Mom & Son: RTW Monthly Budget – Thailand February 2016
4 weeks in Thailand – How much did we spend ?
Finally our budget is more under control and looking like I’d hoped it would 6 months ago !
Before we embarked on this adventure I picked a ball park figure for our budget having absolutely NO idea if it would be viable or not, I figured $100 day for both of us sounded like a decent amount, not too much not too little.
Turns out $3000 a month was totally non viable for us in the Americas but in Thailand we are MUCH closer to that figure, $3400 this month 🙂
Monthly Expenses (Sept 2015 – Feb 2016):
Month
Expenses
Location
Sep-15
$ 7550
UK & Spain
Oct-15
$ 6150
USA
Nov-15
$ 6250
Caribbean & Mexico
Dec-15
$ 4000
Cuba
Jan-16
$ 5600
Cuba & Hong Kong
Feb-16
$ 3400
Thailand
So how did we spend those $3,400 ?
Total expenses for February 2016 = $3,400
| Details | % | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | 45% | $ 1500 |
| Food | 23% | $ 800 |
| Travel | 13% | $ 450 |
| Entertainment | 14% | $ 480 |
| Misc | 5% | $ 180 |
How do our daily expenses in Thailand compare to our daily expenses in other countries ?
Basically everything is cheaper in Thailand than the Americas !
Although our accommodation costs have gone down drastically the quality of the hotels actually improved. Most places were 3/4* and all had a pool or a beach. We always had aircon even in the wooden beach bungalows.
Food in Thailand is absolutely fantastic, you can get an amazing meal from a street stall for $1 so we mixed it up with restaurants & street food.
Average Daily Expenses – February 2016
| Daily Average | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total | $ 118 |
| Accommodation | $ 52 |
| Food | $ 28 |
How much have we spent so far in 6 months and on what ?
This is the scary part …
Total Expenses (Sept 2015 – Feb 2016)
| Daily Details | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | $ 11 175.00 | 34% |
| Food | $ 8 300.00 | 25% |
| Travel | $ 9 575.00 | 29% |
| Entertainment | $ 2 480.00 | 8% |
| Misc | $ 1 430 | 4% |
| Total | $ 32 960.00 | 100% |
