$50 vs $500 Hotel in Santorini, Greece
pretty impressive I mean where I live at in the states and in most European countries you can't find anything for 50 EUR so it's impressive that you can get such bang for your buck in an island like Santorini an island that literally so many people dream about [Music] [Applause] [Music] visi [Music] what's up everybody welcome back to another beautiful day here on the island of sorini now today I got a very interesting video for you guys because I'm going to show you what $50 a night can get you here in sorini but also what $500 a night can get you here on this island so that you can go ahead and plan accordingly and of course make the best financial decision when coming to one of the most beautiful islands in the world now sanini GRE let's just go ahead and throw this out there many people think it's one of the most expensive places to visit and that it's really unobtainable to make it on out here however that is completely false there are plenty of places where you can sleep for less than $50 a day and there are also plenty of incredible options for great budget food I mean you can eat gidos for literally 4 but you can also of course spend hundreds of dollars and even thousands of dollars a day depending on your budget and of course where you're wanting to stay here on the island of sanini now right now I'm actually in the gados neighborhood of the island it's only about a 20-minute walk from fera or a 5 minute drive and let me just tell you guys this is by far one of the best locations to be this is actually one of two of the most popular villages on the island where the locals stay so you're finding local prices local Vibes and let me just tell you guys it is seriously a Hidden Gem now right behind me I'm actually standing right in front of one of the local churches now the beautiful part about being out here is that you get to actually see how the locals move around on a day-to-day basis right now it's actually a Sunday and I just got done witnessing everybody walking into this beautiful church and everybody dressed up in their Church attire it is truly beautiful to see now right now we're actually going to kick this off by showing you guys the first Airbnb that I'm staying at which is the pension George and it is one of my all-time favorite places here on the island and before we jump to any conclusions this video is not sponsored at all I just wanted to make this video to Showcase both sides of Santorini the luxury and of course the still semi luxury spots on the island and at the end of this video I'll tell you guys exactly which one I prefer and of course um I'd like to know all of your guys' opinions down below as well now we're going to kick off this video by showing you guys what $50 a night gets you here in sorini this here is the guest house that I'm staying at the pensan George and I've actually stayed here twice 6 years ago when I visited sorini for the first time this is the place that I called home for the week and same now it is super beautiful and tucked away right in a local neighborhood there's no other airbnbs hotels in this area and they of course have parking places to park your scooters ATVs and well it's one of the most beautiful locations I've seen on the island now as soon as you walk in there's actually all kinds of different tables places to Lounge reception is actually over here on the left that's Demetrius he's one of the owners here amazing guy they also have a selection of water bottles beers all kinds of beverages you can choose from then if you walk down over in this direction well there's all the different um little sides of yeah walkways that take you to the different rooms but up here good morning but up here is the swimming area the swimming pool this here is where I've been hanging out the majority of of um my visit here at the pension George there's all kinds of beach chairs what I really like about this Airbnb is that they actually have room for all of the guests not like some places you go to that don't have enough beds or umbrellas for everybody to enjoy the pool here they have it all and they actually provide beach towels and pool towels which is something that you don't even get in a lot of really expensive hotels so yeah the towels are just simply right here you pick them up take them out to the beach and or just lay down on a beach chair and enjoy the Vibes it's awesome and there's actually plenty of shade covering as well which makes the pool very enjoyable especially when it's extremely hot now they have several rooms all kinds of different models but we're actually up in this corner right now and before I recheck in cuz I was in a different room I wanted to show you guys the room as clean as possible because well it's let's be honest the moment I get in there it won't look that good anymore but this here is room number 15 if you want to stay at the pension George and stay in the same room room number 15 gives you this incredible view but yeah as soon as you walk in we have like a a kitchen area with a stove top sink all kinds of storage space also a refrigerator which is nice to have in here we have a bathroom nice sink modern toilet incredible shower then over in this direction we have like a little almost like a couch but it also works as a third bed nice mirror space and of course the beautiful view of the swimming pool and you can even see a little bit out into the coastline that's the beautiful Mediterranean the reason why everybody comes to Greece well let's be honest everybody comes here for the Sea and the food and let me just just tell you the people are also great but yeah incredible view right great place to start the days and end the evenings it's awesome and it's quite impressive that this place is $50 a night guys now I did talk to the owner and he said that around August time during the peak months this place does get up to $100 a night so do keep that in mind it does fluctuate however right now the current price and most of the year it's between between $50 to $65 a night pretty impressive I mean where I live at in the states and in most European countries you can't find anything for 50 so it's impressive that you can get such bang for your buck in an island like Santorini an island that literally so many people dream about visiting it's amazing all right now let me show you guys the little Loft area where the bed is actually at which is up here yeah be careful as you're walking up the steps but this here is the sleeping area you got a beautiful queen-size bed bedding