Is budget travel to Europe even possible anymore?
I’m in the US this month, visiting friends and family in several states. One topic of conversation that keeps coming up is how very expensive Europe has become for Americans given the dollar’s recent slide against the euro and other currencies.
Actually this slide has been going on for a while now, as this article from July shows. But the big story these days seems to be the hoards of European tourists flooding New York City as they take advantage of the super-affordable Christmas shopping to be had there.
The news isn’t all bad for dollar-earners: the US currency is expected to bounce back at least a little bit as we head towards the end of the year. But the days of truly discount European travel might be a thing of the past.
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