Where in or near Europe but out of the treaty area and Uk and Eire could you go native for a month or more? Hopefuly somewhere the $USD might stretch a little further.
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Ukraine.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
524 posts
Iceland.
Posted by
Calgary, Ab, Canada
86 posts
I would definitely recommend Bosnia-Herzegovina I could definitely live there for a month. I've also heard Montenegro is amazing.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA ☔️
6788 posts
Iceland is definitely not a place to stretch your dollars - it's stunningly expensive, even compared to many of Europe's more expensive places. You do realize that just leaving the Schengen zone isn't going to "reset" your entry date, right?
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
524 posts
<<Iceland is definitely not a place to stretch your dollars - it's stunningly expensive, even compared to many of Europe's more expensive places.>> It's true that Iceland is not a place where the USD might "stretch a little further". However, it's not as expensive as it was a couple of years ago. The Icelandic Kronur has been so devalued that Iceland is pretty do-able (not cheap, but do-able). The most expensive thing is eating out in restaurants - hard to spend less than $25 per person for a simple lunch with one beer or glass of wine (tax/tip included). But if you travel shoulder season, hotels are very reasonable. And airfare to/from is downright cheap. Icelandair flies nonstop from Seattle to Reykjavik (sorry, not from La Pine - maybe you can catch a cheap shuttle from Bend or Klamath Falls to Seattle?). We went last April and our cost for RT airfare with 5 nights hotel was around $700 per person. Icelandair is offering similar deals for this spring.
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
The Iceland recommendations are incorrect. Iceland IS a member of the Schengen zone.
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
524 posts
<<The Iceland recommendations are incorrect. Iceland IS a member of the Schengen zone.>> Ai-yi-yi - you're right! My mistake, sorry.