This may be a little cryptic, but its the actual budget we used on our trip. This is a MUST unless you are Jack Kerwac-ky and dont mind begging for money or something half way accross the country. We budgeted $4000 for this trip, and spent $3300. And we stayed at the cheapest hotels the entire way. True we could have stayed at filthy hostels to save a few bucks more. But we estimate had we taken this trip in the summer, it easily could have cost $8000. So we highly recommend a winter trip. Gas was a major expenditure, so I wouldnt suggest taking an SUV like we did either.
Gas | Lodging | Tolls | Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Snacks | Attractions | Souveniers | Gifts | Incidentals | TOTAL | Budget | Difference | Straight Line | Vegas | Straight Vegas | ||
25-Dec | $4,013.40 | |||||||||||||||||
26-Dec | $ 45.33 | $ 51.15 | $ - | $ - | $ 13.77 | $ 20.00 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 0.10 | $ - | $ 130.35 | $3,883.05 | $ 125.42 | ($4.93) | ($4.93) | ($20.56) | ($20.56) |
27-Dec | $ 42.20 | $ 42.21 | $ - | $ 6.28 | $ 17.00 | $ (1.58) | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 106.11 | $3,776.94 | $ 125.26 | $19.15 | $19.31 | $3.02 | $3.68 |
28-Dec | $ 24.86 | $ 51.85 | $0.50 | $ - | $ 20.00 | $ (0.47) | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 15.00 | $ 111.74 | $3,665.20 | $ 125.90 | $14.16 | $13.68 | ($2.51) | ($1.95) |
29-Dec | $ - | $ 51.85 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 29.00 | $ 9.30 | $ 32.00 | $ - | $ 2.83 | $ - | $ 124.98 | $3,540.22 | $ 126.39 | $1.41 | $0.44 | ($15.84) | ($15.19) |
30-Dec | $ 42.11 | $ 43.64 | $ - | $ - | $ 2.95 | $ 15.00 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 1.08 | $ 3.00 | $ 107.78 | $3,432.44 | $ 126.44 | $18.66 | $17.64 | $0.80 | $2.01 |
31-Dec | $ 18.93 | $ 47.70 | $ - | $ - | $ 1.21 | $ 12.60 | $ - | $ 21.46 | $ - | $ 1.13 | $ 6.50 | $ 109.53 | $3,322.91 | $ 127.13 | $17.60 | $15.89 | ($0.92) | $0.26 |
1-Jan | $ 21.07 | $ 39.49 | $ - | $ - | $ 7.53 | $ 10.26 | $ - | $ 30.00 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 108.35 | $3,214.56 | $ 127.80 | $19.45 | $17.07 | $0.22 | $1.44 |
2-Jan | $ 48.27 | $ 44.08 | $ - | $ - | $ (0.47) | $ 22.00 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 0.78 | $ 29.81 | $ 144.47 | $3,070.09 | $ 128.58 | ($15.89) | ($19.05) | ($35.89) | ($34.68) |
3-Jan | $ 20.49 | $ - | $ - | $ 17.52 | $ 15.00 | $ - | $ 12.00 | $ 0.51 | $ 1.09 | $ - | $ 66.61 | $3,003.48 | $ 127.92 | $61.31 | $58.81 | $40.48 | $43.18 | |
4-Jan | $ 20.24 | $ - | $ - | $ 17.75 | $ - | $ 10.00 | $ 10.70 | $ - | $ 16.20 | $ 74.89 | $2,928.59 | $ 130.59 | $55.70 | $50.53 | $33.96 | $34.90 | ||
5-Jan | $ 21.74 | $ 55.24 | $ - | $ - | $ 2.70 | $ 21.00 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 16.00 | $ 116.68 | $2,811.91 | $ 133.12 | $16.44 | $8.74 | ($6.29) | ($6.89) |
