Ah, no, not really. My family is not exactly wealthy, and they traveled frequently to France by car. And with Ryanair is incredibly cheap to travel nowadays.

Yep. I’m always amazed when I hear Italian students with no money saying they went to Paris or London for less than €10 with Ryanair. For those who don’t like planes, there are low-cost bus companies over the whole continent. Trains are more expensive, but a Paris-Milan is still only €40 if you book in advance.

The Instagram/TikTok feeds of 20-25 y/o are full of these lists of European cities you can visit in a weekend with a low budget.

See also: Erasmus.

Which is great. We need everyone to experience other countries’ cultures. This is the best way to keep the continent politically stable in the future. Well, as stable as it can be anyway. Avoiding another major war would be nice.

For the people who do it that often, roaming charges are not a problem. Even before they disappeared, they were not that expensive.

The people who benefit most are those who cross a border to go to work, those with family in a different country, and normal people taking advantage of the unsustainably low prices of intra-EU flights. Not really rich people.