completely bankrupt, you should not rely on all aspects of your holiday in Australia is cheap.
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The first food item purchased in Australia was actually pretty cheap, it was a Vietnamese bahn mi sandwich, an Asian bakery on Smith Street in Melbourne It costs 4 50, or about what I would pay for the same sandwich here in Austin.
Alas, I was not wise to judge this particular book by its cover During the six weeks I spent in Australia, I rarely encountered price even for coffee meals whose prices were in single digits Average price a simple lamb kebab usually cheap food is 10 I got to the point where I thought 15 a plate for Chinese or Thai was cheap.
And breakfast Let's not even talk about breakfast, I was not shocked to pay 14 for two eggs and a piece of toast in the suburb of Bondi plugged in Sydney, but it was a bit surprising that the price n 'decreased gradually that I went north along the Australian coast.
Overall, I would say that I got used to spend about 50 per day on food in Australia, which takes into account the fact that water in Australia is the 2-3 price for a small bottle, a cost that is slightly lower in supermarkets on the topic supermarkets, you should you expect a huge amount of grocery shopping and cook in your inn or a friend's house all the food in Australia is outrageous in my experience.
Transport is the second of three main factors I consider when evaluating the general good market or expensiveness of a destination, and transport prices in Australia run along the same lines as those for food A one-way, tram ticket from four hours to Melbourne is $ 4 and that's just in the city of 1 compared Zone, it costs 2 1.40 to go from Lisbon to Sintra, a historic town in the farthest outskirts of the capital Portugese.
Costs are even higher for what I transport special term, namely the cities and in the airport and vice versa one-way bus tickets between central Melbourne and not of his trip between the airport 17-20, while Sydney airport train ticket in the CBD operates a huge 15 want to buy a pass every week on the Sydney train network They start from a fresh 41 reverse the same ticket in New York, perhaps the most expensive city in the United States just 29 passes.
Prices rise even further the cities you get, in some cases anyway when I was in Australia's red center, for example, a bus ride to and from Uluru cost a whopping $ 55 that was just for the trip, no visits included.
Of course, it can be cheap to get around in Australia If you are a hiker up the Australian coast, I recommend buying a pass Greyhound bus for less than 400, you can travel all the way Sydney to Cairns almost the entire coast and hop on off almost as you like best of all, the ticket is valid up to 90 days, which on average amounts to less than 5 per day if you take your time.
Airline tickets to travel inside Australia are I also cheap, speaking internationally paid $ 199 each way to fly Virgin Australia between Sydney and Uluru, and only 39 take JetStar from Melbourne to Sydney, a price that gives a run for Southwest Airlines his money.
Hostels in Australia are not overly expensive, at least not compared to how the rest of the costs much lower under I would say that the average price paid for me a bed in a dormitory 6-10 person was 30 per night, which is at least in the same ballpark as hostels in the cities and the richest countries in Europe.
Indeed, the problem with hostels in Australia isn t cost, but value In Amsterdam, for example, 30 not only get you a bed in a dormitory four -person rather than a sleep 6-10, but dorm will climate controlled, have its own bathroom and your nightly rate will include a very good breakfast.
Not only inn reservations in Australia not include breakfast though, to be fair, one or two meals included, but hostels in Australia are generally cooled with small fans, even in the hottest parts of the summer are cramped and in some cases, dirty If you have traveled in Europe without breaking the bank, you will certainly be able to afford to stay in Australian hostels; you will just be disappointed in the quality of the product.
A suggestion regarding hostels in Australia Don t book in advance the quality of hostels in Australia is so consistently low that you are better bargain with the people who are waiting for your bus to arrive, get a low rate and not having credit card on file that you try to cancel a reservation you made to a property that has been grossly distorted in its favor on HostelWorld and HostelBookers.
Australia is a huge, huge country, and unless you have rented a car or truck camper to take you around, you will have to book many organized tours to see the countries Australia tour prices are expectedly high for a day excursion to the Great Ocean Road near Melbourne, for example, I paid 100 a day trip to the Great Barrier Reef with two dives was 280 Ouch.
In addition, most of Australia attractions require tickets, which are almost never included in tour prices Some of these aren t excessive 25, for example, is a small price to pay for three days at the wonder that Uluru is, but others are extremely high a for adult admission fee Australia Zoo a 60 day.
None of this is to complain too much of my travel experience in Australia in general you get what you pay for and, with the exception of hostels in Australia and some other experiences I had there, the quality of products and services Australia is extremely high Australia is the lowest stress place I have never traveled alone long delay I experienced the whole time I was there when the plane United Airlines I took Sydney to Los Angeles didn t do on the track.
Overall, I would say that you should expect to spend no less than 100 a day to travel to Australia, covering a bed dorm of the hostel of your day transportation costs and three basic meals Depending on the number of things you see and tours that you take, your daily cost could be as high as 150 or even 200 as you make peace with it before leaving and above don t get too caught up on the prices of items individual you need to return to Australia unscathed, if a little broken.
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