We're keeping it under $6K Cdn funds. The exchange sucks right now, which doesn't help, but we paid for our airfare when it was only $1.02, so that helped a ton!
Disney, including room, dining plan and park tickets for four of us (three @ adult prices- dd is 10, and one child) was about $3400 (don't have it right in front of me)....that's at Caribbean Beach, Pirate Room, 8 days.
Airfare was $1500 for 5 of us (mom is going too, but has her own room etc once there).
The remainder is our spending/mad money. It will probably end up being about $600 U.S.
I decorated a gallon jar last May, and we've been dumping in our small change....I got enough out of it so far to make all my tip envelopes (dining and mousekeeping) ahead of time, plus there's about $120 U.S. left over...it's going to be be for things we wouldn't spend money on otherwise...such as the "pick a pearl" thing in Japan, which I only just found out about.
eta that both my dds have their own spending money....they saved their winnings from the Fall fair last fall....they can spend that on whatever they like- no limits. The only rule I made was that during the week, they have to write down whatever they see that they think they'd like, where it was, and how much it cost, then on Friday we'll go back and buy what they decide they REALLY want from the list.
That way they don't spend it all the first day, then regret it when they see other things through the week.
Disney, including room, dining plan and park tickets for four of us (three @ adult prices- dd is 10, and one child) was about $3400 (don't have it right in front of me)....that's at Caribbean Beach, Pirate Room, 8 days.
Airfare was $1500 for 5 of us (mom is going too, but has her own room etc once there).
The remainder is our spending/mad money. It will probably end up being about $600 U.S.
I decorated a gallon jar last May, and we've been dumping in our small change....I got enough out of it so far to make all my tip envelopes (dining and mousekeeping) ahead of time, plus there's about $120 U.S. left over...it's going to be be for things we wouldn't spend money on otherwise...such as the "pick a pearl" thing in Japan, which I only just found out about.
eta that both my dds have their own spending money....they saved their winnings from the Fall fair last fall....they can spend that on whatever they like- no limits. The only rule I made was that during the week, they have to write down whatever they see that they think they'd like, where it was, and how much it cost, then on Friday we'll go back and buy what they decide they REALLY want from the list.
That way they don't spend it all the first day, then regret it when they see other things through the week.
So something I would do. ONLy I got mine before we left.
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