2009 62-day Trip by Lifey

A Summary - 62 days (click here to read her field reports!)
Here is a summary of where my precious dollars went during the trip from Newton to Alaska and back. I have no idea how to calculate the difference between US and CA dollars, especially since my conversion was from AU dollars. And I do not know how either stands against the AU dollar.

16/5 to 17/7 - 13.660 miles.

Accommodation

6 nights with family
9 nights with friends
12 nights at truck stops
2 nights on the trip
2 nights at wayside stops
15 nights in RV parks - US$74.50...CA$288.76
11 nights in hostels - US$255.00...CA$24.00
5 nights in motels - US$201.43

Total: US$530.93...CA$312.76

Fuel

US: 391.34 gallons cost $1020.79 for an average of $2.609p/g.
CA: 170.65 gallons (634.93 litres) cost $690.54 for an average of $4.047p/g.
Highest price per gallon in US - $3.399 - Glennallen AK.
Highest price per gallon in CA - $4.684 ($1.249 per litre) - Fort Nelson.

Other Costs

Vehicle maintenance and repair - US$847.83...CA$451.14
Groceries, including eating out - US$597.63...CA$214.79
Internet - US$9.90
Sundry camping requirements - US$44.45...CA$14.49
National Parks Pass - US$80.00
Trip to Prudhoe Bay - US$725.00
Gifts and souveniers - US$154.23...CA$93.41

Vehicle maintenance and repair, even though high, is nowhere near as high as it would have cost to rent a car. And although I was frugal, at no time did I skimp on something I really wanted, nor on healthy food.

This is the first time I have done a summary of a trip, and I must say, I am most pleased with the result. It is good to know where the money has gone.

Lifey

this summary is VERY helpful! my sister and i are planning a similar length trip with many of the same variables. we are starting in baltimore and taking a huge 2mo long loop around the us with a stretch up to alaska in there too. we will be staying with friends and family alot and camping the majority of the other nites. we however, are renting a car which is much more expensive, but we have accepted this as our best possible option. all of the food/other costs are very close to what we've estimated so it is good to know that we're not too far off. gas was a little more than i budgeted. i can't believe how expensive it is in canada?!

the link above did not seem to take me to lifey's fieldreports. can anyone repost a direct link, as i would luv to read more about her travels!

thanks, em

New link:

http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...read.php?20603

The link is working fine for me, so I'm not sure why you'd be having a problem with it.

The thread itself is in the Field Reports section of the forum, and if you change the settings so you see threads going back by at least a month, you should be able to find it manually too.