Refrain travel if your wallet is thin – Västerbotten Courier

Economy. Do you have a lousy economy but want to still travel in the summer? Private economists and savings analysts are fierce in their advice: Do not travel! Instead, start saving for next summer.

Facts

Forex vacation index for summer 2016 compare prices in 77 countries worldwide. Cheapest this year are Vietnam and Cambodia, whose prices are 70 percent lower than in Sweden.

Products including compared are: a pint of beer, a restaurant visit, a taxi and a hotel night.

The Cheapest countries Index Most Expensive countries index

Vietnam 29 Monaco 223

Cambodia 29 Maldives 147

India 30 Switzerland 138

Macedonia 32 United States 114

Bulgaria 33 Denmark 114

Malaysia 33 United Kingdom 111

Albania 35 France 109

Serbia 36 Norway 105

Thailand 37 Sweden 100

Philippines 37 Luxembourg 99

the cheapest countries in Europe index

Macedonia 32

Bulgaria 33

Albania 35

Serbia 36

Romania 38

Montenegro 40

Poland 43

Slovakia 47

Lithuania 47

Latvia 50

Source: FOREX bank

– If you are short of money, you do not trip. You can check what is offered in the municipality where you live. There is a lot going on in the summer that you can participate in at home, says Ingela Gabrielsson, private economist at Nordea.

Make your friends

Mattias Munter, savings economist at Skandia, find it who have little money to think ahead and start saving for a trip next year, or the second next year.

– This summer you can holidaying in their home, lie on the beach or go to free museums. If you start planning now for next summer has plenty of time to find and book cheap airline tickets, he said.

Ingela Gabrielsson gives more tips:

– Male can change residence with another person or family. You can call friends and acquaintances and ask if you can come and visit for a few days or offer to suit someone’s house. One should think outside the traditional, she says.

Defy the experts’ advice

Borrow to travel you should definitely not do according to the experts.

– It gets so boring when to pay back, says Ingela Gabrielsson.

If you want to defy the advice of the experts and the trip despite having little money, Avanza saving analyst Johanna Hill a few tips:

– I think you should check out for cheap accommodation like hostels and campsites. You can pitch a tent. Moreover, there are sites on the internet where you can find cheap apartments for rent, she said.

And while planning your trip, do not just stare yourself blind on what flight ticket costs. In Forex holiday index if you include hotel costs, restaurant visits, taxi and a liter of beer. From that one comes to which of the 77 countries compared to the cheapest. This year highs Vietnam and Cambodia where the price level is 70 percent lower than in Sweden.

Among the European countries, it is cheapest to the summer holiday in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania and Romania.