What Would $10,000 Buy Around The World?

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$10,000 is a lot of money in this day and age for anyone. However, sometimes money seems to go fast between bills, gas, food and all the other odds and ends we buy. Maybe you want to get away from all that and travel a bit, but how much will $10,000 go in other countries? Let's explore!

(The following countries were listed based from the top 10 most traveled countries and various lists of where the US dollar can be stretched the furthest, but in no particular order.)

Thailand
Currency= Thai Baht (THB)
1 USD = 35.60THB
10,000 USD = 356,046.45 (THB)

With $10,000 you could buy:

• 3,155 Big Macs ($3.17 or 112.83 THB)
• 13,186 small mars bars (I love mars bars)
• 7,120 large Singha beer from a 7/11

Or up to 50 days in this luxury hotel for 7100 THB a night (taxes excluded).

Did you know the real name for the capitol of Thailand, 'Bangkok' is "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit"?

United Kingdom
Currency= Pound sterling (GBP)
1 USD = .66 (GBP)
10,000 USD = 6563.88 (GBP)

With $10,000 you could buy:

• 2217 Big Macs
• 10,939 small mars bars (I love mars bars)
• 1,897 pints of beer

Or up to 27 days in this high end long stay hotel for 239 GBP a night (the most expensive room I found at this particular place a walking distance from London center) (taxes excluded).

Did you know there are more chickens than people in the UK?

Italy
Currency= Euro
1 USD = .92
10,000 USD = 9193.92 (Euro)

With $10,000 you could buy:

• 2,273 Big Macs
•  6,666 Italian specialty chocolate
• 2,301 pints (about) domestic draught beer

Or up to  42 days in this luxury hotel for 218 Euro a night in the Safari Luxury Lodge (for week long stays) (taxes excluded). .

Did you know pizza was invented in Naples, Italy?

Peru
Currency= Peruvian Nuevo Sol (PEN)
1 USD = 3.29 (PEN)
10,000 USD = 33,907.80 (PEN)

With $10,000 you could buy:

• 3,184 Big Macs
• 16,666 candy bars
• 6,781 pints (about) domestic draught beer

Or up to 17 days in this hotel's deluxe king suit for  1,881.77 PEN a night (taxes excluded).

Did you know guinea pig meat is commonly used in Peruvian meals?

South Africa

Currency= South African Rand (ZAR)
1 USD = 13.92 (ZAR)
10,000 USD = 139,191.50 (ZAR)

With $10,000 you could buy:

• 4,784 Big Macs
• 24,419 candy bars
• 6,959 pints (about) domestic draught beer

Or up to 21 days in this highly rated hotel on the waterfront for  6,421 ZAR a night (taxes excluded).

Did you know South Africa is home to a small colony of penguins?

Where would you travel to if you had $10,000?