Travel Expenses: Thailand and Singapore 2006

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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3 responses to “Travel Expenses: Thailand and Singapore 2006”

  1. Kyameel Avatar
    Kyameel

    Ei, It’s nice to know that you stayed within budget — not considering the shopping splurge of course ;).

    The accounting part IS the most painful if not trickiest. But it’s worth it.

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