European Prices Aren’t so Outrageous After All
Hotels, meals, other items in line with what you’re accustomed to paying.
Wait! The sky is not falling! Europe is actually still affordable.
From reading newspaper headlines and watching the news on TV these days, one would believe that the cost of traveling to Europe has gone through the roof. It just ain’t so. Traveling in Europe will not cost you an arm and a leg, nor put you in the poor house, any more than a vacation closer to home.
OK, I admit that when I travel to the United Kingdom or to Ireland I feel sticker shock at the cost of hotels, meals, wine and pints at a pub. Frankly, I don’t know how the locals manage to live with the sky-high prices. To say nothing of Scandinavia, which has always been a relatively expensive destination.
But as far as I can see, the prices in continental Europe are similar to those in the United States, if not lower. True, in the past, Europe was always a bargain for American tourists, and it isn’t any longer. But it ends up costing about the same as a vacation in our own country. Moreover, package tours and Web sites offer excellent rates when combining air with hotel arrangements, which can bring vacation costs almost into the bargain category.
