budgeting

SOooooooo... I'm travelling off to Europe in July. I'll have around $7000 to spend after purchasing a 3 month unlimited eurail pass.

Will this be enough money for a 3 month trip around the place? How much should I be budgeting for? I don't mind slumming...!

That should easily be enough. Of course, how much money you need varies greatly upon where you are going, but unless you spend the whole 3 months in London, Oslo, or Switzerland, you'll be okay. (And even if you were, it would be enough.)

I spent about $50/day in Spain, France, & Italy. I had no rail pass, stayed in youth hostels, & I wasn't very thrifty.

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No worries

That's still about $47/day. I was paying rail fare, and you're not, so you'll still be alright. Depending upon where you go and what you do. (And the time of year. If you go in August and pitch up in certain places w/o a hostel reservation, you might have to get a hotel room and pay a little more. Or hop on the train and go somewhere else.)

Taking a moment's reflection, st mused: trains, attempt to reduce my problem with alcoholism...?

You're sunk right there, mate!

i was just in italy, austria, and germany...i spent about $80 per day which included all my point to point train passes. no doubt, i could have done it cheaper but i thought i was being pretty frugal.

i could have saved more money by planning better and furthur ahead. the more you can anticipate, obviously the easier it will be to budget. line up all your hostel fees, museums and other 'known' costs then add in unknowns such as food and booze. the trick will be to stick to your budget...allow for some unexpected expenses.

bon voyage

I disagree - I took an ISIC card on my first big Europe trip. But since then I have been back to France, Spain and the UK and spent quite a while in each, and nobody every questioned my uni (UQ) ID. So for those countries at least, I would say that if the RMIT card looks convincingly like a student card (ie. it says 'university' or 'student' on it somewhere) you'd be fine.