Budgeting for our family gap year – and for any of our longer term travels – has always been a massive challenge for me. Figuring out how to estimate just how much you might need to save, and what exactly your dream travel plans might cost is a complete deal breaker when it comes to taking the plunge and booking a family travel adventure.
Here we share our exact costs of travelling in different destinations (including our our entire year-long family gap year) to help YOU plan budgets for your own trips more accurately.
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Kuala Lumpur on a Budget: A Family Cost Breakdown
We spent six weeks travelling mainland Malaysia as part of our family gap year, and Kuala Lumpur ended up being one of the biggest surprises of the trip — not just for how much there…
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Costa Rica on a Budget: Our Exact Family Travel Costs
The lure of Costa Rica can be really strong. There are few other places in the world where you can see such incredible biodiversity, swim in two oceans and pack in some major adrenaline-fuelled fun….
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Cambodia on a budget: Our spend for three weeks
If you’ve read our previous post that tells you EXACTLY what we spent for one whole year of full-time family travel, then you’ll have seen that Cambodia was the cheapest country we visited. Here we…
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Exactly how much did our family gap year cost?
One of the aspects of planning for our family gap year that I found the hardest was trying to come up with any kind of budget. There is a LOT of planning that has to…
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Budget per day for a family trip to the Mayan Riviera, Mexico
Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula was the first stop on our family gap year. And what a beautiful place to start! It’s no secret that Cancun and the surrounding area can be REALLY expensive, but what kind…
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One month in Bali – family travel budget
Bali was the place we settled down in for the longest time during our family gap year; in total we spent just under two months in Ubud while the boys attended international school. So how…
