Our expenses (Updated as we go)
This is (hopefully) a breakdown of our expenses (both pre-trip and while we travel) for our June 2008 – June 2009 RTW trip. I started this post on January 19, 2008 when we made our first big purchase–our round trip tickets to Peru–and the plan is to update it as we go. Ideally, then, by the end of the trip we will have an account of all the money we spent. It won’t be an itemized list, but more of a per country average on food, lodging, transportation (except big train/plane rides), etc… Sort of a mirror of my budget, but with the actuals. Hopefully this will help out others with their rtw trip planning, as the Lost Girls’ (see Other Blogs link) post-trip budget helped me.
Enjoy!
| Purchase | Amount | Extra Info |
| 2 Plane Tickets to Lima, Peru | $1,360.60 | Round trip from San Francisco to Lima Taca.com |
| 2 Plane Tickets to Beijing, China | $1,208.00 | One-way from San Francisco to Beijing Vayama.com |
| 4 day/3 night Inka Trail trek for 2 | $700 | Paid $350 up front through Liz’s Explorer |
| 2 China Visas | $260 | 12 month, multiple entry |
| World Nomads Travel Insurance for 2 | $316 | 3 months for S. America |
| Our pre-trip gear | $1,605 | $395 under budget! |
| World Nomads Travel Insurance for 2 | $365 | 4 months for China onward–we’ll extend as we go. |
| Long Distance travel for 3 months in S. America | $408 | Our budget was $500 |
| Extras for 3 months in S. America | $512 | Our budget was $400 |
| Daily expenses for 3 months in S. America | $2,632 | Our budget was $2,880 |
| If we went to South America again | I’d budget more money for food | You need very little money for long distance travel if it’s just in Ecuador–it’s $1 US for each hour your on a bus (8 hours from the coast to the mountains) |
| Long Distance travel for 3 months in China | $610 | Our budget was $500 |
| Extras for 3 months in China | $356 | Our budget was $400 (this doesn’t count side trip to Mongolia or Christmas stuff for home) |
| Daily expenses for 3 months in China | $2,122 | Our budget was $2,880 |
| Mongolia side trip | $737 | This wasn’t budgeted for, but taking it into account for China, we still end up only $45 over budget! |
| If we went to China again | I’d budget more money for long distance travel | |
| Long Distance travel for 1 month in Laos | $107 | Our budget was $167 |
| Extras for 1 month in Laos | $420 (including elephant ride for both of us and a 2-day weaving class just for me) | Our budget was $133 |
| Daily expenses for 1 month in Laos | $584 | Our budget was $736 |
| If we went to Laos again | In the end we were well under our daily budget, but we splurged on extras. | Even with splurging $220, we were still only $75 over budget! |
| Travel Insurance extension | $420 | 5 months. Final extension for trip. |
| 2 plane tickets to Italy | $954 | One-way from Bangkok, China to Mian, Italy. Bought through kayak.com |
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