Comments on: The Power of Pricing in Your Travels http://travel.booklocker.com/2008/09/25/the-power-of-pricing-in-your-travels/ Bargain destinations and the cheapest places to travel Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:12:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: NewWrldYankee http://travel.booklocker.com/2008/09/25/the-power-of-pricing-in-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-137314 NewWrldYankee Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:42:00 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=641#comment-137314 Actually recently, it seems like the Icelandic kroner is falling like crazy. For the first time, my Icelandic friends have had to borrow money from family and self-support as the gov't can't afford to do as much as before. Actually recently, it seems like the Icelandic kroner is falling like crazy. For the first time, my Icelandic friends have had to borrow money from family and self-support as the gov’t can’t afford to do as much as before.

]]> By: Joe http://travel.booklocker.com/2008/09/25/the-power-of-pricing-in-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-136921 Joe Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:36:43 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=641#comment-136921 Tim, I was stationed in Iceland with NATO in the early 90s and even then it was bloody expensive. So expensive that the Icelandic Customs authorities monitored and routinely searched our vehicles as we left base to ensure we weren't taking an "excessive" amount of duty-free and subsidized goods out on the economy for black-market/grey-market re-sale. A "nice " evening out in Reyjavik - even in 1990/1991 - was liable to run up to $100 USD per couple without alcohol. While I enjoyed my time there, and remember the people and the environment fondly, it has never been somewhere I would purposely choose to return to again due to the prohibitive cost of food, lodging and transport. Tim,
I was stationed in Iceland with NATO in the early 90s and even then it was bloody expensive. So expensive that the Icelandic Customs authorities monitored and routinely searched our vehicles as we left base to ensure we weren’t taking an “excessive” amount of duty-free and subsidized goods out on the economy for black-market/grey-market re-sale. A “nice ” evening out in Reyjavik – even in 1990/1991 – was liable to run up to $100 USD per couple without alcohol. While I enjoyed my time there, and remember the people and the environment fondly, it has never been somewhere I would purposely choose to return to again due to the prohibitive cost of food, lodging and transport.

]]> By: jamie http://travel.booklocker.com/2008/09/25/the-power-of-pricing-in-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-136828 jamie Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:19:06 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=641#comment-136828 This post made me remember a very funny article I read years and years ago called "Shaefernomics" which suggested that the U.S., as a nation, measure all prospective spending (like on the Strategic Defense Initiative) in terms cheap beer. Enjoy those Icelandic beverages. And sip. This post made me remember a very funny article I read years and years ago called “Shaefernomics” which suggested that the U.S., as a nation, measure all prospective spending (like on the Strategic Defense Initiative) in terms cheap beer.

Enjoy those Icelandic beverages. And sip.

]]> By: Renato http://travel.booklocker.com/2008/09/25/the-power-of-pricing-in-your-travels/comment-page-1/#comment-136779 Renato Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:06:35 +0000 http://travel.booklocker.com/?p=641#comment-136779 Talking about the price of a pint there is a website: http://www.pintprice.com that claims to have "the price of beer in 206 countries." Should we use it before travelling on a shoestring? Talking about the price of a pint there is a website:

http://www.pintprice.com

that claims to have “the price of beer in 206 countries.” Should we use it before travelling on a shoestring?

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