Questions #2: About how much of your own money did you use this summer? How much would you suggest a summer camp teacher bring? ($200-$250 was the average amount between the 25 teachers on our team)
- $400 if buying a lot of souvenirs, pearls, etc
- I used about $10 of my own $$, but I didn’t buy any souvenirs. I would suggest $50-200 if you are kind of a shopper
- $300 if you want to do a lot of shopping or eat a lot of American food
- Approximately $500. I suggest you bring more than this if you’re not going to eat lunch in the cafeteria
- I used about $350, but I bought a lot of presents and paid for a lot of touristy things
- $200 is a good amount to bring… more if this is your first trip to china
- I spent $200, but I’m not a shopper (this was for food and basic living stuff)
- I spent about $550 on food and shopping (I’d recommend bringing $400-500)
- About $200
- I spent $630. I bought a lot of souvenirs and clothes.
- I used $200. I’d bring at least $100 in case you get swindled (amber note: this happened to part of our group the first couple of days)
- Spent $300 – all on souvenirs
A note from Amber... it's possible to live and eat very very cheap in China. There are places you can buy a bowl of noodles that will fill you up for a meal for less than $1. The teachers who spent the large amounts of money above usually ate American food at least one meal a day.
