Closely sticking to a small budget is the only way some of us get to travel – which is why this recent ranking of the cheapest countries in the world to travel this year from price comparison site HelloSafe makes for an ideal resource to plan your next affordable trip.
But how about the other end of the scale? HelloSafe evaluated the average daily spend needed per traveller across a whopping 131 countries, including accommodation, food and transport, and – alongside its list of the cheapest – has also published a round-up of the most expensive countries to travel to in 2025.
Topping this list was Barbados, the beautiful island nation in the eastern Caribbean. Barbados is basically everything you could want from paradise – long stretches of palm-tree lined white sand, gleaming waters and a whole load of sun.
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All that will cost you, though – according to HelloSafe, the average daily budget for one person on the island is a whopping £264.
Destinations in the Carribbean actually fill the top three spots, thanks to the region’s ‘high-quality tourism accommodation sector’. Antigua and Barbuda comes in second place with an average spend of £248, and Saint Kitts and Nevis comes in third with £217.
The rest of the list includes countries from all over the world (it’s worth noting that the price of getting to each place is not something factored into the study – we’d all be coming from different directions, after all). Read on for the full roundup of properly bougie holiday spots, and check out the study in more detail here.
These are the world’s most expensive countries to travel to in 2025
- Barbados
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Maldives
- Grenada
- Switzerland
- USA
- Micronesia
- Greenland
- United Arab Emirates
- Bahamas
- Oman
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
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