How much spending money do I need for a trip?
Travelers cannot calculate how much daily cash they will need for a specific destination, even after their flights and hotels are paid for. This uncertainty stops them from knowing if their saved funds are sufficient, forcing them to ask others to recommend an amount or validate their budget for the weeks they are away.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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How much spending money do I need for a trip?
- 1create a budget and a planDid this help you?
- 2eat more local and insanely cheaply for most meals, only drink cheapDid this help you?
- 3bump it up for £500 a week to be comfortableDid this help you?
- 4Use grocery store websites (Woolworths, Coles, Aldi) to check local food pricesDid this help you?
- 5Get a multi-currency card like Wise to exchange funds beforehand and avoid conversion feesDid this help you?
- 6Plan to meal prep and cook at accommodation rather than eating outDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I am travelling to Australia for 8 weeks and I need some advice on how much spending money people recommend taking”source ↗
“I already have all hotels and flights covered, is 1500AUD (\~27 million dong) enough for spending money over the 2 weeks?”source ↗
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