What it Cost: Iceland

What it Cost: Iceland

Jan 23-28, 2016

<This is a breakdown of the money we spent exclusively in Iceland. This Post will give you the broader look at how we planned, saved, etc. for the trip in general.>

 

Total Cost:              $1994.29

Nights in Country:  6

Cost/Day:                $332.38

Exchange Rate:      129 Icelandic Krona = $1 (all amounts are in USD)

 

                                      Total               Per Day

Transportation*        $75.97             $12.66

Housing                     $403.26           $67.21

Food                           $331.21           $55.53

Entertainment*         $1007.60

Gear*                          $117.75

Postage                     $21.63

Souvenirs/Art           $34.88

* A couple of notes and lessons learned in travelling in Iceland

 

Transportation – We are tracking inter-country transportation separately. In the case of Iceland, we flew from Stockholm, Sweden to Boston, US with a 7 day layover in Iceland for $439.64 on Iceland Air. Within Iceland the transport costs were exclusively to/from airport. All other travel costs were included in the various tours.

Entertainment – This included our snorkel trip over the tectonic plates and our Golden Circle tour, as well as the 2-day Southern Coast/ice cave tour that we sadly were unable to go on when I (Aaron) got sick. Hopefully we’ll try that trip again someday!

Gear – Rented heavy parkas and boots for three days which was completely worth it for not having to carry those in our luggage!

A quick other note: Iceland, like Sweden, was almost exclusively credit card driven. We literally never saw a krona in cash and paid for everything via credit card. Very convenient!