Ukraine -- what does it cost?

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ukraine/money-costs

The Ukrainian hryvnya is divided into 100 kopecks. Coins come in
denominations of one, five, 10, 25 and 50 kopecks, plus the rare one
hryvnya. Notes come in one, two, five, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500
hryvnya. Kopecks have become virtually worthless and prices are often
rounded up or down. There is a chronic shortage of change throughout
the country – try to give the correct money whenever you can. In
Russian-speaking regions people may still quote prices in roubles
instead of hryvnya from force of habit. It’s virtually impossible to
buy any hryvnya before you get to Ukraine.

DAILY COSTS

BUDGET (up to) 250uah 100km of bus travel: 30uah Cafeteria-style meal:
from 30uah Dorm beds: 70–150uah

MIDRANGE 250–1000uah Double room with breakfast in a good hotel:
400–800uah Three-course dinner in a restaurant with waiters: under
100uah 100km of travel by express train: 70uah

TOP END (more than) 1000uah Double room in a comfortable, European
standard hotel: from 800uah Taxis between cities: per kilometre 2–3uah
English-speaking guide and driver per day: 400–600uah

USD/UAH Details
USD/UAH for the 24-hour period ending Sunday, Apr 19, 2015 22:00 UTC @ +/- 2% (Typical ATM rate)
Selling 1.00000 USD you get 20.2723 UAH
Buying 1.00000 USD you pay 21.6745 UAH

CAD/UAH Details
CAD/UAH for the 24-hour period ending Sunday, Apr 19, 2015 22:00 UTC @ +/- 2% (Typical ATM rate)
Estimated price based on daily USD rates
Selling 1.00000 CAD you get 16.5469 UAH
Buying 1.00000 CAD you pay 17.7099 UAH

Ukraine.http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/country/ukraine.html

U.S. citizens are urged to follow the guidance in the Travel Warning
for Ukraine and defer all travel to the Crimean Peninsula at this
time. In March 2014, Russia occupied the Crimean Peninsula, which
remains part of Ukraine notwithstanding Russia’s illegal military
intervention.

One of the couples that comes to our Moscow, Idaho Rick Steves travel meet-up is currently in Lviv and will be home mid-May.

When are you planning to travel?

editing: I see on your other thread you plan to travel this summer so Monte will be back by then with a up-to-date view on traveling Western Ukraine.

Hi Rick , etc.,
Yes, I would love to hear from Monte before I leave for Europe. I will be leaving on May 27.
Please let me know how I can get in touch with him or please ask him to contact me through this site.
Thank you.
Tanya

Tanya, Rick does not monitor this site. Some of his staff do (clearly noted that they are staff members). The rest of us are just volunteers and love to travel. I will message Monte as I think he will be back around the 15th.

I would be interested in hearing about the trip too. We are going fishing in the western Ukraine this fall if we can get it organized in time.

I emailed them and Monte will post when they get back home. They are in Ivano-Frankivisk as of yesterday and had seen that the US is in Ukraine training Ukranian paratroopers.

Troy, shhhhhjj! It's a secret. We don't want B.O. to find out.