Turkey does not give up its positions in the ranking of popular places among Russian tourists, here you can have a great vacation for minimal money, but still it is better to at least roughly imagine the amount of additional spending.
Of course, the universal principle "the more money, the better the vacation" applies to Turkey. But this article is intended for those tourists who have to think about the maximum possible spending on entertainment.
In what form to take money?
A bank card is perfect for financial security of rest. Accordingly, when withdrawing funds, a conversion takes place at the rate of your bank. It is best to immediately withdraw a large amount so as not to spend money on additional commissions. Just in case, you need to take with you some reserve in dollars (you may not like the euro exchange rate in Turkey), if suddenly there are problems with the card. If you need to change dollars, do not do it at the hotel, as the exchange rate is usually terribly unprofitable there. When exchanging currencies, be careful, check and double-check everything a couple of times, in Turkey it is during exchange transactions that they often cheat.
Home phone calls cost several dollars per minute
How much money is needed and how is it distributed?
If you are not going to sit all the rest at the hotel, you can explore the surroundings in a rented car. The average rental day costs forty-five to sixty dollars. For about the same amount you can rent a taxi for a day. Accordingly, in a couple of days you will spend from ninety to one hundred and twenty dollars on renting a car or taxi.
If you are going to go on long excursions, buy them from city travel agencies, buying exactly the same excursions at a hotel or from a host tour operator will cost several times more. True, it would be nice to first study the reviews of the city travel agency from which you are going to buy an excursion in order to do without unpleasant overlaps like not very pleasant transport. On average, excursions cost sixty to eighty dollars for two. Two or three excursions "fit" into a typical vacation. Accordingly, on excursions it is worth setting aside from one hundred twenty to two hundred and forty dollars.
If we talk about catering establishments, the calculation will be as follows - a meal for two in a small cafe will cost you twenty to twenty-five dollars, an evening in a large restaurant is twice as expensive. If you eat in a cafe twice a day, and have breakfast at the hotel, your expenses for food for a week's rest will be on average two hundred to two hundred and fifty dollars. But for this money you will get tasty, plentiful and varied food.
Fruits in Turkey are extremely cheap, especially if you don't buy them in tourist places.
Tipping is a fairly important item of travel expenses. Porters are given an average of one dollar for tea, and in cafes and restaurants, tips should be ten percent of the total cost of lunch.
Total: for two (with a fair amount) it is worth taking about six to seven hundred dollars to relax with comfort and without nerves.
