how much do you budget per day?

[Ware Bears]

I am trying to budget how much each day, but I really don't know! I think we will leave the major gift buying to the end of the holiday, but just food and those sorts of things!

Hopefully we can figure it out!

I work it out by looking at the menus for where we are going to eat, tot up an average priced starter, main and dessert then allow for tax, tip and drinks. I find it balances out over the days as well ~ you may spend more one day but not as much another.

 

[scojos]

It actually was a type, i meant hourS

For budgeting, in the past (when not on the DDP) we tended to just take a budget for the holiday then see how far it went - if it ran out we used a card!

Guess I'm not as organised as some

OMG im following you

no offense luke, but i did the total blow out 2 years ago, and with 3 kids i need to "rein them in" as necc.
i love dh but he is a real "girly" when on holiday, common sense goes out the window, as, in his words "its mickey mouse money isnt it?
i just dont want to be (financially) in a mess, of course we ll have a CC but it will, this time, be only for emergencies...
...please note if i turn up to the pool party with v expensive handbag, it wasnt me, the bag brought itself

 

[luke]

OMG im following you

no offense luke, but i did the total blow out 2 years ago, and with 3 kids i need to "rein them in" as necc.
i love dh but he is a real "girly" when on holiday, common sense goes out the window, as, in his words "its mickey mouse money isnt it?
i just dont want to be (financially) in a mess, of course we ll have a CC but it will, this time, be only for emergencies...
...please note if i turn up to the pool party with v expensive handbag, it wasnt me, the bag brought itself

Bad stalker you are!!

In all honesty, apart from having to put the extra wedding expenses on the card last year (well, trying to but being told it was declined - thanks for that HSBC, why bother to tell me to ring up and tell you I'm going abroad if you don't bother letting it work - so we had to just get cash out of an ATM with my debit card), we have always come home with cash to spare.

I guess it's much easier to do that as two adults than with having kids

 

[scojos]

yeah mate, you wait until the kids start arriving, you wont know whats hit you!!!!!
have you persuaded dw to come to pool party and drink champagne yet?

 

[luke]

yeah mate, you wait until the kids start arriving, you wont know whats hit you!!!!!
have you persuaded dw to come to pool party and drink champagne yet?

Not as yet, maybe we'll go to Epcot and drunkenly end up down at Ol' Key Wes'