If you’re planning your next holiday and are looking for an easy way to keep your travels on a budget and have fun without breaking the bank, you’ll be happy to know there’s a new tool that might come in really handy.
The UK-based Starling Bank has put together a new price-comparing tool that will help you stay on budget in a very simple way - by letting you see how much you can do and eat and experience in the major tourist cities around the world for £100 (US$123).
The way it works is with a basket, to which you add whatever you might want to do in the city of your choice, which the tool presents to you divided into categories - meals, tourist attractions, transportation, accommodation. Say you want to go to Rome and visit five of the main tourist attractions while staying in a budget hotel and travel on public transportation - according to the budgeting too, you’re already at £85 (US$105), so you’ll need to consider what meal options, for example, are the best to stay within your budget.
What are the new rules for tourists in Italy?
Thanks to the budgeting tool, Starling Bank has found that the city “to get the best out of your holiday money” is Sydney if you’re looking for a vacation filled with sightseeing - and that’s because most of its attractions are free. If you want to take a more foodie approach to travel, then you might want to head for Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, where you can get a local meal for just a little bit under £2 (US$2.47).
There’s also a luxury side to this budgeting tool - all categories are the same, except they refer to fancy restaurants rather than fast foods and taxis rather than public buses. In that case, the best city to get the absolute most for your money would be Istanbul, followed by Delhi and Cairo, while the most expensive places where to go for a luxury holiday are Miami, Auckland and New York City.
Did you know there's a cat living inside Istanbul's Hagia Sophia?
If you’d like to know more about the budgeting tool and use to plan your next holiday, you can do so here.
