I kinda agree with you for Western Europe and if you have a really good social network. But that's not the whole Europe.
Let's take the big problem-country in their chart (Romania). Unemployment/social benefits = 100€/month (and you only receive that in the first year after you got unemployed, after that is less); also, you can be required to do social work if you want to keep the benefits (so no vacation for you!)
Minimum salary = 250€/month.
Median salary = around 250€/month (46% of employees are paid at minimum salary and some take less than the minimum as they are not fully employed).
Average salary = 600€/month (because around 10% of employees are in IT)
Average pension = 230€/month
"Normal" cost of living for a person is usually more than 200€/month.
If you're on a minimum salary you probably don't have any savings and you don't know many people outside the country. And you need to know someone quite well so you can couch-surf at their house. Also, people over 50 don't usually know English and the nearby countries speak completely different languages. Usually older people visit their (Western Europe) relatives with all the expenses paid by their relatives, so you can't say it's a real vacation that you can afford.
Let's take the big problem-country in their chart (Romania). Unemployment/social benefits = 100€/month (and you only receive that in the first year after you got unemployed, after that is less); also, you can be required to do social work if you want to keep the benefits (so no vacation for you!)
Minimum salary = 250€/month.
Median salary = around 250€/month (46% of employees are paid at minimum salary and some take less than the minimum as they are not fully employed).
Average salary = 600€/month (because around 10% of employees are in IT)
Average pension = 230€/month
"Normal" cost of living for a person is usually more than 200€/month.
If you're on a minimum salary you probably don't have any savings and you don't know many people outside the country. And you need to know someone quite well so you can couch-surf at their house. Also, people over 50 don't usually know English and the nearby countries speak completely different languages. Usually older people visit their (Western Europe) relatives with all the expenses paid by their relatives, so you can't say it's a real vacation that you can afford.