How to Island Hop in Greece for $1000

Anna
8 min readDec 22, 2020

(Including Round Trip Flights from the USA to Europe for 2 weeks)

Churches in Santorini. Photo credit: https://www.loveexploring.com/guides/79740/things-to-do-in-santorini

Just like every other 20-something girl, I’ve been obsessed with the Greek islands for years. It seems like at some point or another, every influencer has tanned in the hot Greek sun on white-sand beaches with blue domes dotting the cliffs behind. I, of course, have dreamed of doing the same… but at what cost? As a broke college student, I certainly do not have the budget to ball out on an expensive European vacation. Not to mention that miss corona has not made travel possible for the past year. So what do I do with my time in quarantine? Plan the most budget-friendly trip to Greece as I possibly can. If you’re in the same boat as me, follow along with my plan to island-hop in Greece for 2 weeks (from Santorini to Milos to Paros) for $1,000 (including roundtrip flights from the United States to Europe)!

*all monetary values listed will be in USD

Step 1: Finding cheap flights.

After calculating this island-hopping excursion, I’ve found that the round-trip tickets from North America to Europe are by far the biggest expense of the entire trip. My philosophy: always choose the cheapest flight (you can suffer in a slightly uncomfortable seat for 9 hours if that means your saving a…

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Anna
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just an American college student who's obsessed with traveling & needs to find a new hobby other than planning European vacations