is also incredibly comfortable Outlets um two nightstands everything you need towels and as I mentioned the bed is super cozy and one of the pluses about being here at the pension George is that they literally have the fastest internet I have found in the last 3 weeks of traveling which if you're working from home that is a huge plus you also got a television another little window that you can lift open and in air conditioning so great option guys if you're coming to sorini personally I think that you know staying in a place like this will give you a lot more bank for your buck but also give you you know that nice relaxation that you're looking for when traveling because if you stay in the in the area that we're heading to after this one where I'm going to show you guys the $500 Villa while there you're not going to have any peace and quiet to yourself that is where all the tour bus has come from all of the cruise ships it is full it is extremely expensive and it also gets very busy especially in the early mornings and in the evenings so finding a place to eat finding a place to drink all of that can get well pretty difficult but yeah the pension George I'll leave the link to this place down below if you guys want to come and support this local family business and of course that's also another reason why I recommend this spot it's not owned by a huge company it's owned by a Greek family that have been here for well the wife her whole life and the husband for like the last 15 years so definitely recommend this spot and there's also plenty of Local eats around the way there's a laundry mat just across the street that's super cheap um all kinds of markets the beach is literally 15 minutes from here we're only about a 20 minute walk to downtown F great location overall um this is where I'm going to be staying every time I come to Santorini so if you're booking a spot on Airbnb you know throwing my little name in there and yeah we'll see if um I return again next time I come on out here but yeah this isn't sponsored at all and the owner actually just found out that I make YouTube videos right now so um he's pretty stoked that I threw this in there but yeah now let's make our way to IA um it's about a 20-minute drive from here we'll make our way there and I'll show you guys what our 500 Dollar in night Villa is looking like I'm super excited to stay there but you'll actually see um which one has a lot more bang for your buck once we get [Music] there so now we are in the most popular side of the island this here is IA and this is where you see all the most beautiful famous pictures of sorini and of course this is where you're going to find all of the tourists on the island but it's for a reason these streets are super beautiful the streets are actually aligned with you know jewelry shops souvenir shops all kinds of restaurants and bars and yeah they're just extremely vibrant I mean look at this now during the days it's incredibly busy here on the streets because all of the cruise ships actually dock here and they run excursions all around on the island so EA is the most popular location of course and yeah you find yourself in lines like this as you're walking around but it's beautiful super gorgeous but yeah this here is the neighborhood that we're staying in right now and pretty much in every like nook and cranny of these streets you're going to find airbnbs hotels and undoubtedly some of the most beautiful Airbnb locations in the world now right now I'm going to show you guys what we have for $500 a nights and I think you're going to be impressed but you also see why my preference is the local side a place like carados where I just showed you what you can find for $50 so yeah we're going to keep weaving our way throughs but yeah a lot of clothing shops more jewelry restaurants and traffic and if you think this is crazy wait till you see what's right outside of our door here in a second so this here is where we're staying right along this church here and our Airbnb is actually down this way and it turns out that our Airbnb is actually in one of the locations that everybody loves to stop at to take photos so I'm going to show you guys our entrance right now next I this hotel this one looks awesome because when you open it it's the the whole view yeah wow thank you all right but yeah our view is also quite impressive let me show you guys so yeah I guess we chose a perfect location cuz the line's been huge for a while now but I'm going to show you guys our spot right now I mean look at this view guys it is absolutely gorgeous this is actually why I booked this room was specifically for the cave pool and the incredible um iconic view of sorini now for $500 a night you can have a view just like this obviously there are many different um properties with different prices here however this is what we're paying and yeah look at this guys it is absolutely gorgeous I mean so beautiful the iconic blue roofs all the little pools down on the bottom it's awesome look you got this little bed here with a with another jacuzzi right in front of it man gorgeous so our room is actually in here and there's plenty of places to actually sit down and lounge around now this here is like the public space area of our Airbnb cuz it's actually shared with um other rooms but yeah this here is the cave pool area area look at this this here is our pool that we're going to be able to jump on into and I love how it has that shade covering so that you don't get absolutely cooked out here but yeah this is what we're going to be enjoying today this beautiful view so our Airbnb actually has um yeah this whole area included but our room is actually located right there with the private plunge pool right in front and yeah you can see Taurus you know pretty much on every staircase stopping to take photos and right there in front of us you can see the cruise ships and there's two right now but the owner was actually telling me that in the prime summer days or summer months there can be up to seven out there and right now it's the first week of October and it's literally like man probably like 28° right now it's quite hot all right now let's make our way down and I'm going to be showing you guys the bedroom now this here is our room right here in this corner it's super gorgeous we got a nice little p patio area um yeah like a little bench seats private plunge pool that is very nice very nice warm and then this here is their bedroom and of course you got Andrew in here how you enjoying it so far feels good with the AC it