According to Google's AI, "For 2025, travel
destinations offering excellent value for your money include Southeast Asian
countries like Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia; South American
countries such as Peru and Colombia; and several countries in Europe like
Portugal, Hungary, and Romania. These locations provide a rich cultural and
scenic experience without a high price tag, particularly because your home
currency often goes further there…"
The key to finding a travel destination with 'more bang for
the buck' is to check on the dollar rate in the country you want to visit.
However, there's more it than that, the destination should
be less known, particularly a nation that is not in the Western European
sphere, as can be seen from the AI summary above.
And for those who want to stay in the US and not bother will the
needed visa for European travel, AI suggests, Moab, Utah, my link to hotels
doesn't show the rock formations or the stark beauty of the area, but the
hotels are inexpensive, even for major hotel chains like Hilton. As well, my
research pulled up the Expedia website, where suggestions for specific travel
times and to certain resorts also have specific number of days for the booking,
which means that in season, in Orlando or Ft. Lauderdale for instance, some
hotels need advance bookings, and others may have other issues, too.
I've also included a website that touts states like Michigan
where stays in national parks camping sites are economical, now that the price
of gas is low, renting a camper if you are the camping type has 'great bang for
your buck'.
My suggestion for those like me enjoy upscale traveling in a
more Western European place where a stay in a five star hotel at a two or three
star price is possible, there's Georgia, Estonia, for instance, also, Bulgaria,
and safety is guaranteed since the governments are not endowed with Westernized freedoms, but there is little tolerance for flouting the laws, no drugs permitted. and your flights there could be limited to National airlines with safety record problems, however, you can book a flight to a neighboring country, and use the train, or a bus, to get to your destination, it's best to stay in the capital city of that country where pleasing tourists is the main business.
When traveling to in 'season US destinations', my advice is, do check out
the reasons why a stay has a price 'too good to be true'.
Nonetheless, remember, travel
memories are more memorable when there's a problem that you do overcome, for
example, I recall booking a stay in a castle in Sienna from an ad in THE
SATURDAY REVIEW—the rooms were in the castle's once dungeon, damp and
uncomfortable, I ended up in a charming pension where the fantastic meals were
included, but at a cost far exceeding my $200 budget for two weeks, stuck with
a special deal for the airline fare, I
used my credit card, and ended up paying it off over time, now all these years later, I can still taste the wonderful food, and I do recall the scenic view of olive trees planted in a pristine country landscape from the window opposite the bed where I had my breakfast bought to me on a tray.
As usual, I wish you happy traveling!
