A friend and I will be at WDW September 1 through September 7 (6 nights, 7 days), but two of the days are travel days, so we wont do much of anything or spend much on those days.
We both have roundtrip vouchers for airfare on Southwest (Rapid Rewards program), so there is just some kind of fee we each had to pay when booking the flight. The flight originates near her home (LAX) around 5:30 a.m., so her DH will drive her to the airport ($20 parking total) and Ill catch a shuttle to and from PHX for the next leg of the flight (6:30 a.m.--$60 roundtrip including tip). Since well be in the air for five hours (six hours for her), we wont be spending much money! We will make a grocery stop on the way from MCO to WDW, which will be about $20 of our food & incidentals budget. After checking in, well probably have dinner off site (another $25 total), then go to EPCOT to watch IllumiNations. That puts us $5 under our total Food & Incidentals ($50 total per travel day) budget for the day. And $20 of that is for breakfast & snacks for the balance of the trip!
We already have our annual passes from last year, so no direct cost is associated with these.
Our value resort is just under $55 per night with tax (value season, AP rateI hope!). Although we prefer to stay on site, well Priceline lodgings off site if AP rates dont materialize.
Our rental car is the rate available on Alamo without discounts. Im keeping an eye out for discounts and will rebook if necessary. We may Priceline a rental car in the end, if it seems feasible. Its a holiday weekend, so it may be the best we can do. Unless fuel exceeds $4 per gallon, our budget should be fine. We wont have to pay for WDW parking whether we stay on site or off site, as we have Annual Passes.
We typically spend $25 to $30 daily each for food and incidentals (water, etc.), but we want to do two WDW restaurant meals this trip. Probably one buffet and either LeCellier or Yachtsmans Steakhouse. Weve eaten at LeCellier (very good), so we may try to PS Yachtsmans Steakhouse after we arrive.
Neither of us is buying clothing or shoes before the trip, and probably wont spend much on anything except batteries (for mini-fans & cameras) and sunscreen. Well just refill our travel containers and be ready to go! Although our wardrobes are very different (hers is very casual, mine is business casual), we dont see any reason to buy additional clothing we dont need!
Description Total Cost
Airfare 20.00
Annual Passes 0.00
Ground Transport & Parking (home) 60.00
Value Resort (AP rate, value season) 330.00
Rental Car (no discounts) 180.00
Fuel & Tolls 40.00
Food & Incidentals ($50 x 2 x 6 days) 300.00
Pre-trip incidentals 100.00
TOTAL COST 1,350.00
Weve allocated $25 each for our final day, as our flight home is at 2:30 p.m. Basically breakfast and some snacks for the flight, as Southwest is no-frills.
Obviously, if we had to pay full airfare, we would be looking at an additional $250 for me and $400 for her, which would increase our budget a bit. Still not, too shabby!
(Edit note: Okay, I give up! I had a nice little Excel table, but it won't transfer, so this does not look great!)
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but maybe you all can let me know what I'm forgetting or maybe where we can save some money!
(yes you reaad that right!!!! I booked at $177 but my mom had a ticket for my sisters niece was goping to use last summer but couldn't make it so my mom said for the $100 cahnge fee we could have the ticket!!!! so the airlines told me that they could take the fee off the original price of the ticket and rest of the value could be used on my other ticket!!!
Two adult and 3 kids(15, 14, and 10)
