usd500 budget...where will it take you?

Philippines
February 7, 2011 12:17am CST
Given a budget of USD500 for a 4 days and 3 nights stay, where will that take you? To what destinations may it be local or foreign can this budget bring you based from your home country? Happy Mylotting!
4 responses
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 11
I would choose to get a flight on a low cost airline to Italy or better still Croatia. I would take my disabled son and baby daughter. So I would get an adult, a child and an infant plane ticket. We would camp at the Plivice Lakes for three nights. There would be lots of wheelchair friendly walks and lakes to see. We could just about manage to do this on a budget of $500 US dollars. From my home country airlines like Ryan Air and Easy Jet have very low fares. Camping doesn't cost very much money.
• Philippines
7 Feb 11
I have using Ryan Air and Easy Jet for my clients back then. They sure have the lowest fares. hehehe... Now the only problem I have is how to go to Europe from Manila with a budget fare. hahaha...
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
7 Feb 11
Yes, a return flight from Manila to one of the cities in Europe wouldn't be cheap. It seems that budget airlines are in some areas of the world but they don't fly from say Asia to Europe.
• Philippines
11 Feb 11
Actually, there is one. But I can't time the promo. Air Asia X offers flights from Kuala Lumpur to London and Paris. Sometimes their fares are so low. All I have to do is buy a promo fare also from Manila to Kuala Lumpur. hahaha... Easier sadi than done.
@wilmscz (104)
• Philippines
7 Feb 11
With USD500 budget for 4 days and 3 nights i will go to malaysia and singapore.:)
10 Feb 11
i am not too sure about Singapore. It is expensive here. Take note that the USD40 promo fare do not include taxes. Malaysia, I think, your budget is enough. But this all depends on where are you coming from?
• Philippines
10 Feb 11
hi mommyfied! The promo fare of USD40 I am talking about includes taxes already... :D hehehe... Just wait for the right time and you will get almost the same fare. That budget would be enough I guess. Based on one of our previous trip, we went for 6 days to 3 countries for only USD650. More or less this will be ok... :D We are from the Philippines... :D
• Philippines
7 Feb 11
That is doable... If you get a promo fare of USD40 for the trip and enjoy staying in a lodge or backpacker's hotel, you will have plenty of budget for the tours, food, souvenir and shopping...hahaha...
@marguicha (215346)
• Chile
7 Feb 11
That amount of money would take me to many places in my country (fare, lodgings and food) for a week in the program that my gorvernment has for retired people. When I went to Arica I spent a little over that for the week I was there but it was the city farthest away from mine. I think I can also go for a 3 day stay to Mendoza, a city in my neighbour country Argentina. Mendoza is not far from Santiago (you only have to cross the Andes). This is one of the places I haven´t been to, maybe because it´s so near.
@emine08 (1551)
• Indonesia
7 Feb 11
well if i have that budget, maybe it is enough for traveling in local places. maybe i can go to Bali or Lombok with that budget. and it is enough for my whole family to stay in Bali for 4 days and 3 nights. have you ever been to Bali Doggydimon?
• Philippines
7 Feb 11
Nice! Actually, I was gonna add a little correction to my discussion... USD500 per person for 4 days and 3 nights...hehehe... Bali would be a great place to visit. I have been trying to book a plane going to Bali for the past 2 years but it is one of the first that is always booked by others. So the fare we are getting are pretty high. Hopefully this year I can go to Bali with or without any companion...hahaha...
• Philippines
7 Feb 11
TO THE OTHERS READING THIS DISCUSSION... HERE IS A CORRECTION... THE AMOUNT OF USD500 IS ON A PER PERSON BASIS...HAHAHA...