How much spending money should I bring? - North America

Last Updated: Jan. 21, 2012

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How much spending money to budget for is a difficult question to answer as everyone has their own style and rate of travel spending. Some will go out and shop till they drop spending perhaps 100’s of dollars every day, other will party spending more in bars while again others will spend more money on museum entries and souvenirs, while others yet again will get though on the bare essentials.

Unlike many holiday and vacation operators Contiki includes many extras, sightseeing excursions, meals and highlights as part of the tour, however we do not fill every hour of every day and there is ample free time to enjoy the cities and countries you visit at your leisure.

As a rough guide we suggest budgeting at a bare minimum of US$25/35 per day for incidental expenses and lunches.

In order to budget more accurately you should take into account the optional excursions that you may wish to participate in during your tour.

If possible, it’s always better to over estimate how much you may spend and budget for that as if you come across an experience or something you really want to do or have you will have room in your budget, and if you don’t spend the money all the better at the end of the tour.

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Explorer1265045 posted on Jul. 04, 2011 Flag as Inappropriate
When I did the Grand Northern tour in my first North American tour, I budgeted $100 a day. It seem to be a good budget. There were days that I spent way less, and days that I went over. I would suggest that you plan as much as you can before you go, so that you know what you are interested in spending your money on.

Explorer1237922 posted on Mar. 10, 2011 Flag as Inappropriate
Thanks guys this has helped heaps!!

Explorer1155604 posted on May. 12, 2010 Flag as Inappropriate
LoL North america is an expensive place to go to =) I can’t even survive on my own on $25 dollars a day. You definitely need to spend a ton if you want to have fun. If you spend less than $100, that will only go towards food. Other than that, there is nothing else!

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Explorer1153349 posted on Oct. 10, 2009 Flag as Inappropriate
I ended up with about $150 us per day which i didn’t spend but it was good to have just in case in NY i went banana’s and spent tonnes in places like savannah i spent no more then $20 it’s all relative to where you are and what you want to buy if you want to shop your going to need lots just touring not so much.

lexi posted on Jan. 06, 2009 Flag as Inappropriate
My first North American tour I had a budget of $80 per day plus money for the extra optionals. For my second and up-coming tour I have a budget of $100 per day plus extra optionals. Everyone is different like the article says I have increased my budget this time around because my tour is longer and I haven’t seen alot of the places I am going to.Like the article says it is better to over budget and see, do & buy everything you like then travel to the otherside of the world and not be able to do everything you want!

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