Updated 17 June 2006
Let’s start off with the most painful one – the post trip accounting.
Sans my shopping expenses, I managed to stay within my estimated budget. I had a couple of expenses that I didn’t allocate for: Internet and laundry. However, since I got a free and loaded ez-link card in Singapore and decided to skip Sentosa in favor of shopping, my actual expenses was almost US$100 below my estimate. Unfortunately, if we don’t count the Singapore estimates and expenses altogether, I went over my Thailand budget by US$60.
And it’s a whole different story if you add in the amount I spent shopping.
| Thailand & Singapore Budget | ||||
| Estimate in US$ | Estimate in PhP | Actual in US$ | Actual in PhP | |
| (US$ 1 = Php 54) | (US$ 1 = Php 51.50) | |||
| Air Transport | $ 371.89 | Php 20,082.00 | $ 414.37 | Php 21,339.94 |
| Land Transport | $ 89.11 | Php 4,812.00 | $ 92.00 | Php 4,738.04 |
| Daily Transport Allowance | $ 105.83 | Php 5,715.00 | $ 37.84 | Php 1,948.70 |
| Accomodation | $ 120.45 | Php 6,504.16 | $ 143.28 | Php 7,378.89 |
| Food Allowance | $ 239.44 | Php 12,930.00 | $ 142.20 | Php 7,323.05 |
| Miscellaneous A* | $ 130.44 | Php 7,044.00 | $ 112.69 | Php 5,803.32 |
| Miscellaneous B** | $ 0.00 | Php 0.00 | $ 24.41 | Php 1,257.10 |
| Travel Insurance*** | $ 34.00 | Php 1,836.00 | $ 34.00 | Php 1,757.11 |
| International Roaming | $ 37.04 | Php 2,000.00 | $ 31.07 | Php 1,600.00 |
| TOTAL | $ 1,128.21 | Php 60,923.16 | $ 1,031.85 | Php 53,146.15 |
| * Temple admission fees, dinner cruise, cooking class, snorkeling trip | ||||
| ** Internet & laundry | ||||
| *** Amount is for 18 insured days. I was in Thailand for 10 days, 8 days in Singapore. | ||||
| Thailand Only | ||||
| Estimate in US$ | Estimate in PhP | Actual in US$ | Actual in PhP | |
| (US$ 1 = Php 54) | (US$ 1 = Php 51.50) | |||
| Air Transport | $ 371.89 | Php 20,082.00 | $ 414.37 | Php 21,339.94 |
| Land Transport | $ 89.11 | Php 4,812.00 | $ 92.00 | Php 4,738.04 |
| Daily Transport Allowance | $ 41.67 | Php 2,250.00 | $ 37.84 | Php 1,948.70 |
| Accomodation | $ 120.45 | Php 6,504.16 | $ 143.28 | Php 7,378.89 |
| Food Allowance | $ 111.11 | Php 6,000.00 | $ 91.61 | Php 4,717.70 |
| Miscellaneous A* | $ 116.39 | Php 6,285.00 | $ 112.69 | Php 5,803.32 |
| Miscellaneous B** | $ 0.00 | Php 0.00 | $ 24.41 | Php 1,257.10 |
| Travel Insurance*** | $ 34.00 | Php 1,836.00 | $ 34.00 | Php 1,757.11 |
| International Roaming | $ 37.04 | Php 2,000.00 | $ 31.07 | Php 1,600.00 |
| TOTAL | $ 921.65 | Php 49,769.16 | $ 981.26 | Php 50,540.80 |
| * Temple admission fees, dinner cruise, cooking class, snorkeling trip | ||||
| ** Internet & laundry | ||||
| *** Amount is for 18 insured days. I was in Thailand for 10 days, 8 days in Singapore. | ||||
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Posted on June 15, 2006
Filed under Everything Travel Related, Post trip accounting, Singapore, Thailand
Tags: backpacking_budget, singapore_expenses, thailand_expenses, travel-expenses, travel_budget
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Ei, It’s nice to know that you stayed within budget — not considering the shopping splurge of course
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The accounting part IS the most painful if not trickiest. But it’s worth it.
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