LOL! You must not find blue eyed blond Scandinavians attractive then. Highest percentage of blonds anywhere.  I worked with an Icelandic guy who had two of the most beautiful daughters I have ever seen. One was a nurse and the other was a Fur coat model. The the father was an Alcoholic and the one daughter had a coke problem, I think they might be prone to that sort of thing. Or maybe just when they come to America.


Not my friends daughter but she was just as pretty if not prettier.

That's been a common mixup for as long as I remember.

The part in red is what my wife and I did last summer as part of our honeymoon.  I would add the following to keep costs down:

-We stayed in all Airbnb's (Booked before they went full leftard) for the 9 nights we were there. This very much kept the costs down. Every place we stayed was either a separate cottage or a separate apartment. One night the guy had some issues with his rental cottage we were supposed to stay in. Rather than tell us tough luck, he put us up in a nice hotel. Unfortunately there was no where to cook at the hotel and dinner would have been $100 for two hamburgers and fries. We drove the 5km back to the ring road and ate burgers at the gas station for about $20. Luckily, there was an amazing breakfast buffet the next morning (for free) that we gorged on.

-Check your tires on your rental vehicle. We had booked a Suzuki Jimny. It had bald tires. We told them we weren't going to take it so they upgraded us to a Dacia Duster. which brings me to my next point.

-Rent a diesel vehicle. We got upgraded for free so we were lucky, but if I were to do it again, I would rent a diesel vehicle even with the cost difference. You will make it up in fuel savings. The savings in fuel was amazing. Roughly 50MPG and about 15% cheaper. Also, the diesel was much more suited to driving up and down hills.

-Eat where the locals eat. We were able to get one really good meal every day for about $50. Mostly a big heart lunch. We would ask the locals where to go for a decent meal. We would cook food form Bonus for breakfast/dinner. If we were running late, we would get a pylsa or something.

Also, eat here if near the golden circle. Best tomato soup ever:

https://fridheimar.is/en/restaurant

-Get the Olis discount card. Gets you discounts on food and fuel at their gas stations and a free cup of coffee. Most car rental companies will have one for you if you ask.

I have more but I don't want to type anymore right now. Yes Iceland is very expensive, but you can do things to lessen the impact and make it much more affordable. Just don't buy a lot of stuff.

ETA: My wife reminded me of one big thing. Alcohol is SUPER expensive. We avoided drinking and that saved a ton.

From anywhere else on that list it's a short hop. There. Fixed just for you.

I thought we were talking about Iceland, I have no Idea if the "Natives" in Greenland are attractive or not, are they eskimos or Scandinavians?

Yeah I bet. It's on the list for a return. This winter is looking more like Banff for the winter trip.

Beers were $7 US in 1993 and 1994.

You will get raped on food and lodging.  Another thing, the natives are polite but if they are over polite it's like a southerner here telling you "bless your heart".  Once you understand that you'll realize a lot of natives are passive aggressive pricks.

Want to see $69 airfare turn into $408 per person? Just fly a budget airline line WOW or Norwegian.

Basic flight:
$69 going out flight cost
$129 coming back flight cost (sorry, $69 not available on the date you want to come back)
$100 ($50 to pick a basic seat each way,so 2x)(not even a good seat)
$140 (70 to check a bag one way, so 2x)
———
$408

Extras:
+ $10 meal each way
+ $10 boarding fee each way
+ etc....

You too?

Beer is outrageously expensive outside of the duty free area. If you want beer, buy it before you leave duty free....this is the only place I know of where duty free alcohol purchases actually make financial sense.

It's getting into autumn, especially that far north so it'll probably get dark early and be a bit colder inland. That said, it's a fucking GORGEOUS country with some of the most amazing natural beauty I've seen anywhere in the world. period.

In addition to some of the places that other guy mentioned above, definitely get to Thorsmark and stay in the huts and hike around that area for a couple of days. So peaceful and relaxing.

There's so much cool shit in the Golden Circle area that you could spend your entire trip there and not get bored.

LOL. Free for you...but what did it cost the taxpayers?

ARFCOM charter flight to Europe?

We all pick a day and invade meet up somewhere on the other side of the pond?

As an unemployed, single, slovenly 31yo, I'm inclined to give this a whirl.  Added hilarity if I died and the rest of my family gets the news not knowing I took an impulse trip to Iceland.  "At least he died doing what he loved:  drowning in a hot spring while banging a buxom Scandinavian broad."

Want to travel to Iceland, but why is it so expensive?  How do you vacation there, enjoy yourself, but not get ripped off?

It’s an island, so everything is shipped in. Their taxes are insane,( socialism) as stated above buy your booze at the duty free. Shop at Bonus, cook as many meals yourself as you can. Don’t buy a lot of stuff to take home, and price compare whenever you can. Lots of Iceland’s attractions are scenic and don’t cost anything but gas to get there.

The chicks that work at the Blue Lagoon are so fucking hot.

It's less than 8 hours. I've done well over twice that multiple times, 8 hours is barely a nap

I said GREENLAND.

I don’t know if I met any natives, met lots of hot Swedish,Dutch,Polish, German,Australian.and American girls, but I think the Icelanders were hiding lol.

What about car rental?   Is it outrageously expensive?   Do they drive on the right or wrong side of the road?
Anything special required for an American to rent a car in Iceland? (Insurance, drivers license,...)

Ours I think was $2000 CAD for a week for an SUV. Diesel was $2/ litre. Right hand. They push this special insurance but I don’t think it was needed. We rented from Sixt. Also get the car at the airport, a taxi from Keflavik to Reykjavik is horrendously expensive.

$220/day USD - holy shit that’s expensive!

Everything there was expensive. When I go back, I think I'm just going to bring a tent. Our AirBnb apartment was like $1700 for a week.

Nopeeeeee. I don’t think legos is code for a AR15...

Good 2nd post tho.

What time of year is the least windy?

Workin on it, give me a bit:

http://www.feinsteinproject.org/loes/effortbloomberg/effortBloomberg.html

Welcome to Arfcom.  I got your photos covered from our trip.  Place is unreal beautiful.   However it does require one to leave the basement.

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There are about a hundred of these natural hot tubs around the country.

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Go there with a backpack and a tent.  On our drive around the island, no less then three times did we see smoking hot chicks hitchhiking.  Mrs. Surf said there was no room in the car for them.

The party scene in Reykjavik is unreal.

Do they give you a discount if you bring them vowels, like in Wales?

They do not need any vowels nor consonants.

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