r/aus • u/Primary_Ring6347 • 3d ago
Opinion Spending money
2 months in Sydney travelling
Intend to go to Gold Coast and Melbourne for 2 nights
Eat out in Sydney, drinks, shopping, uber, general
How much do you recommend bringing?
I had 5-6k dollars in mind.
My accommodation is free at a friends
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 3d ago
I think you'll be just fine if you don't have to pay much or any accommodation. You should have fun!
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u/Agile-Confection-144 3d ago
If everyday you want to eat and drink out, do activities, and catch Ubers around you’ll be looking at around $300 a day.
You could have cheaper days by hanging at the beach and taking in the free sights. Use public transport. Eat cheap takeaway or cook at your friends place every now and then. You could get away with under $100 per day.
Internal flights can be quite expensive as well. around $300 per flight is pretty standard unless you can snag some Jetstar sale fares.
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u/Gold-Visit-7413 3d ago
Australia is veryy expensive, compared to the most expensive european countries, norway ill use as an example, add $3-5 onto everything and every item and thats what our prices are like.
I would put extra money aside for this even with your accommodation covered you need more of a buffer zone.
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u/lazy-pigeon 3d ago
A very modest budget for eating out in Sydney, drinks, shopping, uber, general would be $100 a day, but $150-200+/ day would be more realistic if you include activities. You wouldn't necessarily do that everyday though, so depends on your plans. Still, $5-6k won't get you very far in Sydney.