Current Events > WTF? An Uber driver or McDonalds worker in Europe can afford to travel to USA?

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Yet a lot of Americans cant afford to travel internationally due to how expensive it is

Get your ticket & hotel well in advance and a week vacation to Paris is less than 1,000 bucks.

as somebody living 2 hours away from paris, i wouldn't pay nearly close to that amount just for ticket and hotel over there.

Don't be jelly.

Didn't this get posted past week?

How can you not afford the travel?

Get your ticket & hotel well in advance and a week vacation to Paris is less than 1,000 bucks.

The US is a 3rd world country, easy to vacation to, but not from.

for vacation?

Yet a lot of Americans cant afford to travel internationally due to how expensive it is

WTF is going on? Are Uber drivers or fast food workers in some parts of Europe rich or well off?

I cant even make it to Philippines this summer with how hard it is to save up the money

A lot of Americans can't even afford to travel out of state, especially Uber drivers

The US is a 3rd world country, easy to vacation to, but not from.

its called budget traveling, staying in hostels, shared rooms, cooking meals instead of eating out. some backpackers work in hostels in exchange for free food and accommodation.

i stayed in a SF hostel recently and met a lot of foreign travelers doing that. I paid about $31/night for a room with free breakfast.

just to give you an idea of the cost to travel per day on a budget in the USA, $30-60/day and includes accommodation, food, transportation and sightseeing.

i prefer to travel in countries where my money goes a long way. I was just looking up a month stay in Bali Indonesia for only $200/month for a private room, access to the kitchen, wifi. Eating out at a local place costs $1-2 per meal.

lmao. 30-60 dollars doesn't even cover gas for a day.

I've got a round trip ticket to Lisbon and 7 days at a 4-star hotel for less than $800 in all. I think you need to look harder and try not to be prejudice towards people you feel aren't in your social stratum

Lisbon is amazing, its so cheap and affordable there. Portugal is the best kept secret i think. I like it coz its cheap, make sure to buy a bottle of wine at a local grocery store, only costs $2 for the bottle lol.

Nice! Any other tips or suggestions? I'm headed out there on March 7th

Lisbon is a very walkable city. Its gorgeous with some amazing viewpoints. I was only there 4 days. But I suggest doing a daytrip out of Lisbon. I only had time for 1 daytrip outside lisbon and I went to Sintra. But if youre there for 7 days in Lisbon you can do 2 day trips.

i suggest taking the tram and visit the many viewpoints of the city. Visit Belem. I didnt get a chance to go across that huge red bridge and visit the Christ statue but it might be worth checking out.

enjoy it man, eating out is pretty affordable. Just walk around, take it slow take in all the sights. stop by a cafe, sit out in front of the cafe and get an espresso and eat pastries. they even serve beer at McDonalds

This idea that America is the greatest and most free nation on Earth doesn't mean jack shit when your working class are working to make rent for 60 years before they retire with pennies in their pocket, while anything above middle class is sitting on a warchest of generational wealth, cushy jobs and more political influence than they should have. For most of the US, you're free to eat shit and die, and that's about it. At least in countries with "socialism" like affordable healthcare, labor unions and worker's rights, we get weeks of paid vacation leave at a time and the freedom to go wherever and do whatever we want.

for vacation?

Yet a lot of Americans cant afford to travel internationally due to how expensive it is

WTF is going on? Are Uber drivers or fast food workers in some parts of Europe rich or well off?

I cant even make it to Philippines this summer with how hard it is to save up the money

as somebody living 2 hours away from paris, i wouldn't pay nearly close to that amount just for ticket and hotel over there.

^Unbelievable how well fast food workers are taken care of in some parts of Europe

no wonder why they cant fill the jobs in fast food or at Dennys here

And they somehow find a way to get good ingredients. Watching food videos of people eating at McDonalds outside of the US and the quality is so much better. Also so much more options.

That one I know why

I know people who work in the food industry and they told me that in Europe, the standards for ingredients are stricter than in the USA.

Example: The gummy worms sent to Europe are different from the ones sent to the USA. The ones sent to Europe have the natural coloring and the ones sent to the USA have all these different dyes and food coloring in them.

as somebody living 2 hours away from paris, i wouldn't pay nearly close to that amount just for ticket and hotel over there.

An uber driver can apparently make anywhere from 40k a year to over 200k

Also, a decent week vacation can be had for like 1500 bucks a person.

It's really not that expensive.

What reality do you live in?

Because in other countries, McDonalds is considered an actual job with a decent wage and vacation time, and workers have organisations that seek to educate them of their rights and to act as a disciplinary body that fucks companies like McDonalds in the ass if they infringe on those rights.

Uber may be similar, where outside of the US they can't pull the same "contractor" loophole stuff to avoid treating their drivers however they want. I'm pretty sure in some countries, Uber drivers are legally recognised as employees of Uber, meaning that Uber have to act in accordance with labor laws and worker's rights.

It also helps that because corporations aren't entirely fucking working class people in the ass the way they do in America - at least, not yet - people are more in a position to save money due to reasonable rent and healthcare services that don't bankrupt them. They also tend to get vacation days, meaning that they can get paid while they're visiting the USA.

This idea that America is the greatest and most free nation on Earth doesn't mean jack shit when your working class are working to make rent for 60 years before they retire with pennies in their pocket, while anything above middle class is sitting on a warchest of generational wealth, cushy jobs and more political influence than they should have. For most of the US, you're free to eat shit and die, and that's about it. At least in countries with "socialism" like affordable healthcare, labor unions and worker's rights, we get weeks of paid vacation leave at a time and the freedom to go wherever and do whatever we want.

Lisbon is a very walkable city. Its gorgeous with some amazing viewpoints. I was only there 4 days. But I suggest doing a daytrip out of Lisbon. I only had time for 1 daytrip outside lisbon and I went to Sintra. But if youre there for 7 days in Lisbon you can do 2 day trips.

i suggest taking the tram and visit the many viewpoints of the city. Visit Belem. I didnt get a chance to go across that huge red bridge and visit the Christ statue but it might be worth checking out.

enjoy it man, eating out is pretty affordable. Just walk around, take it slow take in all the sights. stop by a cafe, sit out in front of the cafe and get an espresso and eat pastries. they even serve beer at McDonalds