$5000 to spend on HK, China, Thailand, Singapore, etc

#1 (**permalink**) 5th July 2011, 02:49 AM

Hello,

I'm a 22 year-old Korean-American who just graduated from college and am planning my graduation trip with $5,000.
My first destination is Hong Kong where my girlfriend is.

Here's my A-list of places that I definitely want to visit:

Hong Kong
Beijing
Shanghai
Thailand (Bangkok?)
Singapore

If I have money, I hope to visit this B-list of places:

Taipei
Phuket
Macau
Tokyo
Seoul

Q #1: How plausible is it for me to travel around these places with $5,000?
I hope to go clubbing for 1-2 days in HK, Beijing and Shanghai as well.

Q #2: I also want to go bungee jumping but Macau's tower's $300 bungee jumping experience seems over-priced to me ... any opinions? I feel like I can travel so much with $300 instead of just blowing it on a quick experience of bungee jumping.
Considering that I pay around $1300~$1500 for my flight from NY to HK, so I hope to have around $3,500 from HK.

Q #3: And can anybody tell me about Multi-city trip tickets? I hear they are a great way to fly to different places.

Q #4: Am I paying too much for hotel in Hong Kong, $100/night?

Thank you so much

TB

P.S.
I plan to travel from late July to September. If anybody needs a traveling buddy, please reply! I speak Korean, Japanese and English.

kyshel · #2 (**permalink**) 7th July 2011, 03:35 PM

Knowing travel prices and being in the airline industry, your transportation is going to be the biggest problem.
I would eliminate:
Singapore $$
Shangai
Macao (you're young--jump when you can easily afford it)
Tokyo
Seoul
Taipei
Phuket (maybe you can squeak this in)

I'd concentrate on HKG (hotels are fairly high but can be had for $100) we just spent 9 nts there and it was great--so much to see/do.
and Beijing (if you can get air) Train travel is popular Beijing/Shanghai.
Id make Bangkok a priority for $ and things to do and acess the rest of Thailand from there--even Siem Reap (angkor Wat area)

frontline · #3 (**permalink**) 26th August 2011, 09:53 AM

Well buddy you are smart to graduate college at the age of 22 years however it wont be possible to visit all these place with a budget of $5000. You might want to think to increase your budget somehow or perhaps take few of the places out so that you can visit the places you want in $5000. I wish you all the luck!