What it Cost: Ireland
Oct 22 – Nov 9, 2015
<This is a breakdown of the money we spent exclusively in Ireland. This Post will give you the broader look at how we planned, saved, etc. for the trip in general.>
Total Cost: $934.02
Nights in Country: 19
Cost/Day: $49.16
Exchange Rate: 0.88 Euros = $1 (all amounts are in USD)
Total Per Day
Transportation* $413.80 $21.78
Housing* -$65.38 (yes, that’s a negative as we actually made money – see below)
Food $391.61 $20.61
Entertainment $51.08 $2.69
Gear* $127.20
Postage $15.71
* A couple of notes and lessons learned in travelling in Ireland
Transportation – We are tracking inter-country transportation separately. In the case of Ireland, we did the Rail/Sail with train starting from London, England through Holyhead for the ferry to Dublin, Ireland (Irish Ferry) for $127.31. The listed costs are mostly related to our rental car during our time at the housesit in Adare (taxi to/from rental location, gas, tolls, etc).
Housing – Almost all of our housing was covered in Ireland, first with family covering costs in Dublin and then two weeks housesitting in Adare. In fact, in a first, we actually made money on housing because of a big tip from our awesome house-sitting hosts.
Gear – New shoes for Aaron (a fella needs new shoes now and then!).