What Does The DREAM TRIP to Amalfi Coast REALLY cost? (FULL Cost Breakdown)

What Does The DREAM TRIP to Amalfi Coast REALLY cost? (FULL Cost Breakdown)

The Amalfi Coast is plastered everywhere from luxury travel magazines to social media feeds and it’s not uncommon to see some of the world’s richest people on holiday here. Now, I’m normally more of a budget traveler myself, but four glorious days on my honeymoon. I surrendered to that dream and paid for everything from fancy restaurants to private boat hires. And today, I’ll be showing you the real numbers behind every single thing we paid for and whether or not it was worth it. All to answer the question, what does the dream trip really cost? Let’s get started. [Applause] [Music] The biggest expense on your trip is going to be accommodation for sure. The Amalfi Coast is home to some of the fanciest and most mind-blowing hotels I’ve ever seen in my life. And the price tag is infinite. We actually only decided on our travel dates a few weeks before leaving for the honeymoon. So, unfortunately, we didn’t have a heap of options to choose from. So, definitely book as early as you can. Our requirement for hotel room was we wanted to stay in Positano. It had to actually be a hotel, not an Airbnb with breakfast included. And we wanted a balcony with a view of the Amafi Coast. Oh boy, did we get it. But to get something that was a little more reasonable price-wise for us, we got one that was like further up on the cliff, and it’s called Five Positano. It’s amazing. I don’t know, guys. We just got here, and I’m already I’m just beside myself with excitement. I cannot wait, but I’m prepping for the high prices in Positano. In total, we paid €1,116 for four nights, which actually I think is a pretty good deal for Positano. But since it’s higher on the cliff than most places, I’d only recommend it if you can figure out what to do for transportation. So, it feels like the biggest problem you have to solve every day is access and transportation. The towns are built on some of the steepest cliffs you’ve ever seen and also spread out along a huge coastline. Your options are either private driver, car rental, scooter rental, water taxi, taxi, or catch the bus. They come with very different price tags and as we soon discovered a lot of different pros and cons. From Naples airport to Positano, we booked a share car transfer with one other family. Is that going to make it to your blog? And this one wasn’t so bad. It was actually only about €50 per person, so not too bad. The drive-in was a little rough. I got very carick cuz it’s really windy. Also, the drivers in Italy are very uh not necessarily like aggressive to other drivers, but just like aggressive with the brake and the acceleration. On our first morning, we decided to catch the bus down, but unfortunately Oh, you’re joking. I’d read about this online that the buses just get filled really quickly and that sometimes you just can’t get a seat. All right, guess walking. Let’s do it. The walk down was absolutely beautiful, though. So, I didn’t mind it so much in the end. Pretty sure we came from like the other side of this mountain. Oh my gosh. [Music] Could it be could be proof that we are heard a lot about the crowds of Costana. It is crowded definitely but it is beautiful. Most streets are filled with adorable little souvenir shops, cafes or restaurants and the views are incredible. I’m just trying to get a bit of cash out. It’s going to take like €3.90 just to get cash out. Cate, right? Cate. Private beach clubs are something that’s heavily associated with the Amalfi Coast. Got paid paid paid free paid paid. So just how much are they exactly? Full package thing. You get lunch, you get drink. Oh €200. 350 for two people. Euro for two people. Damn. They’re not all this expensive, but as an Australian, I just don’t have it in me to pay for a beach. But to each their own. For lunch, we just went with the quickest thing we could find, which ended up being a sandwich and a cowzone. I don’t even know if cowzones are Italian. I feel like they’re an American creation. Yeah, I don’t know. So, I looked it up and it actually is Italian. The more you know. We decided to try for the bus one more time. This time going up the mountain. And somehow we actually managed to get on at €150. It might be the cheapest thing that we bought on this trip, but we paid for it in other ways. We knew we knew ahead of time. We all knew it was going to be busy. Everybody’s just on the bus. Everyone’s just sweating. It just feels very like disorganized. Everyone’s like trying to push to get on the bus. It’s not It’s not like the best environment. Starting to feel like maybe Posanana isn’t for me. It’s very It’s just very very crowded. Everything is exacerbated by the fact that it’s a very hot day today. So, we’re going uphill at the moment because we’re heading to a very famous hike called Path of the Gods. Well, runs from Positano all the way over to Pryano. Getting a bit tired already. It’s fine. It’s fine. It’s free. [Music] It’s really, really hot in the sun. It’s one of those like 34 feels like 37 kind of days. I love our hiking outfits. Not our not our usual hiking attire. Go for a little more cute little I’m on the Amalfi coast. [Music] It takes about 3 to four hours to hike and it’s not too intense, but the views are amazing. You’re ruining my very cinematic moment right now. You okay? We’re just walking by in there. I was like, “Oh, wow. He’s got berries.” I guess he says in Italian, “Do you want one?” All right. Yum. I haven’t had