What does your vacation budget look like?

[worm761]

Mine is fairly simple.

Gas
Road Food
Hotels on road
Hotel at destination
Food
Tickets/Entertainment
Souvenirs

 

[Pigeon]

It depends on the destination.

If it's WDW, the budget is:

Airfare
Hotel
Food
Tickets

And that's really about it other than incidentals. We don't leave the property and we don't buy a lot else. If I'm going to pay a fortune to stay somewhere, I'm going to get my money's worth if it kills me.

Our typical vacation involves renting a house within a couple hours of here, so:
Rent
Groceries
Eating out
Gas/tolls (not a major expense)
Any entertainment

We don't take a lot of vacations, certainly not one every year. So I tend not to go overboard accounting for every little thing because if we spend a little more, I'm good with it.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Mine is fairly simple.

Gas
Road Food
Hotels on road
Hotel at destination
Food
Tickets/Entertainment
Souvenirs

This, except we don't really budget for souvenirs as we don't spend much on those. Also, we have to add the kennel for the dog.

 

[Saimaeve]

Airfare
Resort Package
Tickets
Parking (We're parking off site by the airport)
Souvenirs
Special events (Pirate Cruise, Pirate makeovers etc)

 

[artemis4]

Gas
Tolls
Destination Lodging
Road trip Lodging
Groceries (we always have a condo/townhouse at the destination)
Destination Dining Out
Road Trip Dining Out
Special Attraction Admission/Tours (ie Disney tickets, national park entrance and tour fees, hot springs admission, whatever special things we are doing on that trip)
Souvenirs

 

[AquaDame]

Lodging
Airfare
Car/other transport like rail tickets & buses
Gas
Food & Drink
Excursions/Activities/Admissions
Insurance
Pet boarding
Shuttle to the airport & back home
Clothing (if needed prior to leaving)
Souveniers

 

[bettymae1121]

Our air and hotel are almost always free (I love credit card points!), so our trips are usually:

airport transportation (home/airport and airport/hotel)
gas (if we rent a car or if it's a road trip)
car rental (if needed)
food/drinks for room
restaurants
entertainment/attractions/theme park tickets etc.
souvenirs