Trip 5 South, Central America & cruise - Our costs for an 8 month trip

Our costs to travel through Central + South America and Cruise back to Europe from 14th September 2016 to 26th May 2017



For an overall and detail of where we went on this trip please check out our page: http://brianandjackiecross.blogspot.fr/p/trip-5.html
To view a map of wherewe went check out our Trip 5 map on our map page: http://brianandjackiecross.blogspot.fr/p/our-travel-maps.html
Here's our trip costs:

Overall total cost: £17665.12, including all flights from the day we left the UK to the day we arrived back, also including the cost of our cruise back from Central America to Europe. Average daily cost (based on 256 days): £69.00


Travel insurance (2 people): We arranged our insurance through 'Holiday Safe' to include trekking up to 4000m (Activity Pack 4 option) for 365 days (not all used). Cost: £663.35. Average daily cost: £2.59 (based on 256 days)

This is how it looks in a pie chart:

But, because we spent different days in countries, here's a pie chart based on a per day basis:
Peru looks expensive as it includes our Spanish language school costs, but these were invaluable to our trip and half the money spent went directly to the single mother teachers.Spain looks very cheap, but that's because we stayed with Jackies dad, paying no accommodation and little food. Mexico is also artificially low as we housesat for a long time there, not paying for accommodation.

Flights:
Here's a list of the flights we took and their cost:
  1. Birmingham to Alicante, Alicante to Madrid, Madrid to Lima, Lima to Cuzco: £837.77
  2. Lima to Santiago: $326 (£288.50) 
  3. Lima to Mexico City: £400.77
  4. Santiago to Punta Arenas, Punta Arenas to Santiago, Santiago to Lima: US$868 (£662.60)
  5. Mexico City to Cancun: US$113.38 (£92.18)
  6. Guatemala City to San Jose, Costa Rica: £122.37
  7. Panama to Nicaragua: £199.40
  8. Lisbon to Birmingham: €160.20 (£135.76)
 Total cost of flights: £2739.35, average daily cost: £10.70

This is how it looks in a pie chart:



Spain:

Our first port of call was one week to stay with Jackies dad on Costa Blanca before travelling on to Peru. We flew to Alicante from Birmingham, stayed with them for a week and the caught flights Alicante to Madrid, Madrid to Lima and Lima to Cuzco.

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2016
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2016): £1.00 = €1.15
  4. Total nights: 7
  5. We stayed with Jackies dad where we paid no accommodation and few meal costs
Total expenditure: €117.40 (£102.09)

Average daily expenditure:  £14.58

Breakdown:
  1. Daytime expenditure: €35.90 (£31.22), average daily cost (7 days): €5.13 (£4.46)
  2. Evening meals: €81.50 (£70.87), average daily cost (7 days): €11.64 (£10.12)

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Peru:
We had nearly 7 weeks in Peru, 5 of which were spent in Cuzco attending a Spanish language school during the week, visiting nearby attractions at weekends.

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2016
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2016): £1.00 = S/.3.95, £1.00 = US$1.20
  4. Total nights:48
Total expenditure: S/.14980.12 + $298 + £62.00 (£4102.77)

Average daily expenditure: £85.47

Breakdown:
  1. Spanish language school (Fair services): S/.6222 (£1575), average daily cost (25 days): S/.249 (£63)
  2. Homestay while at language school: S/.2400 (£608), average daily cost (35 days - including weekends): S/.68.60 (£17.37)
  3. Hotels: All 'budget', all with private bathroom, all booked in advance and all carefully researched on Trip Advisor, Bookings.com, Hotels.com etc. Generally sorting 'lowest cost first' and then selecting highest rating on various websites and balancing cost against features, location, with/without breakfast and reading previous guests reviews. Note: this takes a long time! Total cost: S/.919 + £62 (£294.66) average daily cost (13 days): S/.70.69 + £4.77 (£22.67)
  4. Daytime expenditure: S/.1355.60 (£343.19), average daily cost (48 days): S/.28.24 (£7.15)
  5. Evening meals: S/.652.40 (£165.16), average daily cost (13 days):  S/.50.18 (£12.70)
  6. Medical costs: S/.598.01 (£151.39)
  7. Shopping: S/.73.11 (£18.51), average daily cost (48 days): S/.1.52 (£0.39)
  8. Transport: S/.240 + $298 (£288.40), average daily cost (48 days): S/.5 + $6.21 (£6.00)
  9. Trips: S/.2520 (£637.97), average daily cost (48 days): S/.52.5 (£13.29)
Here's how it looks in a pie chart:


