Trip 6 Third ski season in French Alps & Spain - Our costs for a 6 month trip

Our costs for our third ski season of 4 months in the French Alps and to travel through France & Spain for 2 months:

For an overall and detail of where we went on this trip please check out our page:  http://brianandjackiecross.blogspot.fr/p/blog-page_22.html

To view a map of where we went check out Trip 6 map on our map page:  http://brianandjackiecross.blogspot.fr/p/our-travel-maps.html

Here's our trip costs:

Overall total cost: £9188.92 (including insurance). Average daily cost: £50.49 (182 days in total)

Travel insurance (2 people): We arranged European insurance through 'ERV' as they specialise in skiing, but took the 'Red Rookie' option as this covered us for off piste skiing, ski touring and rock climbing (as long as this wasn't the main purpose of our trip). Cost: £451.57 for 197 days (not all used). Average daily cost: £0.00

This is how it looks in a pie chart split between activities:

Spain (Costa Blanca, Granada, Malaga, Ronda):
On Costa Blanca we stayed with Jackie's father and Elizabeth, so had few accommodation and meal expenses, so our costings in this section give a rather false view of anothers total costs.

Notes: 

1. All prices from October to December 2017
2. All prices are for 2 people
3. Exchange rate (2012): £1.00 = €1.08
4. Total days/nights: 53 (45 days in Costa Blanca)

Total expenditure: €1889.25 + £292.51 (£2041.82)

Average daily expenditure: £38.52

Breakdown:

1. Car fuel: €441.85 (£409.12), average daily cost: £7.72
2. Portsmouth to Le Havre ferry: £128.00, average daily cost: £2.42
3. French & Spanish motorway tolls: €296.50 (£274.54), average daily cost: £5.18
4. Hotels: €159.98 + £164.51 (£312.64), average daily cost (8 days): £39.08
5. Daytime expenditure: €278.10 (£257.50), average daily cost: £4.86
6. Evening meals: €283.70 (£262.69), average daily cost (11 nights): £23.88
7. Shopping: €362.32 (£335.48), average daily cost: £6.33
8. Trips: €66.80 (£61.85), average daily cost: £1.17

This is how it looks in a pie chart:

Gibraltar:
In Gibraltar we housesat for 7 days so had no accommodation costs.

Notes: 

1. All prices from December 2017
2. All prices are for 2 people
3. Total days/nights: 7

Total expenditure: £279.50

Average daily expenditure: £39.93

Breakdown:

1. Daytime expenditure: £47.45, average daily cost: £6.78
2. Evening meals: £13.50, average daily cost: £1.93
3. Fuel: £45.47, average daily cost: £6.50
4. Shopping: £63.88, average daily cost: £9.13
5. Trips: £20, average daily cost: £2.86
6. Miscellaneous: £89.20, average daily cost: £12.74

This is how it looks in a pie chart:

France (ski season):

Notes: 

1. All prices from December 2017 to April 2018
2. All prices are for 2 people
3. Exchange rate (2012): £1.00 = €1.12
4. Total days/nights: 122

Total expenditure: €7115.39 + £63.00 (£6416.03)

Average daily expenditure: £52.59 

Breakdown:

1. Apartment: A studio apartment in a building with swimming pool, 2 minutes walk from the skilift station at St Jean d'Aulps (aka La Grande Terche), Portes du Soleil, France.                                                                                                                                       Total cost: €3747.00 (£3345.54), average per night: £27.42 
2. Lift Pass: Total cost: €1504.00 (£1342.86), average daily cost: €12.33 (£11.00)
3. Car fuel: €431.02 (£384.84), average daily cost: £3.15
4. Shopping: €1068.40 (£953.93), average daily cost: £7.82 
5. French motorway tolls St Jean d'Aulps to Calais: €76.00 (£67.86), average daily cost: £0.56 
6. Cross channel ferry, Calais to Dover: £63.00
7. Daily expenditure: Total cost: €187.57 (£167.47). Average per day: £1.37
8. Evening expenditure: Total cost: €101.40 (£90.54). Average per day: £0.74

This is how it looks in a pie chart: