At last I’m able to write my last budget post of our trip! I know this series wasn’t a favorite of my readers just as it wasn’t a favorite of mine to write, but I persevered and have now documented every dollar, mile, and point we’ve spent on our one-year, RTW trip. I wanted to […]
Our Southeast Asia and Oceania Budget
We thought Southeast Asia was going to be extremely cheap. I knew from my previous trip to the region that you can get a plate of pad thai for under $1 or a nice room in a guesthouse for under $30. But our RTW trip demands a fast pace of travel, and we found that […]
Our Africa Budget
We had intended to spend a full month in Africa, but an unexpected trip back to the States caused us to cut Tanzania and Rwanda, shortening our time here to just two and a half weeks. But we loved every second of it. From the world-class wine and food of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, to […]
Our November and December Budget
It’s been nearly two months since my last budget post, and we have visited Morocco (twice), Spain, Jordan, Switzerland, Italy, and Israel before flying back to Detroit on December 9th. During these 42 days, we spent a total of $5,780, giving us at a weekly spend rate of $963. This is much better than my […]
Our Rest of Europe Budget
The last budget post I wrote was for the Balkans as we left Croatia and prepared to enter Western Europe. Over the last month, we visited Munich for Oktoberfest, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, all around Romania, Cappadocia and Istanbul in Turkey, the wine country and capital of Georgia, Paris, Bruges and Brussels, and, finally, London. We […]