Costs abroad

Herbenny

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Can I ask what a reasonable budget is for travelling abroad in the camper for a three week trip.
I know like any holiday you can make it as cheap or expensive as you want, but planning a trip like this I would not have a clue where to begin a 'budget'.
Our usual holidays abroad hotels, flights, bars eating out etc we always go way over the top but least I have a set amount in my head but trying to work things out for this type 'camper' holiday I'm a bit clueless!

Ps we are planning to drive from Calais to Andorra we hope anyway ������
 
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There are so many variables it`s hard to answer hence my guesstimate :rolleyes2:
 
Wooie1958 said:
There are so many variables it`s hard to answer hence my guesstimate :rolleyes2:
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I realise that, depending on campsites detours, routes etc and whether I drink the whole of France dry and gobble every morsel of their cheeses 😆....
 
We are careful with money

We spend about £1000 per month.
Everything
Fuel Ferries Food Camps.
Camps and fuel are the biggest costs and the biggest variables.
 
Herbenny said:
Can I ask what a reasonable budget is for travelling abroad in the camper for a three week trip.
I know like any holiday you can make it as cheap or expensive as you want, but planning a trip like this I would not have a clue where to begin a 'budget'.
Our usual holidays abroad hotels, flights, bars eating out etc we always go way over the top but least I have a set amount in my head but trying to work things out for this type 'camper' holiday I'm a bit clueless!

Ps we are planning to drive from Calais to Andorra we hope anyway ������
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1. Ferry or tunnel.. You can get this from various websites.
2. Fuel and lpg. You can look at your route and get a close estimate for this. Diesel and lpg is about the same price as UK
3. Food and drink. Same as the UK, whether eating in or going out. Alcohol slightly cheaper than the UK.
4. Overnight stops. Free aires with free water and waste disposal and/or camp sites at say €20 per night if you wish.
5. Travel insurance. I wouldn't travel without it.
6. Extras e.g. entrance to chateaus, souvenirs etc, etc.

We've been away for about two and a half weeks in France and have spent about €700 plus ferry and travel insurance. We've had a great time but could have spent a lot less or a lot more if we'd chosen to.

I hope this helps.

Colin 😊😊😊
 
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1. Ferry or tunnel.. You can get this from various websites.
2. Fuel and lpg. You can look at your route and get a close estimate for this. Diesel and lpg is about the same price as UK
3. Food and drink. Same as the UK, whether eating in or going out. Alcohol slightly cheaper than the UK.
4. Overnight stops. Free aires with free water and waste disposal and/or camp sites at say €20 per night if you wish.
5. Travel insurance. I wouldn't travel without it.
6. Extras e.g. entrance to chateaus, souvenirs etc, etc.

We've been away for about two and a half weeks in France and have spent about €700 plus ferry and travel insurance. We've had a great time but could have spent a lot less or a lot more if we'd chosen to.

I hope this helps.

Colin
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I was going to say £50 /50€ per day, to cover the lower costs of drink and fuel. So Colin's figure looks fair.
Put another £500 in the pot for emergencies or extravagances... You're on holiday,dammit.
Bonne Journeé
 
I remember a while back, someone had worked out that there annual cost for full timing in Euroland was just under £12k all in. Also seem to remember that was occasionally eating out, decent food and drinks plus a fair bit of mileage. Based on that £1300 - £1500 sounds not too outlandish?

In NZ we spent £20k for 6 months, £9k was MH hire, £1.5k air fairs. NZ is expensive and we didn't skimp an what we wanted to do or see. We spent approx double of what we would have spent in Euroland, not including hire and airfares.

So, it really is how you want to live those 3 weeks.
 
A lot depends on what you want, a lot depends whether you feel the need to show off , a lot depends I guess on a realistic budget.

I spent time working in St Tropez if you want the face book piccies if you want the seafood brasseries on the harbour front to be seen 200 euros a day if you go the back streets and the food arguably better 10-15 euros per person is realistic

The point I an labouring to make is it depends on your own agenda ...it depends on how you choose to live.

For two people 30 euros a day is a benchmark, spend less spend more add in fuel and not far off the mark

Channa
 
our last tour , a few years ago , cost about £1500 incl ferry for 5 weeks , 3000 miles and 2 coffees which i wish i hadn't bothered , stupid price and awful taste,about 7 aires , 4 of which cost a few euros and were too packed but convenient. didn't eat out , we hardly ever do , both of us can cook better than the crap we buy in 'restaurants'. felt no need to go on any campings either. we had a great time, virtually circumavigated the place and stayed in lots of beautiful spots, doing the laundry in rivers ,that kind of thing. went round Provence , nostalgia trip, med coast, up to Brittany then checked out the beaches on the Cherbourg peninsula .easy parking everywhere except Sete, which is ruined anyway
have a great trip !
 
The Salmon was nice at the Winking Man Charlie and so was that pie even if it wasn’t strictly a pie. Then again I am a simple man with simple tastes. It’s a lot cheaper and more easily satisfied :)
 
RoaminRog said:
Are you thinking of going during the School Holidays or after Jac?
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It will be in the holidays 😫...
I was just curious to know about costs as a trip to the Almalfi coast last year cost us the best part of £2000 for one week 😫... I did run up a huge bar bill on the first night on booze and peanuts (hippy) 😆... so was hoping just over half of that would be sufficient for trip abroad in the camper keeping it as simple as possible ....

I agree eating out is just taking pot luck these days and have found I can cook better in the camper than I do at home who knew 😂
 
we never had a time limit, so the less we spent , the longer the holiday before i had to go job hunting again. one French holiday lasted just under 2 years
 
Cheerful Charlie said:
I used to love eating out but to be honest everywhere we have eaten in pubs and restaurants for the last few years has been at best mediocre crap and normally total crap ,nearly always walk away thinking why did we bother !
Even takeaway food these days is normally absolutely awful.
There must be specialist catering colleges that teaches them how to completely ruin food , everything from breakfast to fish and chips totally buggered .
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It's great to know that you're feeling so much better, Charlie.

Colin 😊😊😊
 
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