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Spending Money For Chicago (1 week)
09-20-2015, 03:37 PM
Hey - could someone please let me know a rough idea of a daily budget needed for 7 night solo trip to Chicago in October?
Forget the hotel - this is purely food, drink and play money.
I want to see the sights (I'm not in to museums - just happy to literally see the sights) and obviously night-life.
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Spending Money For Chicago (1 week)
09-20-2015, 03:48 PM
I'd say $2,000-$3000
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Spending Money For Chicago (1 week)
09-20-2015, 05:13 PM
^ $2000/day?? I'm sure you meant week. Outside of hotels, you can probably keep to 200 to 300 if you're eating decent meals (sit down joints) and having only a few drinks a night. Cut out sit down joints and maybe substitute street or fast food and you cut 50 plus or more per day.
If you're trying to get into clubs and/or bars and drink the night away, include a few hundred more for those nights.
A lot of the good stuff in chicago as far as sights is free. Paying about $50 to go up to the Sears Tower is whack.
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Spending Money For Chicago (1 week)
09-20-2015, 05:22 PM
Thanks guys. I had budgeted for around $200 per day and don't plan on high end food places. Just the 'must do' Chicago tourist dishes once and then budget the rest. I just want to be able to be comfortable and go where the heck I want when I want. That's the idea of solo travel after all!
I chose Chicago due to game and always wanting to go so I wanna get it right.
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Spending Money For Chicago (1 week)
09-22-2015, 03:43 AM
Food will run you $10 a meal even for quick food places (there isn't much fast food in Chicago unless you count chipolte or jimmy johns). Drinks will run you $7+ for a beer and $12+ for a cocktail in the nice areas. Check out the architecture boat tour for things to do, sometimes they have discounted tickets on groupon. There's also plenty to see for free.
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Spending Money For Chicago (1 week)
09-22-2015, 07:38 AM
Yea I was referring to the week, I'm thinking of clubbing etc.... There's a shitload of fast food mostly hotdog joints, gyros etc.... If you're planning on really going hard be ready to spend because Chicago is far from a cheap city.
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