Travel Economics: The Big Picture

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Last year around this time I created a spreadsheet called "Trip Budget." Sifting through travel websites I put together a vague six month budget including travel through Greece, Turkey, Georgia, India, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia. In Greece we started keeping a detailed accounting of our expenses and kept up the practice through Vietnam.

The original spreadsheet, since renamed "Trip Budget Rev 2" has experienced huge growth and now consists of over half a dozen spread sheets (must to the chagrin of our netbook). I'll put up a few Travel Economics posts with analysis of the data. For the first installment we'll look at the averages over the period from May 2010 through January 2011 when we were traveling through Greece, Turkey, Georgia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Note that airfare and visa costs are not included here.
The average daily expenses for Jean and myself
Original Budget
Categories
Lodging: Hostel, hotel, motel, home stay.
Long Distance Transport: Representing cost of transport to stay in new location
Local Transport: Transport used when returning to original location
Restaurant: Food purchased at an establishment that has a menu and/or enclosed seating area
Street Food Snacks: Food purchased from a street vendor or sidewalk cafe
Groceries Water: Unprepared food; water
Alcohol: Does not include alcohol purchased in restaurants
Sightseeing Entertainment: Admission fees, cinema, paragliding, tours
Clothing Laundry Accessories:  Includes non consumables like hairbrushes, shoe laces, etc.
Postage Media Phone Internet: Books, newspapers, SIM cards and credit, stamps
Souvenirs Gifts: That stuff you got in the mail
Other: Medicines, bank fees, donations





Comments

sly said…
This is incredible. I saw your budget before you left here and thought no one could possibly travel that inexpensively. You actually spent LESS (and traveled more!!) And shared the trip with us, too! Love you!!!!
29 March 2011 at 07:57
Manjot kaur said…
Leuke blog. Bedankt voor het delen van deze nuttige blog. Als iemand een visumaanvraag wil indienen of van plan is om naar India,

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15 June 2019 at 01:30
Manjot kaur said…

Uitstekende blog. Bedankt voor het delen van dit informatieve blog. Als iemand een visumaanvraag wil indienen of een visum wil aanvragen of van plan is om naar India, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Turkije te reizen. Dan hoeft u nergens heen. Neem contact op met onze experts om een ​​visum aan te vragen. Onze experts helpen u om binnen 3 werkdagen een visum online te krijgen.

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