<p>DD will be spending her freshman year in Italy (2 semesters) and Spain (2 summer sessions).
Room, 50 EUR per week and some trips are included in price. How much money a week is she going to need?</p>
<p>Does she have cooking facilities or is she going to be eating out most days?
Will she be living in a touristy area or off the beaten track?
Is she going to want to buy souvenirs/clothes/books etc while she’s out there or is she planning on just taking lots of photos?
Is she going to be travelling around other countries in Europe, and if so which ones?
Is she going to be doing activities like skiing?</p>
<p>This is a ‘how long is a piece of string?’ type question. You know her best. Does she usually spend a lot? If so, plan on her spending at least as much and probably more.</p>
<p>She will be travelling around the entire Europe and North Africa. She will be snowboarding. She does not buy anything and she will cook in her apartment. Florence is very touristy, so is Valencia. I am thinking $600 a month allowance + she has $5000 saved from summer jobs. What do you think?</p>
<p>That sounds like plenty while she’s staying in the same place. She should aim to save as much as possible for travelling around, as hotels/hostels and restaurants can be expensive in popular areas. She should look for budget flights wherever possible and be willing to take indirect flights as these are usually cheaper. Make sure she has travel insurance that covers snowboarding and any other winter sports. </p>
<p>She will need to remember to budget MUCH more money for travelling around Western Europe (especially the UK and Scandinavian countries) than she will need in Eastern Europe.</p>
<p>She would probably need like 30-40 euros a month is she wants to buy a monthly public transport card to move around the city.
She can go to ski for a day with as little as 30-40 euros. Actually I used to live like 10 minutes from a little ski station and with 16 euros I could go ski for the afternoon, 8 for ski renting and 8 to have access to the white to red pistes.
Leisure activities like cine, concerts, clubs are not that expensive normally. Most kids I know, including me, can manage to have a pretty good weekend with 25 euros.
Travelling around Europe, even Western Europe, from my experience, shouldn’t be too expensive neither if she plans in advance (like one ore two months before). She can buy some very interesting discount cards (I bought an annual card for 40 euros that gives my -50% on train) and there are several low cost flight companies like easyjet, ryanair, jetair and on.</p>
<p>on this same note, i will be studying in the UK next year either in leeds, manchester or brighton…</p>
<p>i will be funding my year abraod with student loans and hopefully savings…how much should i aim to save up or have for the year abroad especially because i plan on traveling all throughout europe as well and i do tend to buy things while i travel…</p>
<p>Europe is more expensive than America, especially clothing. Metro pass is around 30 € a month if not more (depends on city). If she’ll make her own food then 100 € is sufficient. If her allowance will be 600 $ (around 400€) excluding accommodation, I believe she will have enough party to go clubbing, for foods and clothing.</p>
<p>@ xbrokenthoughts</p>
<p>It really depends where you wil go and what’s your lifestyle. You can spend a few thousand € in Paris in two weeks but can also live with a few hundred.</p>
<p>I go to school in a different Western European country, but I’d be thrilled to have that much from my parents 
It should be plenty. Especially if she doesn’t buy lots of stuff, which she shouldn’t, because what do you do with it when you go back to the States? I mean, yes, you can send things, but that’s a hassle & can get expensive…</p>