Chile:


Notes:
  1. All prices from 2016
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2016): £1.00 =$842; £1.00 = US$1.31
  4. Total nights: 20
Total expenditure:$805676.00 + US$84.00 + £128.00 (£1020.98)

Average daily expenditure:£51.05

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels: $188315.00 + US$84.00 + £128.00 (£415.77), average daily cost: £20.79
  2. Daytime expenditure: $36150.00 (£42.93), average daily cost:  £2.15
  3. Evening meals: $127840 (£151.83), average daily cost: £7.59
  4. Shopping: $70921 (£84.23), average daily cost: £4.21
  5. Transport: $117450 (£139.49), average daily cost: £6.97
  6. Trips: $265000 (£314.73), average daily cost: £15.74
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Argentina:

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2016
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2016): £1.00 =$19.29; £1.00 = US$1.25
  4. Total nights:11
Total expenditure:$16189.31 + US$143.87 + £118.00 (£1072.36)

Average daily expenditure:£97.49

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels:  $4033.55 + US$143.87 + £118.00 (£442.20), average daily cost: £40.20
  2. Daytime expenditure: $845.00 (£43.81), average daily cost: £3.98
  3. Evening meals: $2605.90 (£135.09), average daily cost: £12.28
  4. Shopping: $872.36 (£45.22), average daily cost: £4.11
  5. Transport: $6772.50 (£351.09), average daily cost: £31.92
  6. Trips: $1060.00 (£54.95), average daily cost: £5.00
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Mexico:

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2016 and 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2016-17): £1.00 =$25.5; £1.00 = US$1.23
  4. Total nights:74 (Housesitting for 49 days)
Total expenditure: $40788.46 + US$47.96 + £17.23 (£1655.77)

Average daily expenditure: £22.38

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels: $11550.00 (£452.94), average daily cost (25 days): £18.12
  2. Daytime expenditure: $5256.50 (£206.14), average daily cost: £2.79
  3. Evening meals: $6928.00 + £17.23 (£288.92), average daily cost (25 days):  £11.56
  4. Shopping: $9721.28 (£381.23), average daily cost: £5.15
  5. Transport: $5578.68 (£218.77), average daily cost: £2.96
  6. Trips: $1754.00 + US$47.96 (£107.78), average daily cost: £1.46
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Belize:

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2016-17): £1.00 =$2.51; £1.00 = US$1.21
  4. Total nights:7
Total expenditure: $1393.50 + US$6.00 (£555.18)

Average daily expenditure: £79.31

Breakdown:

  1. Hotels: $384.40 (£153.15), average daily cost: £21.88
  2. Daytime expenditure: $124.10 (£49.44), average daily cost: £7.06
  3. Evening meals: $353.50 (£140.84), average daily cost: £20.12
  4. Shopping: $19.50 (£7.77), average daily cost: £1.11
  5. Transport: $256.00 + US$6.00 (£106.95), average daily cost: £15.28
  6. Trips: $176.00 (£25.14), average daily cost: £3.59
  7. Visa: $80.00 (£31.87), average daily cost: £4.55
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Guatemala:


Notes:
  1. All prices from 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2017): £1.00 =$8.62
  4. Total nights:23 (Housesit for 8 days)
Total expenditure: $8590.27 (£996.61)

Average daily expenditure:£43.33

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels: $2112.00 (£245.01), average daily cost (15 days): £16.33
  2. Daytime expenditure: $1462.50 (£169.66), average daily cost: £7.38
  3. Evening meals: $1908.00 (£221.35), average daily cost: £9.62
  4. Shopping: $699.27 (£81.12), average daily cost: £3.53
  5. Transport: $1564.00 (£181.44), average daily cost: £7.89
  6. Trips: $845.00 (£98.03), average daily cost: £4.26
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Costa Rica:

