Can you afford your Prague vacation? (Travel cost, budget tips) 

That was funny, Gas is cheaper in Lake Jackson at least...

Thanks I'm blushing

Yes it is, very sad. Prague was cheaper years ago, but unfortunately now it is incredibly expensive.

I would say when it comes to London if you book flights and accomodation like a Travelodge months (sometimes weeks) in advance, especially on off peak days like Sunday, or off season like out of school holidays, you can actually get a cheap deal. Eat in Wetherspoons pubs (vast menu) or take aways, buy food in major supermarket chains like Tesco or Sainsburys and use your feet then you can have a very inexpensive trip to London.

Yes. After Prague, Budapest is the only city from East Europe that is quite beautiful and spectacular. Although Budapest is cheaper, Prague is nicer and cleaner. Greetings from Budapest

I'm visiting Prague in 10 days. Would you be so kind as to tell me what these activities, cheap or free are please?

I'm also from the Netherlands, and I "discovered" Prague about two years ago. Since then, I've been back six times! I love it! It's only a one-hour flight from Amsterdam Schiphol, and not terribly costly if you stay outside the city center. (See my post above in the comments.) I never eat in a restaurant, or drink a beer in a pub in the Netherlands. MUCH too expensive! If you ask me, Prague is more beautiful than Amsterdam, and safer, too.

​@@magicalexanna Old town square with astronomical clock, Wanceslas square and national museum, Prasna Brana (tower), Jindrizska vez (tower), Naplavka (river sides), Prague Castle and its gardens, squares, cathedral, Hradcanske square/Hradcany, Vitkov park, Prague metronome and viewpoints around it, Vysehrad (with castle walls), Nuselsky bridge near Vysehrad, National Theathe/Galery, Rudolfinum/Klementinum, Namesti miru square

@@jakubantal2546 Τhank you so much!

@@jnx2333 Ha! If I was rich, I would get a flat in Prague in addition to my flat here in the south of the Netherlands! I would split my time between Prague and here. (I do like living in the Netherlands. I'm an immigrant from the U.S. There aren't very many of us in this country.) Amsterdam and Utrecht are both charming cities, but SO crowded. We have 17 million people packed into this tiny country! And do you know what's involved in finding a place to live here? Several years ago, the waiting list for a flat in Amsterdam in the social sector was 11 years. Utrecht was 13 years. Since then, the housing shortage has only worsened. Private sector housing is unaffordable for the average person. Everything else is terribly expensive here, too! For the rest, I found the Czech people I met in Prague to be friendly and helpful. If you approach them politely and with respect, your respect will be returned. You might enjoy the "Dream Prague" videos posted by an American couple who immigrated to Prague about a decade ago.

Děkujeme!

Absolutely not around 150. The restaurants I go to around Žižkov and Vinohrady all have their prices around 250 for a meat entrée. And likewise I recently for instance noticed that Dish's Dish burger was raised from 259,- to 289,-. Parlament's Svíčková raised their price from 275,- to 295,-

@@serebii666 wow. those are high prices in more expensive places 🤷‍♂️ regular restaurant have svíčková up to 200. Almost 300 for this dish is freakin too much. You are comparing very expensive places nos. Try burger at Jacobs Street food or Master burger. Small places, but cheaper than dish yet very awesome. Visit more places that are not this expensive. As a local i can say that dish for 300 per person is too much.

@@icwsi Parlament is absolutely a normal mid-tier priced restaurant. For comparison, Červený Jelen sells it's svíčková for 345,- while Lokál Korunní sell its for 235,- and u Bulínů sells its for 299,-. A meat entrée being around 250,- is accurate. And no, those are not expensive places. Expensive places are restaurants like Yuniku, Sia, Cafe Savoy, Pot au Feu, Cafe Imperial, where mains cost between 450-600,-. And that is not even discussing actual fine dining - restaurants like Marie B, Field, Coda, or Alcron, where mains can easily cost 750-1200,- And as for burger pricing, Dish is not particularly expensive or special either. Tavern's burgers are around 260,-. Palanda's burgers sell for 279,-. Hillbilly's burgers sell for around 249,-. That is simply the cost of a sit-down meal in a restaurant with good meat quality. I'm sorry but neither Jacobs Street Food or Master Burger is a restaurant - those are street kiosks. That is a completely different market category. They neither need to pay rent for seating space, nor dishware, nor service staff that restaurants all do. I would not base acceptable restaurant prices off the hot dog stand (delicious as it is) on nám. Míru either. I am a local too, and I eat out in every district of the city (1-10, except 9 because its far). 150,- (currently closer to 170,- actually) is what you can expect for lunch hotovky and týdenní menus, not á la carte entrées, and that is primarily in cafés - not full service restaurants. I stand by my points, and I recommend you broaden your food experiences, in Prague you really do get what you pay for. All the restaurants I mentioned all make food that I found was worth the price.

unfortunately not. Salaries here in Prague have not increased much in the past year or two, but prices in shops have jumped up massively. It seems that every week the prices are going up again.

Trams operate 24/7. At midnight, the daily 26 tram lines stop, and 10 night trams operate. You will be fine exploring in the evening.

@@Kamil712 great, thank you!

well, I was born and lived in PRG all my life (except few years abroad), and I can assure you that in 2004 you could not have lunch/dinner you describe for 600CZK for 4 people (may be main dishes), and definitely you could not buy 1 bed apartment for CZK250k :):) In 2004, 1 bed apartment somewhere in the suburbs in a (undesirable) commie-built apartment concrete building was about CZK 1.5-2million .... I remember well, I started my professional career around that time, and I was eating & drinking out a lot, plus looking for an apartment to buy;) I get that you felt it is 'extremely cheap' compared to Britain back then, but you sort of let your let memories be 'magnified'

@@letecmig Ah, I accept your local knowledge - maybe I missed a zero off that apartment sale sign :) It was still incredibly cheap though compared to UK...

@@Veaseify As somebody who lived in London for some time and bought a flat there..... I agree:):) But when I bought flat in London and another in Prague at about the same time (2014,2016), the prices where not 'uncomparable' any more ...... the equivalent flat (same size, equivalent neighborhood- not 'posh', not undesirable, outside city center, but not outskirts) was like London was 3x more expensive than PRG... Nowadays I assume (leaving London aside), real estate prices in PRG are higher than in most big cities in the UK of 'comparable' size as PRG (Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Necastle ..... but of course, PRG is PRG, can't compare to these cities re quality of life, culture,sights etc)

I've in Prague twice, both times in mid September and both times the weather was still great. First time it was actually kind of hot and second time it was just fine. Note: I'm a person that absolutely hates hot weather, so maybe i'm easily satisfied with weather that others might experience as less good weather and I'm from the Netherlands, so basically everywhere in the world has better weather that what I'm used to 😂

@@bike-tyson-oak I hate hot weather, as well.

@waynezbytovsky1191 than in general you shouldn't worry too much about the weather in Prague 😀

Euro is used by more countries than dollar and pounds

@@samuelepollichemi exactly!

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@@samuelepollichemi but not English speaking people. People who speak German, French, Spanish, Italian….. they all use euros, true. But no English speaking people

@@stroke_of_luck what language is the most widely spoken in Ireland? And what is the most common language for people to use intentionally?