The data behind affordable travel

$1,000 Runway Index

How many days does $1,000 buy?

The straight value ranking — $1,000 worth of on-ground days per country.

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Travel Runway Score

Global Affordability Index

Every country ranked by the Travel Runway Score — a 0–100 blend of burn rate, runway extenders, earnability, backpacker ease, and stayability. The headline measure of where a budget travels best.

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Daily cost ranking

Backpacker Cost Index

The pure cost ranking — every country by backpacker daily burn (dorm beds, street food, local transport, budget activities). No quality adjustments, just how cheap a day costs.

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Where remote income goes furthest

Remote Worker Runway Index

Every country ranked by the all-in monthly cost of basing there as a remote worker — a monthly room, budget meals, transport, activities, data, misc, and insurance. Where your remote income buys the most life.

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Currency-driven runway

FX-Power Index

Where the US dollar has gained the most ground. We compare each country's current currency-adjusted runway to 90 days ago and rank by the extra days a $5,000 budget now buys — the pure power of currency movement.

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90-day cost movers

Cost Inflation Report

Which destinations got cheaper, and which got more expensive. We compare each country's current backpacker burn to 90 days ago and rank by the percentage change — the destinations where your money now goes further, and where it doesn't.

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