Pick a country, the number of days and how many of you are going, and get a cost range for the whole trip. It covers the 20 countries on our 526-day route, from Vietnam at about $25 a day to England at $350 mid-range.
The ranges assume a double split two ways.
| Accommodation | $68 to $113 |
| Food and drink | $38 to $63 |
| Getting around | $18 to $30 |
| Sights and activities | $18 to $30 |
| Extras (SIM, tips, fees) | $9 to $15 |
| Daily total | $150 to $250 |
Each country's budget and mid-range band is the one published in our daily travel budget by country, set from named 2025 and 2026 cost sources. They are typical ranges for one person, not receipts from our own trip: our route data records where we went and for how long, not what we spent.
The split into accommodation, food, transport, sights and extras is approximate. On a budget we put about 35% of the day into the bed; at mid-range about 45%, because the room is where the extra money goes. A dorm bed swaps the accommodation line for a sourced hostel price in the main city, per person, per night. The transport share covers buses, metros and trains between cities. Ride share adds a sourced fare for a roughly 5 km ride in the main city on top of that, times your rides a day, split across up to 4 people per car.
Flights are real round-trip fares from our flight search partner, from each country's main airports to the destination's main gateways. We drop the cheapest and dearest quarter of the fares found, then show the average and range of the rest. They are recent low fares, so peak dates and last-minute bookings cost more.
It multiplies a published daily budget range for the country by your days and travellers, splits each day into accommodation, food, local transport, sights and extras, and adds round-trip flights from your country if you tick the box.
From our daily travel budget by country article, which sets each band from named 2025 and 2026 cost sources such as Budget Your Trip, Hostelz and Viatravelers. They are typical ranges, not what we spent.
Only if you tick the flight box and pick where you are flying from. Fares are recent round-trip prices for that route; where we do not have enough of them, the total leaves flights out and says so.
Vietnam, at about $25 to $35 a day on a budget, followed by Turkey at about $25 to $45.