mulberry since I was a kid. Oh, it’s taking me back ratatouille style. We used to have a mulberry tree in our backyard. Considering this is a free hike with some of the best views we saw on this trip, I would 100% recommend doing this hike if you can manage it. After a pretty decent dinner at a restaurant that’s practically built into the side of the cliff, it’s kind of amazing. We actually managed to get the bus back and this time it was actually really nice. So overall, buses offer a pretty inconsistent experience, but at least they’re cheap. Taxis are about €60 for a 15-minute drive and renting a car can be really difficult because there isn’t really a lot of parking. So the next day after greeting the local cats, of course, we decided to just bite the bullet and rent a Vesper instead. If you look up advice online about like renting a scooter on the Amalfi Coast, everyone will tell you that it’s a terrible idea. The roads are extremely windy and the cliffs are almost vertical. So, I was pretty scared at first, but so far driving with the scooter on the coast is amazing. It’s so beautiful. I would say it’s like if you’re first time ever to ride a scooter here, don’t do anything. But if you have experience, just be aware. just be a little bit alert and then I think you’re good. Yeah, I think just like taking the corners really slow, be really cautious when there’s a bus coming cuz they’re so big and they don’t they don’t care. They take charge of the road for sure. It’s a 45minute drive to get to Amalfi, but with all the stops we took to look at the view. It probably took us about an hour instead. Wow. Yeah, I’m I’m really glad to not be in a bus right now. I hate to say it, but this is much better than catching the bus. Eventually though, we made it to a town called Rell, which is kind of like up on the mountains uh just past Emi. It is lovely here. Just delightful. It like just feels very romantic and lovely and beautiful. The main attraction for us in Rell outside of Delicious Gelato, of course, was to visit Villa Simbrone. Villa Villa Bron, I don’t know how to pronounce it. Anyway, it has already exceeded like my expectations. It’s so so deliciously beautiful. Oh my goodness. from my pieces. My pieces show the time and conversate by the flow. The real reason we wanted to visit these gardens is because it was featured in a little movie called Tenant, which is actually the first movie that we watched on our first day. It’s like even it’s way more beautiful. I just don’t believe it. Yeah, I need to be standing there. I have to stand there. God bless. This is where we grow. This is our reation. Entry to the gardens was only €10 per person and it actually ended up being a huge highlight for us. Overall, Rell was so so so beautiful and next time I visit, I think I might want to stay here instead. Another benefit to renting a scooter is that you get to go to places that public transport can’t take you to, which means that you’re in less busy areas and also cheaper kinds of places. So, we found this one just on Google Maps, and it’s actually really cheap, surprisingly. Which brings me to the next big expense, food and drinks. In a tourist hot spot like the Amafi Coast, it’s not surprising that the food is pretty hit or miss. Pretty much always expensive, but a lot of the time you’re paying more for the view than you are for the food. In the main areas at a mid-range restaurant, you can get pasta for around € 20 to €30, a main meat dish for around €30 to 40, and alcoholic drinks range from €10 to €20. Actually, some of the worst food we had was at this like exclusive restaurant that can only be reached by private boat. The was €26 and it tasted like fish food. It was so bad. I don’t recommend it. Uh, but apparently JLo ate here, so I don’t know. Means something to someone, I guess. The best food we ate was the lemon ravioli and a creamy prawn spaghetti, both from restaurants in Priano. Unsurprisingly though, if you move away from the tourist hotspots, you’ll find things that are a lot more affordable, like this restaurant. Honestly though, the food here was pretty hit or miss. Aranchchini was amazing. The pizza was not so good. The fish was tasty, but it still had bones in it. Food on the Amalfi Coast is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. So, for everything in this trip so far, we’ve been paying for everything full price on our own. Of course, it’s our honeymoon. However, there is one thing on the itinerary that I uh I may have pulled the influencer card on. That is a private boat tour around the Amalfi Coast. This is like one of the top things that people recommend that you do. However, it’s also usually one of the most expensive things that people do. So, we’ll see. We’ll see if it’s worth it. I’m going to let you know. We ended up booking with PDG boat tours and we decided on a full 7-hour tour, which is usually the most expensive option. [Music] Tours like this can take you all along the Amalfi coastline that gives you the best view of some of the most beautiful hotels in the world. And you’ll also get to stop along the way at private beaches, cliffsides, and smaller towns. Stock me, Jack. I really hope this footage looks good because it’s amazing, but it’s really bumpy. So, for a little bit. The itinerary is entirely up to you and you can pretty much stop anywhere you want for a swim. We really wanted to see the Emerald Grotto. And while it was a very cool cave, it’s only possible to visit in a guided group. And the actual attraction was pretty small. It’s definitely smaller than I