Ok. My airfare and hotels are paid for already. will $3000 be enough for 2 weeks in milan, garda, and venice in august? No need to tour guides as I will be staying with friends during my trip. I figure 150 to 200 euro a day for the 14 days I will be there.
Posted by
Downingtown, USA
2488 posts
Oh my, lucky you to be able to have that much money to spend. I honestly can't imagine having almost 300 dollars a day to spend outside of hotel and airfare. Unless you spend many dollars on wine, you should come home with plenty of money for next trip.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16235 posts
If you don't pay for accommodations, all you need is food and ground transportation and some museum/exhibit entrance fee. Food prices are about the same that you would pay in California, or even less since wine there is cheaper at restaurants. So it depends on what kind of restaurants you want. Some are expensive but many are very reasonable. If you can do with deli sandwiches at lunch, it will be very cheap. Ground transportation is cheap if you stick to buses and regional (commuter) trains. High speed trains can be expensive but you don't seem to go far, you are basically staying in Northern Italy. Vaporetti (bus-like boats) in Venice can add up at 7 euro a pop, but you can go anywhere in Venice on foot. Also they have daily passes (or multi day passes). Museum entrances are rarely over 15-20 euro, even in the most famous ones. Besides you are not going to museums every day, especially at Lake Garda. Don't skimp on those. That's a good portion of what you are going to Italy for. Stay away from sidewalk tables in cafes and restaurants in major plazas or tourist places. If you sit down at one of those cafes at the tables in those tourist places, such as in Piazza San Marco in Venice, your dinner budget will be gone with one soda drink. Order house wine rather than soda or water. House Wine is cheaper than water in many restaurants. For restaurants follow the advice of local youngsters (high school or college age type). Ask them (young people are also the most likely to speak English) They'll send you to budget spots. If they don't speak English learn to say this: PUO' INDICARMI UNA TRATTORIA PER MANGIARE BENE E SPENDERE POCO. 100 euro a day are more than sufficient, if you don't have to pay for accommodations and you don't go to extravagant restaurants (and sidewalk cafes).
Posted by
Toledo, Ohio, US
11613 posts
Don't forget to factor in picking up the dinner check once in a while.
Posted by
Puerto Rico
76 posts
WOW $3,000....that's a lot of money... I'm going in August for 19 days, to Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome and my budget is $4,000 with airfare ($1,300), food ($40 a day), hostels, connections between places (train and air) and $500 for extras... and I'm at $3,200 (not counting the $500 dollars for extras (shopping, gelatos... :) ) right now in my "excel table budget list".... so I'm pretty sure you are going to be just super fine...