As always with travel booking you can save a lot of money with early booking. Do you already know where you want to travel in 5 months? Then take care of your rental car, hotel and everything else now<\/b>. The closer the journey, the more expensive the offers.<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t go in the high season \u2013 this ends in August. If you go to Iceland in early September, the weather is usually still good and you can save some money. The only small drawback: Not all the campsites are still open. But in our experience, they are so few and far between that you\u2019ll have no problem.<\/p>\n
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We almost always stayed at camping sites<\/b>. The savings potential is considerable. For our first night in a motel we paid \u20ac190. That\u2019s nearly exactly the same amount as we paid for 10 days camping.
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<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your car is the biggest cost factor when traveling to Iceland. Do you want to sleep in the car? Then you need at least a Dacia Duster – the Jimmy is no good for sleeping. Do you plan on camping in a tent? Then the Jimmy is enough. You want to go to the Landmannalaugar? Then you actually have to <\/b> get a 4-wheel-drive. Traveling only on Route 1? Then you can easily rent a smaller car.<\/p>\n Take your time<\/b> to figure out your minimum requirements and explore the different options carefully. Do you really need the car for 2 weeks? In our experience you can explore the most beautiful spots in Iceland easily in 7 days. This saves money when you rent a car, too.<\/p>\n Do you need an additional can of gas? No. We had booked one as a precaution. On site our car rental didn\u2019t have a spare one in stock however, which is why we got the money reimbursed. The additional gasoline would not have been necessary. There were enough petrol stations on the way.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You can simply take water out of the tap in many places. Do not take the warm water (which smells like sulfur), but the cold one. On the road, you can simply fill your bottles and do not have to buy pre-packaged water.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you’re going to eat in a restaurant \u2013 and if it’s only for a hot dog \u2013 then you\u2018ll get your water for free. Just take a glass and fill it with as much water as you need.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Food in Iceland is usually expensive because everything needs to be imported. You can simply take pasta, rice, soup and the like with you though. This is how we did it. We simply took oatmeal, raisins, muesli, pasta, rice, granola bars etc. with us. On site we then bought fresh ingredients and everything we could not transport.<\/p>\n Be careful though about how much and what exactly you import: \u201cTravelers may import duty-free up to 3 kg of food, including candy, not exceeding the value of ISK 25,000.\u201d But <\/b> no uncooked meat, uncooked eggs and uncooked milk products. Check this site<\/a> to make sure, you follow the rules.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nature is for free. And nature in Iceland is a huge sight: volcanoes, geysers, glaciers, mountains, waterfalls, animals … Everything can be viewed \u2013 no money involved. The expensive extras such as glacier walks, volcano tours, whale watching are definitely not mandatory. Even without these adventures, your holiday in Iceland will be super awesome!<\/p>\n You want to know more about Iceland? Click here to see all of our articles at a glance!<\/h4>\n
4. Car Rental<\/h2>\n
5. Refill your water bottles<\/h2>\n
6. Water in Restaurants Is Free<\/h2>\n
7. Bring Your Own Food<\/h2>\n
8. Attractions<\/h2>\n
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