Currency: Kroon
Meals

Budget: KR1-40
Mid-range: KR40-80
High: KR80-140
Deluxe: KR140+

Lodging

Budget: KR350-550
Mid-range: KR550-900
High: KR900-1600
Deluxe: KR1600+

You can travel comfortably in Estonia for around US$100-150 a day, depending on your taste for Vana Tallinn (Estonian liqueur) and snowflake sweaters. Travellers on a moderate budget should expect to spend around US$75 a day, though they can shave that figure considerably by self-catering and staying outside of the larger towns. Budget travellers can find serious bargains: campsite cabins are as low as US$8 per person, and decent meals can be found for under US$5.

It’s difficult to find places to cash travellers’ cheques once outside the big cities and larger towns, but Eurocheques can be cashed in most banks, and you can change cash in every town. Exchange rates vary from one outlet to another. Cash dispensing ATMs accepting Visa and MasterCard/Eurocard are widespread in cities and larger towns. Credit cards are widely accepted in hotels, restaurants and shops.

It’s fairly common, though not compulsory, to tip waiters 5% or 10% by rounding up the bill, but don’t get sucked in by the few waiters that try to give themselves a tip by ‘not having’ any change. Some bargaining goes on at flea markets but savings are not likely to be more than 10 or 20% below the initial asking price.