|
Expenses in Mexico |
2004-2005 |
60 day trip |
|
Taxi |
206.50 |
(taxi and bus tickets total |
|
Bus Tickets |
396.20 |
divided by 30 days is 20.09 per day) |
|
Car rental and insurance |
700.00 |
(car rental and gas divided by |
|
Car gas |
229.53 |
30 days is 30.98 per day) |
|
Hotel |
1649.89 |
Divided by 55 days 30.00 @ day for 55 days (5 days spent on night busses) |
|
Food |
833.42 |
Divided by 60 days is 13.90 per day |
|
Laundry |
34.70 |
Did laundry 7 times (approx 5.00 each time) |
|
59 sites 7 museum fees |
236.30 |
Average 4.00 per site |
|
Shopping |
1958.10 |
Mexican handicrafts |
|
Tips |
54.65 |
Average 1.84 a day |
|
Extras: video permit, tolls, 2 massages, tram, horse, extra baggage, parking, bano etc |
208.64 50.00 |
Averages 4.31 per day |
|
Internet cafe |
120.57 |
Average 2.00 per day |
|
Tours |
150.70 |
Side trips during the time I rode the bus |
|
Tour guide |
140.00 |
Manny Morales for a week |
|
Film developing |
152.44 |
Digital pics on CD and 35 mm. Film develop |
|
Freight baggage |
27.60 |
Ship extras bags from Reynosa to Houston |
|
Camera batteries |
58.60 |
|
|
Cash left over |
-35.00 |
|
|
Total in pesos |
7208.34 |
Less exchange rate to US dollars 6565.34 |
Total cash taken 3050.00 and 3615.00 on credit cards totals 6665.00 for the trip.
Average spent per day 109.45
Lost track or lost in exchange rate 66.00 can’t account for.
Difference between traveling by rental car and gas and using the bus and taxis is 10.89 in favor of using the bus.
The most expensive hotel was Howard Johnson in Villahermosa at 60.00 per day
To the cheapest at Hostel Babalyon in San Cristobal de la Cases at 2.50 per day.