Budapest tips · History and culture
Hungarians love to travel
Right in the middle of Europe, with flights from $15.
Hungarians are big travelers, especially around Europe. We sit right in the middle of it, and budget airlines sell a one-way ticket for anywhere between $15 and $100.
How many one-way Budapest to London tickets does an average month's pay buy?
About 30 years agoaverage take-home pay about 30,000 Ft a month, a one-way ticket about 40,000 Ft
0.75 tickets
Nowaverage take-home pay about 484,000 Ft a month, a one-way ticket at 20,000 Ft
24 tickets
Back then, not even one. Today, 24: a round trip to London every month for a year.
Ballpark numbers: 2025 pay is KSH's average net earnings; the 30-years-ago figures are my rough estimates.
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