How much does it cost to travel to America? -American travel expenses

The United States is a highly developed country with very rich resources and infrastructure. The consumption level here is high. For tourists, it is really necessary to pay attention to relevant travel habits. Here is a detailed guide to American tourism consumption.

visa

The US visa fee 1 107 RMB (which will fluctuate according to the exchange rate) can be applied by yourself. Taobao is also applicable, but the service fee will be a little higher. The validity period of the US visa is 10 year, and you can use it even if you change your new passport, but you need to activate it on evus every two years, and there is no charge for activation.

Secondly, American visas require interviews, and the interview time is different in each consular district. For example, you can get an interview after applying in Beijing, but you need to wait in line for about 2 months in Shanghai. Because the refusal rate of visas in the United States is not low, it is recommended to buy a plane ticket after the visa is issued (the interview is passed), just in case.

If the queue is too long, you can find a travel agency to jump the queue, but only at a certain price. I won't go into details about the signing strategy of the United States, which is a big piece on the Internet. Summary is two keys: absolute truth; Prove that you are a tourist and not a black immigrant.

air ticket

Air tickets to America usually fluctuate greatly. There are several tips to help people have a little idea when buying air tickets and save some money.

The above is the round-trip ticket to Los Angeles at the end of June that I bought in the middle and late May. The fare is 3642 RMB, which is also the most cost-effective ticket I found at that time, which is in line with my itinerary. There are 1 key points to be explained here: if you choose the ticket with the same entrance and exit, there will often be a big discount in the United States, which is applicable to the itinerary of any country.

The ticket for this trip to the United States is 3642, and then there is a trip to Japan in the United States, but the price is 485 1, which is booked at the same time, showing the gap.

In addition, the plane flying to the United States has another feature: the western part of the United States is cheaper than the eastern part. Therefore, usually going to the United States with Los Angeles as the landing point can save a lot of air tickets. You can find tickets around 2000 when it is cheap, but if you want to go, you can usually find suitable tickets below 4000.

stay

Accommodation in America is really not cheap, or cheap is cheap. Usually, the accommodation price within the acceptable environment (similar to domestic express hotels) fluctuates around $65,438+000, and a few better ones may rise to $65,438+050-200.

In terms of booking choice, Flying Pig and Ctrip in big cities are cheaper than Booking and agoda, because some of them will leave the group according to the agreed price of domestic travel agencies. In remote villages, you may need to use foreign OTA to book, while in the United States, BNB is usually more expensive than hotels, and there are many good homestays, but they are all for enjoyment.

per diem expenses

Daily expenses are divided into two categories, transportation and eating and drinking. Let's talk about traffic first. The United States can be said to be a country with traffic paralysis. It is basically difficult to play without a car in the United States, not to say that it is impossible, but the time cost will increase a lot and the corresponding accommodation will increase. Finally, I think renting a car is the most cost-effective. The rent of this small car is usually affordable, including insurance, 400 yuan RMB per day. Other models, including Porsche Ferrari, can be rented as long as they have money.

The United States is the only country that has not yet used a unified unit, so even if you do a raiders, you need to convert it into gallons and miles. In order to give you the conversion standard directly here, I usually convert it to 2.3 gallons /60 miles in the United States according to 9L/ 100KM (because the borrowed car is older, the fuel consumption will definitely be high, but the compact car will not be much higher). According to the mileage of driving (the planned trip of Google Maps is also calculated in miles)/the unit price of 60 * 2.3 * oil price (the oil price in the United States is calculated in gallons), it is almost the driving cost.

Finally, diet. A light meal costs about $65,438+00, and a full meal is basically in the early twenties, and the exquisite food is not capped. Of course, it includes 15% tip. After all, the United States is a tipping country, and some restaurants don't need to give it because it will be included in the final bill.

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Therefore, according to the above introduction, it is easy to calculate your own travel expenses. Under normal circumstances, except for visas, two people traveling in the United States can get a trip of about 7 days under 1W (single person), and most of them can be converted according to their own needs. In fact, there is little difference between traveling in the United States and traveling in Japan.