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Our budget guide to Hong Kong is your one-stop shop for essential information on cheap accommodation, food, sightseeing and more in Hong Kong. This is a city that can empty your bank account, burn up your credit card and leave your piggy bank thoroughly smashed, but as our budget guide to Hong Kong shows, it doesn’t have to be that way – accommodation can be fair, food can be a bargain and the best sightseeing is free anyway.
Our budget guide to Hong Kong is your one-stop shop for essential information on cheap accommodation, food, sightseeing and more in Hong Kong. This is a city that can empty your bank account, burn up your credit card and leave your piggy bank thoroughly smashed, but as our budget guide to Hong Kong shows, it doesn’t have to be that way – accommodation can be fair, food can be a bargain and the best sightseeing is free anyway.
Budget Accommodation in Hong Kong
Your
biggest blowout in Hong Kong is almost certainly going to be a bed to
sleep in, and some of the swankiest and priciest hotels in the world are
set in the city. There are, however, bargains to be had; provided
you’re willing to put up with box sized rooms and views of the nearest
concrete walls you can slice a good chunk off accommodation prices.
- Budget Accommodation Guide to Hong Kong
Read this before you even think about booking your bed, there are plenty of tips, tricks and, or course, scams.
- Top Five Hong Kong Hostels and Guesthouses
Hong Kong hostels don’t have to be all Chungking and cockroaches, take a look at these prime picks.
- Cheap Hong Kong Hotels For Less Than $75
Yes, it is possible. Five Hong Kong hotels that will leave you change from a $100.
Budget Food in Hong Kong[post_ads_2]
There
really is no need to spend extortionately on food in Hong Kong; in fact
the city has to be one of the world’s great food bargains. Superb
Cantonese food is available for little more than pocket money and
Indian, Thai and Malay dishes can also be had at bargain prices. It’s
only when you start moving into Western cuisine that prices start eating
up your budget.
- Best Restaurants in Hong Kong on a Budget
Five fantastic restaurants in Hong Kong where you can chow down on a main meal for $15 or less.
- Street Food at a Dai Pai Dong
Pick up a quintessential Hong Kong snack from some of the city’s dwindling street side food vendors.
- Hong Kong Cheap Eats
Some of the best cheap eats in the city from burritos to South Carolina burgers.
Budget Sightseeing in Hong Kong
Most of Hong Kong’s best sights can be done for free, or for the price of a ferry or bus ticket. An iconic Star Ferry ride across Victoria Harbour costs just a couple of dollars, entry to the excellent Hong Kong Heritage Museum
is just a dollar and walking around the bustling markets is free, if
you keep your wallet closed. Even many of Hong Kong’s most famous
experiences such as Tai Chi and tea tasting can be done for free thanks
to the excellent Hong Kong Tourism Board.
- Sightseeing in Hong Kong for a $1 Or Less
See the city’s soaring skyscrapers on a tram, or take in the electric Hong Kong horseraces, plus three more experiences for less than a $1.
- Ten Things to Do in Hong Kong on a Budget
Ten fantastic, and unique, Hong Kong experiences on a budget, including some for free.
- Try Tai Chi for Free
Always wanted to bend your body around the curves of Tai Chi? Have a free lesson courtesy of the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
More Budget Tips
Keep transport costs to a minimum by buying an Octopus Card, which offers reduction on fares.
Take the bus from the airport instead of the substantially pricier Airport Express train.
Can’t afford to drink in the bars of Lan Kwai Fong, then pick up a beer from the nearby 7-Eleven and join the crowds on the street ( at weekends anyway).