thought it would be. I don’t know if I would really recommend paying the €10 per person to go in, but I’d give it a miss next time. We also visited Amalfi again, but honestly, next time I think I’d just spend more time on the boat and swimming at private beaches, cuz that was my favorite part by far. Overall, I really do have to say that I understand why there are so many boats on the Amalfi coast. It is the best view by far. Wow. From the water, you can see so much more of Positano and Priano and like all of the different towns. Amalfi as well. It went too fast. I wanted to stay off for longer. And now the big question, how much did it cost? Private boat tour on a boat of that size. 7 hours along the coast. It is normally €800. quite a big chunk of the budget and the price just keeps going up and up and up depending on how big the boat is and how many people you have on it. So you can do like group trips of a similar kind of thing that we did like all along the coast for 7 hours and that’ll be like less than €100 even. Those ones I think could be excellent value for money, but the only problem with that is that you’re sharing the boat with probably about 10 other people and you don’t get to choose the itinerary. It’s probably already set and the times are already set and everything. So having the flexibility was really really nice. Whether or not it’s worth it for you will just depend on how deep your pockets are with our our lovely discount that we got from that company PDG Tours. It was worth it for us. That was amazing. I have no notes. No notes. What a beautiful place. I don’t want to leave. This place is so pretty. [Music] For our final day on the coast, we wanted to take it easy. So, we just rented a scooter and took a trip to Fioro de Fioro de Furor. I don’t know how to say that, man. Surprisingly, entry was free. And it was absolutely beautiful. Boats aren’t actually allowed to stop in here, so the only way that you can reach it is from the road. I highly recommend visiting if you can. So, over 4 days on the Amalfi Coast, staying in Positano, living the dream. We spent in total €3,266 and some change, which comes out to €560,000 Japanese yen. We truly did pick the like the worst time exchange rate wise to travel to Europe. It was woo. But all in all, looking back at everything that we did, I still think that we did pretty well. Like you could easily easily spend double what we did without even really thinking about it. If we stayed at a slightly nicer hotel that’s further in town, if we bought drinks every now and then, even though I knew it going into the trip, I knew it was going to be expensive. I was like, “It’s fine. Just go with it.” I think we both still subconsciously would order the order the cheapest thing on the menu or like not order many drinks or we’d always be like, “No, sorry. I don’t need water. I’ve got my water bottle.” Honestly, I think this trip really taught me a lot about my own relationship with money and how I just can’t I don’t know how to spend money. How do you spend money, people? Anyway, the big question is, was it worth it? Honestly, yes. 100% it was worth the money and maybe even a bit more. Like, I I would 100% pay that again to do this trip again. It was amazing. I would do a few things a little bit differently. I might stay in a different area. I definitely rent a scooter every day. But yeah, I would definitely pay that again. And like most tourist things around the world, be it Japan or Italy, it is popular for a reason. And I highly highly recommend visiting. So what do you think? Is that a lot of money to you? Is it not much money to you? It will highly depend on like the currency that is normal to you because yeah, exchange rates doing like crazy things at the moment. Um, and in Japanese yen, it’s a lot of money. I’ve got another video from our honeymoon where we went to the Doommites. That will be coming up soon, which I’m also equally as excited for. I don’t know which one was more beautiful, a Maui Coast or the Doommites. Ah, it was so pretty. Ah, everything. Everything. Italy is truly crazy. We had an absolutely amazing time. If you want to see more stuff like this, behind the scenes bonus videos, I have a Patreon. I’ve just uploaded a short video from our trip to Shanghai when we were on our way to Italy. Um, and also there’ll be an additional video from Lake Como where we visited all the Star Wars locations. Ah, it was so exciting. So, if you’re interested in that, go check out my Patreon, patreon.com/currenly Hannah. I have a travel guide to Japan. If you’re coming to Japan, you’re probably watching this video traveling to Italy. But, I have a Japan travel guide. I’ve got two of them. Go check them out. And there’s Instagram and, you know, all that other stuff. But yeah, thank you so much. Oh my god, my stomach just rumbled. Thank you so much for watching. I hope you enjoyed it. And I’ll see you next time. Bye. Why did I do this? Since when have I like wiggle wiggled my fingers?

The Amalfi Coast is an absolute DREAM destination, but when the Kardashians come here for vacation, you just KNOW it’s gonna be expensive – but how expensive, exactly? Join us on our semi-splurging honeymoon where we discover the cost of everything, from accommodation, to transportation, food, drinks and the elusive private boat tour.

Thank you again to PDG Boat Tours for discounting our private boat hire. They were very flexible, super chill and GREAT customer service. Highly recommended. Book here: https://geni.us/uAjwS

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