Trip Budget Calculator: Total Cost and Daily Budget
Adds your own cost estimates plus a contingency to give a trip total, cost per person, cost per day and each category's share.
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Adds your own estimates for flights, lodging, food, transport, activities, insurance and visas, plus a contingency, into a trip total, a cost per person and a cost per day. It helps you decide whether to shorten the trip or change base. To cut the big items, see flight hunting and budget travel.
How it works
- Enter your currency and use it for every amount; nothing is converted.
- Set travellers, trip days and the nights you pay for lodging.
- Fill in flights, food, transport, activities, insurance and visas per person, and lodging per night for the whole group.
- Add a contingency percentage and, if you have one, a total cap.
Subtotal = (Flights × Travellers) + (Lodging per night × Nights) + (Food × Travellers × Days) + (Local transport × Travellers × Days) + (Activities × Travellers) + (Insurance × Travellers) + (Visas × Travellers); Total = Subtotal + Subtotal × Contingency % / 100; Per person = Total / Travellers; Per day = Total / Days
It only adds what you type in. Prices and fees change, so check official sources before booking; for tax or insurance questions, ask a professional.
Frequently asked questions
How much contingency should I add?
There is no correct figure. 10% is a common starting point for a simple, pre-booked trip; raise it if many of your prices are still guesses or the route is long.
Is lodging per person or for the group?
For the whole group: enter the nightly cost of all rooms together. Every other cost is per person and multiplied by travellers.
Does it know current prices?
No. It has no built-in prices and looks nothing up, so check fares, rooms and fees with the airline, lodging, insurer and official visa pages.