{"id":41593,"date":"2023-10-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=41593"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:50:44","slug":"live-in-andalucia-europes-highest-tourist-tax-bali-gets-extra-nosy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/live-in-andalucia-europes-highest-tourist-tax-bali-gets-extra-nosy\/","title":{"rendered":"Live in Andalucia\/Europe&#8217;s Highest Tourist Tax\/Bali Gets Extra Nosy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/cbjyU?utm_campaign=Nomadico&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\"><em>A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nomadico.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Andalucia Wants You<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Judging by how many times we\u2019ve seen ads from Andalucia, Spain showing up in our Instagram feed, they&nbsp;<em>really<\/em>&nbsp;want you to move there. Unlike with a lot of other vaporware digital nomad visas, Spain\u2019s is for real, so if you\u2019re interested in a hot seaside location or a historic city where a glass of wine will cost less than a soda,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.andalucia.org\/en\/digitalnomads\">see more info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>The Highest Tourism Tax in Europe<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s up for debate which is the most expensive city in Europe to visit, but when it comes to tourist taxes, Amsterdam is ready to say, \u201cWe\u2019re number one!\u201d The city\u2019s bed tax&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelpulse.com\/news\/destinations\/amsterdam-increased-tourist-tax-for-2024-to-become-most-expensive-in-europe\">is going up to 12%<\/a>&nbsp;in 2024 and cruise passengers will pay $11.50 per person. The city has been struggling with overtourism and has even run TV ads in the UK asking partying Brits not to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Come to Bali, Get Tracked by Neighbors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking of places with way too many visitors, Bali is implementing a new phone app that harkens back to the communist days of ratting on your neighbors. The government is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelinglifestyle.net\/bali-is-developing-a-new-app-to-track-disrespectful-tourists\/\">encouraging locals to report \u201cbad behavior\u201d from foreigners<\/a>. Given Indonesia\u2019s anti-gay atmosphere and a law we reported on earlier that technically bans sex outside of marriage, some travelers may want to steer clear for reasons beyond overtourism, horrible traffic, and garbage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Avoiding Rental Car Liability Insurance Hassles<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several countries popular with tourists where, by law, you have to have local liability insurance, which isn\u2019t covered by your credit card or regular auto insurance. In order to avoid getting scammed or paying exorbitant rates, look for companies that include this insurance in their rates and clearly state that in writing in the booking. I\u2019ve recently had good experiences with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/masrentacar.com\/en\/index\">M\u00c1S Rent a Car<\/a>&nbsp;and in Costa Rica look into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vamosrentacar.com\/?p=L00008\">Vamos Rent-a-car<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomadico issue #75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41594,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41593\/revisions\/41594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}