Travel Budget Calculator

Enter the number of travelers and days, flight cost per person, the nightly price of your accommodation (per room or rental, not per person), daily food and activity spending per person, and a lump sum for everything else. The calculator returns the total trip cost, the cost per person, the cost per person per day, and a breakdown showing each category's share.

Per person per day is the most useful number for comparing destinations and trip lengths, because it strips out group size and duration. Use it to compare a week in one city with ten days somewhere cheaper, or to work backward from a fixed savings target set with the budget calculator.

Accommodation is charged for every day you enter, so a 10-day trip counts 10 nights; most trips have one night fewer than days, which leaves a small buffer. If you are driving rather than flying, set flights to 0 and price the fuel with the road trip cost calculator, then add it under other costs. All figures are in a single currency; convert foreign prices before entering them.

This is simple additive budgeting, the same structure used in personal-finance planning: fixed costs (flights, one-offs) plus per-night and per-person-per-day variable costs. It does not include currency conversion fees, card charges abroad or exchange-rate movements, so add a buffer for those. This page also replaces the former travel budget per day calculator: the per-person-per-day output is that figure.

• Travel insurance: often priced as a percentage of the trip cost; get a quote before you book.
• Getting to and from the airport: parking, trains or taxis at both ends.
• Checked bags and seat selection: on budget airlines these can add a large share to the fare.
• Accommodation taxes and fees: city taxes, resort fees and cleaning fees are often not in the headline nightly price.
• Card and ATM fees abroad: foreign transaction fees and ATM charges add up on a long trip.
• Visas and entry fees: some countries charge for visas or electronic travel authorizations.

A buffer of 10–15% of the total covers most of these surprises and the occasional splurge.

If you know what you can spend, divide it by travelers × days to get a per-person daily target, then check what is left after fixed costs. For example, $3,000 for two people over 10 days is $150 per person per day. If flights take $1,240 and a $100 room takes $1,000, that leaves $760, or $38 per person per day for food, activities and extras.

Daily costs vary enormously by country, city and season, and by whether you eat street food or restaurant meals. Look up current prices for your destination in recent travel guides or official tourism sites, and use this calculator to see how each choice moves the total.

The breakdown table shows each category's share of the total. On short trips, flights are often the biggest share, so flexible dates and nearby airports matter most. On longer trips, accommodation and daily spending take over, and a cheaper room or self-catering makes the biggest difference. Splitting a rental between more people lowers the per-person cost quickly; to settle up fairly afterward, the split bill calculator handles uneven shares.