feels good huh but man I must say the first impressions is that it's tiny for what you pay it's very very small but it's worth it for the experience I'm actually going to be sharing the bed with Andrew today it's pretty hard to find a room here that has like two beds this is kind of like a romantic spot on the island so it's more dedicated towards couples we got a television towels beautiful queen-size bed in my opinion it's nice but I still feel like the other one's harder the other one's better huh and that's exactly what I was going for I think the $50 is is a lot better but the view is Iconic the view is Iconic but that's what you pay for is the view room wise the other is a lot like newer looking and this just looks like out of date a lot of things yeah it does look a lot older but um here we got a kitchen space or like you know little sink area um teapot an espresso machine in here they left us some um tease Cutlery you got a refrigerator that comes with yogurt orange juice and [Music] water over here got of places to hang your clothes I'm not sure what this is the AC yeah AC um a safe towels and uh two pairs of sandals and this here is the bathroom area and the bathroom is gorgeous like I said it's very simple but um the price points that you pay is quite different I personally definitely enjoy the penson George more especially walking up in here so many tourists so many people but I think it's a it's one of those things worth experence Ing and personally I think you should do both when you're in sorini this one actually comes with wine too they gave us some sorini wine which I'm going to try some cookies they even gave us a power adapter I mean the host is very nice very friendly I'm going to leave the locations the list of the Lo the listings down below here in this video but yeah you guys tell me down below what do you guys prefer $500 or $50 a night I think that the pens on George is definitely the way to go but if you're coming out here for like a special moment an anniversary a honeymoon I think you should definitely do two nights here I meanon just leave the door open look at the yeah just look at that Andrew is right though you know but you can imagine you're not going to have too much space real estate in area considerably like this place stays packed all year all year long you would think they would upgrade a little bit or at least redo the paint job cuz I mean a lot of it does just look more yellow than white and yeah you're right you're right I mean just the little things you know but you're right it does it does need some work but you know what the guy George telling us that he remodels that every every year the the people at pension George man they paint every year they um put new bedding on every time you're going to go there it's going to be incredible but hey it is what it is we're blessed that we can stay in a place like this it's we're it's a blessing that we're here so I'm not complaining we just have to give it to you guys as real as it is especially when we're not getting paid to do these things like even when I do get paid to do things man I tell you guys exactly how it is like I'm not going to sell myself for the paycheck you know what I mean I'm not one of them but yeah this here is where we're going to be hanging out today this view is absolutely incredible I was actually going to buy us some beers right now but guess what I left my wallet in here so now I got to make that long walk again and as you're walking around here man you're constantly in a line so those are just things that you know make this place extremely different but this is gorgeous I'm going to enjoy this to the fullest I'm about to jump into the pool right now and yeah maybe even take a Plunge in here but this does feel incredibly warm definitely a a hot water jacuzzi but the views no it's Priceless like you're not going to spend your days inside of the room here with this view let me show you guys one more time from up here yo the cave pool is beautiful though no drop dead gorgeous especially I can imagine sunset here is going to be amazing hey and the best part that's kind of makes this all worth it is you don't got to make reservations anywhere like you got a spot you got Prime real estate for a view I mean look at this little chair just lay here and admire the views and I mean there are even better views I mean we do got the big dome in front of us but right on the edge right on the edge yeah I don't know we told you guys our opinions let us know down in the comments what are you I think we did it right though I think spending the week in pencion George was the best way to do it and then coming here for a night to get a mix of the Both Worlds cuz man if I had to see this every single day or walk through those lines every single day I think I'd be I'd be pretty over censoring pretty fast you got to enjoy the local side of the places that's what makes these places incredibly awesome all right I'm sweating my butt off it is hot time to hop into time to hop into the pool how you been enjoying sorini so far it's amazing would you recommend it yeah would you recommend it to just Honeymooners or people that are traveling with their brothers too both but it's for sure more of a it's romantic place it's romantic place but driving around the island on an ATVs and crushing and just going to different beaches and viewpoints with your brother is also a good time too and guys I've seen a lot of single Travelers out here as well don't make this just a destination that seems like it's completely unachievable to go to obviously even to spend $50 a night and have that um to be able to spend here in sany as a blessing and a lot of people don't have that kind of money but but 50 there is plenty of um places you can stay here that are very affordable $500 a night that's not affordable that's not obtainable for many people this year is literally a dream come true so thank you guys so much for blessing me for allowing me to share these experience experiences with my brother even though we're sharing the same bed today hey I remember plenty of times in my life where my bank account didn't show this this amount of money that I just spent on this night so I'm forever blessed thank you guys so much you guys have changed my life completely and now I get to share these places with you guys and yeah for now I'll leave you with a a drone Montage of IIA and I'll see you guys again soon for another video um from Greece later [Music] guys [Music] you are always smart I was the one today
2023-11-18 16:40
