tiney4000

Hello!

I am new to this forum and hope to move to Budapest next year with my partner. We are currently saving up at the moment on our English wages.

I understand that my wages will be a lot less in Budapest but cost of living in also less. However what worries me is that I won't be able to afford plane tickets home to visit my family on my Hungarian wage Plane tickets cost me enough on my English wage, and I earn a good wage here!

Has anyone living in Hungary experienced this problem?

soontobe13

Hello,

Welcome to the forum. I don't post much, but like you I was worried about not being able to go home. Your salary in Budapest will really depend on what job you would be looking at doing and your qualifications. There are many international companies that pay well, in terms of Hungarian salaries.

The flight costs are not that bad if you can book as early as possible. For example I had to go home in Feb for a Funeral, I only had the choice of booking the flight 5 days before so It cost 50,000Huf, However my Boyfriend and I had booked flights for March, but back at xmas and it costs 60,000Huf for the both of us. I am also going home in August...which I booked last week and that is costing me 56,000Huf. All these flights are with easyjet-Gatwick.

Ryan air and Wizz tend to be cheaper, but they only fly to Stanstead and Luton which are the wrong sides of London for me.

Hope this helps.

fidobsa

I just hope they don't scrap any of the cheap flight services. My nearest airport is Zagreb but I heard the other day that Easyjet are stopping the service from Gatwick to Zagreb in October.

John Gilbert

Hopefully just for the winter I wonder?

Rural Hungary

No John, the new management increased the airport charges and Easyjet said they would walk. I read talks are still ongoing though that usually doesn't mean much - as the Sarmellek saga confirms. We usually fly BA from Zagreb so it won't affect us too much.

John Gilbert

Hope BA don't see the lack of competition as a chance to edge up their prices. Maybe there is enough competition from other airports in the region to stop it happening.

Your mention of Sarmellek reminds me of better times!

fidobsa

I've never even looked at BA prices since the time i missed my charter flight back from Bulgaria and they were the only schedule airline with any seats available. This was January 2008 and Sofia to Edinburgh cost about £500. When we landed at Heathrow I saw the wrecked BA plane that had crashed there the previous day!

tiney4000

Thanks for the replies! Yes, it is hard without knowing what job I will do there yet. The minimum wage for full time hours seems to be 100,000 huf - or so I read. So I am hoping I will at least earn that! I actually have a TEFL qualification but work in university admin at the moment, which I would rather pursue I think. I have read that TEFL teaching hours can be compettive and many teachers can only find part time hours.