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2017): £1.00 = $672, £1.00 = US$1.21
  4. Total nights:20 (Housesit for 8 days)
Total expenditure: $536744 + US$155 + £56.00 (£982.83)

Average daily expenditure: £49.14

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels: $132900 + US$95 + £56.00 (£332.28), average daily cost (12 days): £27.69
  2. Daytime expenditure: $14950 (£22.25), average daily cost: £1.11
  3. Evening meals: $72520.00 + US$10 (£107.92), average daily cost (12 days): £8.99
  4. Shopping: $107684 + US$10 (£160.24), average daily cost: £8.01
  5. Transport: $76040.00 + US$40.00 (£146.21), average daily cost: £7.31
  6. Trips: $118050.00 (£175.67), average daily cost: £8.78
  7. Miscellaneous: $5000.00 (£7.44), average daily cost: £0.37
  8. Visa: $9600 (£14.29), average daily cost: £0.71
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Panama:

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2017): £1.00 = $1.22
  4. Total nights: 19
Total expenditure: $1051.18 + £258 (£1119.62)

Average daily expenditure:£58.93

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels: $275.00 + £258.00 (£483.41), average daily cost: £25.44
  2. Daily expenditure: $123.18 (£100.97), average daily cost: £5.31
  3. Evening meals: $106.12 (£86.98), average daily cost: £4.58
  4. Shopping: $192.66 (£157.92), average daily cost: £8.31
  5. Transport: $217.22 (£178.05), average daily cost: £9.37
  6. Trips: $119.00 (£97.54), average daily cost: £5.13
  7. Miscellaneous: $10 (£8.20), average daily cost: £0.43
  8. Visa: $8.00 (£6.56), average daily cost: £0.35
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Nicaragua:


Notes:
  1. All prices from 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2017): £1.00 = $36.59, £1.00 = US$1.22
  4. Total nights: 8
Total expenditure: $12955.00 + US$281.00 (£584.39)

Average daily expenditure: £73.05

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels: $3785.00 + US$114.00 (£196.89), average daily cost: £24.61
  2. Daytime expenditure: $2259.00 (£61.74), average daily cost: £7.72
  3. Evening meals: $2081.00 (£56.87), average daily cost: £7.11
  4. Shopping: $852.00 (£23.29), average daily cost: £2.91
  5. Transport: $1380.00 + US$93 (£113.94), average daily cost: £14.24
  6. Trips: $2348.00 + US$54.00 (£64.17), average daily cost: £8.02
  7. Miscellaneous: $50.00 (£1.37), average daily cost: £0.17
  8. Visa: $200.00 + US$20.00 (£21.86), average daily cost: £2.73
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Cruise: – 9th to 25th May 2017
       
Notes:
  1. All prices from 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2017): £1.00 = US$1.22
  4. Total nights: 16
Total expenditure: $2161.58 + £156.50 (£1928.29)

Average daily expenditure: £120.52

Breakdown:
  1. Cruise: US$2064.58 + £156.50 (£1848.78), average daily cost: £115.55
  2. Transport: US$38.00 (£31.15), average daily cost: £1.95
  3. Trips: US$56.00 (£45.90), average daily cost: £2.87
  4. Miscellaneous: US$3.00 (£2.46), average daily cost: £0.15
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Portugal:

Notes:
  1. All prices from 2017
  2. All prices are for two people
  3. Exchange rate (2017): £1.00 = €1.18
  4. Total nights: 2
Total expenditure: €167.00 (£141.53)

Average daily expenditure:£70.76

Breakdown:
  1. Hotels: €74.00 (£62.71), average daily cost: £31.36
  2. Daytime expenditure: €16.45 (£13.94), average daily cost: £6.97
  3. Evening meals: €27.00 (£22.88), average daily cost: £11.44
  4. Medical: €14.55 (£12.33), average daily cost: £6.17
  5. Shopping: €5.00 (£4.24), average daily cost: £2.12
  6. Transport: €19.00 (£16.10), average daily cost: £8.05
  7. Trips: €11.00 (£9.32), average daily cost: £4.66
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