It doesn't matter how much you are ready to allocate from the family budget for the New Year holidays, you can have a great time in any case. Let's consider in more detail how much money can be allocated to celebrate the New Year, where and how to relax, and how much to give gifts.
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Alas, this also happens: the New Year is on the nose, and there is not a penny in the home piggy bank. You can compose a script for a New Year's comedy on this topic, take a loan from a bank, ask for a loan from friends, or just go to bed after the chimes … But it is much better to celebrate for free. There are options.
Go to city or local New Year's festivities. Fireworks, round dances around the Christmas tree, congratulations from Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, holiday concerts, crowds of smiling people around are waiting for you - and all this is absolutely free. When and where the New Year's festivities will take place in Moscow on the night of December 31, 2014 to January 1, 2015, you can find out on city websites.
No money for a dream tree? No problem! Holiday decorations are probably left over from last year - decorate houseplants with balls and shiny tinsel, arrange Christmas tree decorations on the shelves, hang garlands from the ceiling. Can't handle your gourmet food purchases on a family budget? Holiday meals can be prepared from the most common products that everyone probably has in the refrigerator: potatoes, pasta, chicken.
Invite your friends to organize a New Year's Eve party at your home, sharing responsibilities - they buy food, drinks and fireworks, while you cook, set the table and wash the dishes. Many would gladly agree.
2,000 - 5,000 rubles
There is money for the celebration, only their cat cried. How to squeeze the most important holiday of the year into a small budget?
The best way to save money on groceries is to go out of town, for example, to the country house. You will be surprised, but during such trips, about 100 rubles a day are spent on food for one person. First, because in the fresh air, any food tastes better. Secondly, the impressions of the beauty of the landscape successfully compensate for the simplicity of the dishes. Why not use this effect on New Years? Grill kebabs, cook mulled wine, play snowballs. Food and drinks (meat, wine, vegetables, tangerines, juice and bread) will cost 600-800 rubles for each, and the pleasure is no less than visiting an expensive restaurant.
10,000 - 20,000 rubles
Dinner at the restaurant. There is no need to cook, set the table, wash the dishes, or entertain the audience - all this will be done by specially trained people. But the place for the celebration should be chosen very meticulously. First, read reviews about holiday dinners - if the establishment has been brilliantly handling banquets for several years, there is a great chance that it will not let you down this time either. Secondly, it is worthwhile to visit the selected restaurant in advance - at least to have a cup of coffee there. This way you can see if you like the atmosphere and the service enough to enjoy the main night of the year. The cost of celebrating the New Year in a restaurant in the capital is 5,000 rubles per person.
Cultural trip. Another great option is to go with the whole family on December 31 to the theater or to a concert of your favorite artist.
New Year Abroad
3,000 - 10,000 rubles per person. Vouchers for the New Year are sometimes so expensive that they are in no hurry to buy them. So travel agencies are forced to sell trips a few days before the holiday with a 50-80% discount. This happens especially often with tours to Egypt or Turkey.
10,000 - 15,000 rubles per person - the Baltics. Christmas markets where you can taste fresh baked goods and aromatic mulled wine, narrow streets of medieval towns covered with fluffy snow, cozy cafes - all this winter fairy tale is inexpensive. A train ticket from Moscow to Riga or Tallinn and back will cost 6,000 - 10,000 rubles, accommodation in a modest hotel - 1,500 - 2,000 rubles per day per person.
15,000 - 20,000 rubles. Bus tour of Europe. Most likely, you will have to spend many hours on the bus and even spend the night in it 1-2 times, but in a week you will see several European countries at once, meet a lot of new people and celebrate the New Year on the main square of Paris, Prague or Budapest.
20,000 - 30,000 rubles. You can buy a plane ticket to any European city that you want to visit and book a hotel there, and on New Year's Eve wrap up in a pub or bar.
30,000 - 60,000 rubles. Travel to the summer. You can go to celebrate the New Year in warm countries, such as Thailand or Tunisia. Even in January flowers bloom here, palms rustle and you can sunbathe and swim in the sea.
How much to spend on gifts
0 rubles 0 kopecks. Write a funny congratulatory poem. You can also make a funny video from the photos and favorite songs of the person you want to congratulate. To do this, you will only need a computer, 2-3 hours of free time and a little knowledge.
300-1000 rubles per person. Give something related to your hobbies. You can also donate, for example, movie tickets, a certificate for a master class or a day at the fitness center.
From 1,500 rubles per person. There is an option to donate a grocery basket, which includes champagne, coffee, tangerines, chocolate, cheese, olives, etc. Also gift certificates for shopping, such as cosmetics or perfumes.
