Do u think im taking enough money?

[RoseRoni2]

I'm planning on taking $1000 with us on our 8 day trip. Our food qs meal plan and tickets are already taken care of, but this will have to include our luggage fees ($100 round trip, $80 for parking at airport and 1 character meal @$50). It is only me and my DD14 (which she has $200 of this money too. So after all those expenses Ill have $530, is that enough?

 

[jennyjinx3]

I'm planning on taking $1000 with us on our 8 day trip. Our food qs meal plan and tickets are already taken care of, but this will have to include our luggage fees ($100 round trip, $80 for parking at airport and 1 character meal @$50). It is only me and my DD14 (which she has $200 of this money too. So after all those expenses Ill have $530, is that enough?

I would think you will be fine. On our last trip, our kids each had $50 Gift Card each to spend, and DH and I only bought a Beach Club print and some Mickey hand measuring spoons! But we have been a few times so souvenirs aren't as big of a draw anymore. I guess it is up to you and your own spending habits. Have a great trip!

 

[Nakkira]

I'm planning on taking $1000 with us on our 8 day trip. Our food qs meal plan and tickets are already taken care of, but this will have to include our luggage fees ($100 round trip, $80 for parking at airport and 1 character meal @$50). It is only me and my DD14 (which she has $200 of this money too. So after all those expenses Ill have $530, is that enough?

Well that breaks down to about. $66.00 a day, with food not a concern, personally I think that is plenty of money. It all depends on how expensive your taste in souvenirs is.
For some people that would be way too little.
It is a very subjective question.

I only Plan to have $80 with me it the parks.
I am not on a food plan.

I know I can eat for about $40-50 a day (mostly CS, but I have looked at the menus and know how to do it)
Leaving myself with $30-40 pocket money.

Aside from one or two special items, I collect pressed pennies (the perfect 51 cent souvenir) Disney Pins (pretty expensive in the parks but I try to ebay some ahead of time to trade,), maybe a plushie or two. I would LIKE some of the bigger items and the World Showcase is full of things I cannot afford but I am a great window shopper and can enjoy looking at them without HAVING to own them. So $30 goes a long way with me.

The only place I think this will not be enough is the Start Tours shop. I collect Start Wars stuff.

 

[wiigirl]

I think thats pretty good actually.

 

[luvmy3]

I would think you will be fine. On our last trip, our kids each had $50 Gift Card each to spend, and DH and I only bought a Beach Club print and some Mickey hand measuring spoons! But we have been a few times so souvenirs aren't as big of a draw anymore. I guess it is up to you and your own spending habits. Have a great trip!

That is so funny because my plan for purchases is a (David Doss) Beach Club print and those Mickey hand measuring spoons too.


OP, since your meals are taken care of I think that is plenty of money to bring. I am budgeting $500 for 5 of us so I would think what you have for 2 is definitely enough.

 

[monorailsilver]

I think it is enough. We are a family of 5 & not on a the dining plan.

I am taking around $1300 which will pay for all our food & what few things we decide to buy. I am expecting to come home with some money.

 

[scoolover]

I try to start with $100 a day and roll over the extra to the next day. I never spend that much per day and Disney trips are one of the few times that I am pretty free with my cash. The last day, I take the leftover to DD and spend it on something stupid. I paid $75 last year for a Christmas tree skirt.

 

[dwfanatic]

Hope the op doesn't think I'm a hijacker, but on my last trip my DH kept yelling at me to buy myself something and I also bought the Mickey hand measuring spoons!!!

But to answer the question, I think you will have plenty of money.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

I invest the approximate $75 in trip insurance for emergencies. We had a dental emergency one year that out of state would not be covered. $500 while on vacation. That was the only year I did not take any out and needed it.

 

[DisneyDiva8401]

Considering you already have meals taken care of, that would be plenty. We took $800 last week which covered food (even a couple of table service restaurants) plus souvenirs. It was an 8 day trip (including the drive home). Just depends on how much you plan on spending on souvenirs and extras.

 

[dawn25]

I've been debating this as well...it's just the three of us, dh and ds (12) and I think we're planning to bring around $1500. We are on the dining plan as well...but out of our 8 days there will be spending two at the beach...so I'm sure our meals those two days will be at least a few hundred.

 

[lovesdumbo]

I think you've got enough but everyone keeps saying your meals are covered when I think you might find yourself spending a bit out of pocket for meals. Are you planning on bringing anything for breakfast in the room? You'll get 2 meals a day and 1 snack. You could use the snack for breakfast but I would think you might want an icecream or other treat in the parks some days.

 

[Nakkira]

I try to start with $100 a day and roll over the extra to the next day. I never spend that much per day and Disney trips are one of the few times that I am pretty free with my cash. The last day, I take the leftover to DD and spend it on something stupid. I paid $75 last year for a Christmas tree skirt.

I always manage my vacation money that way. I have a separate cash allowance per day, that is all I can spend that day.. if there is leftover it keeps rolling over, so any bigger purchases get to wait till the end of a vacation if I have enough left.