6-Jan | $ - | $ 55.24 | $ - | $ - | $ 15.79 | $ 20.00 | $ - | $ 39.00 | $ - | $ 1.51 | $ - | $ 131.54 | $2,680.37 | $ 133.90 | $2.36 | ($6.12) | ($21.45) | ($21.75) |
7-Jan | $ - | $ 55.24 | $ - | $ - | $ 8.44 | $ 25.00 | $ - | $ 14.00 | $ - | $ 1.08 | $ - | $ 103.76 | $2,576.61 | $ 134.02 | $30.26 | $21.66 | $5.26 | $6.03 |
8-Jan | $ 26.48 | $ - | $ 14.00 | $ - | $ 19.50 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 59.98 | $2,516.63 | $ 135.61 | $75.63 | $65.44 | $49.32 | $49.81 | |||
9-Jan | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 1.08 | $ 4.60 | $ 5.68 | $2,510.95 | $ 139.81 | $134.13 | $119.74 | $106.36 | $104.11 | |||
10-Jan | $ - | $ 56.35 | $ - | $ - | $ 18.50 | $ 43.00 | $ 3.00 | $ 94.00 | $ 18.32 | $ - | $ - | $ 233.17 | $2,277.78 | $ 147.70 | ($85.47) | ($107.75) | ($14.88) | ($23.38) |
11-Jan | $ 26.37 | $ 42.90 | $ - | $ - | $ 14.36 | $ 30.00 | $ - | $ 7.00 | $ - | $ 1.08 | $ - | $ 121.71 | $2,156.07 | $ 142.36 | $20.65 | $3.71 | ($4.35) | ($11.92) |
12-Jan | $ 34.70 | $ 45.35 | $ - | $ - | $ 20.00 | $ - | $ - | $ 36.00 | $ - | $ - | $ 4.28 | $ 140.33 | $2,015.74 | $ 143.74 | $3.41 | ($14.91) | ($23.26) | ($30.54) |
13-Jan | $ - | $ 45.35 | $ - | $ - | $ 25.00 | $ 5.00 | $ - | $ - | $ - | $19.42 | $ 19.78 | $ 114.55 | $1,901.19 | $ 143.98 | $29.43 | $10.87 | $0.86 | ($4.76) |
14-Jan | $ 44.56 | $ - | $ 8.00 | $ 20.00 | $ 56.00 | $ 11.90 | $ 140.46 | $1,760.73 | $ 146.25 | $5.79 | ($15.04) | ($24.98) | ($30.67) | |||||
15-Jan | $ 22.57 | $ 10.71 | $ 35.00 | $ 140.00 | $ 208.28 | $1,552.45 | $ 146.73 | ($61.55) | ($82.86) | $105.11 | $101.51 | |||||||
16-Jan | $ 34.21 | $ 25.00 | $ 232.50 | $ 47.50 | $ 339.21 | $1,213.24 | $ 141.13 | ($198.08) | ($213.79) | ($16.26) | ($29.42) | |||||||
17-Jan | $ 29.04 | $ 10.00 | $ 11.26 | $ 9.86 | $ 45.00 | $ 105.16 | $1,108.08 | $ 121.32 | $16.16 | $20.26 | $16.16 | $4.63 | ||||||
18-Jan | $ 38.93 | $ 41.39 | $ 9.03 | $ 38.00 | $ 10.00 | $ 137.35 | $ 970.73 | $ 123.12 | ($14.23) | ($11.93) | ($14.23) | ($27.56) | ||||||
19-Jan | $ 41.75 | $ 37.05 | $ 11.21 | $ 9.00 | $ 2.00 | $ 16.14 | $ 0.50 | $ 117.65 | $ 853.08 | $ 194.15 | $76.50 | $7.77 | $3.69 | ($7.86) | ||||
20-Jan | $ 20.86 | $ 34.22 | $ 9.54 | $ 9.42 | $ 1.00 | $ 26.34 | $ 101.38 | $ 751.70 | $ 213.27 | $111.89 | $24.04 | $20.49 | $8.41 | |||||
21-Jan | $ 20.46 | $ 47.46 | $ 12.00 | $ 79.92 | $ 671.78 | $ 250.57 | $170.65 | $45.50 | $45.36 | $29.87 | ||||||||
22-Jan | $ - | $ 671.78 | 671.78 | $671.78 | $134.36 | |||||||||||||
Total | $610.96 | $887.76 | $0.50 | $ 30.28 | $308.01 | $412.09 | $15.30 | $ 824.80 | $ 57.57 | $31.18 | $ 163.17 | $3,341.62 | $44.72 | $122.71 | ||||
Average | $ 23.50 | $ 46.72 | $0.03 | $ 1.44 | $ 12.32 | $ 17.92 | $ 0.73 | $ 32.99 | $ 2.74 | $ 1.64 | $ 7.77 | $ 147.80 | ||||||