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Hi Onokara, Checking your costs, there are a few things that don't look right. If you think to do pretty much the same in every country, food and accommodation wise then normally Portugal is cheaper than Spain. Then in Spain Barcelona and Madrid can be more expensive than Seville, they are the 3 most expensive cities in Spain though. With around 65$pp you might be able to make it

Switzerland is more expensive than Spain, went there last year and prices higher on everything. Just the accommodation could be around 60$pp if you cook in the hostel then add around 20$ pp. eating out can also be expensive.

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India/Thailand/Vietnam/Lao & Cambodia are very cheap to travel in however i think you have overestimated the cheapness and need to add £5 to 10 per day for these countries.

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For food, accomodation and entertainment we spent the following amounts (in USD). Our travel style is cheap in terms of accomodation and food, but with maximum flexibility so we like to rent a car and see much of the country.

Croatia: $51 pp
--> Accommodation: in private apartments a little out of town, but with sea view and kitchen
--> Food: cooked ourselves, we only went to a restaurant once and went out a few times for a drink
--> Entertainment: visiting Krka NP, Plitvice NP, mountainbiking on Pag Islang, visiting towns (free) and relaxing on the beach (free)
--> I did not include our car rental in the aforementioned amount, which would bring it to $85 pp pd

Vietnam - $49 pp (incl our tailor made clothes in hoi an and its shipment back to belgium)
--> Accommodation: cheap hotels or hostels
--> Food: in hostels or local restaurants (our rooms did not have a kitchen)
--> Entertainment: cu chi tunnels, trip to Sapa and trip to Halong Bay

Cambodia - $37 pp (incl local bustrips from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap and Kep, and back)
--> Accomodation: hostels
--> Food: in hostels or local restaurants (our rooms did not have a kitchen)
--> Entertainment: Rabbit Island, Ankor Wat, Choeng Ek, visiting temples (incl tuk tuk driver)

New Zealand - $80 pp (due to expensive tours we took :-))
--> Accomodation: hostels
--> Food: cooked ourselves
--> Entertainment: 5 tours (incl. flight over Mount Cook, rafting, dolphin swimming, Doubtful Sound, 1 day Franz Josef trekking) and some smaller attractions
--> This amount only reflects our average spending on accomodation if we would have stayed in hostels all the time. In fact, we spent $120 pp pd if you include our camper van rental, fuel costs, internet costs, varia etc.

Australia - $55 pp
--> Accomodation: hostels
--> Food: cooked ourselves
--> Entertainment: 2 tours (Crocadile tour close to Kakadu NP & Winetasting in Barossa Valley) + entrance tickets for Kakadu NP and Uluru NP
--> This amount only reflects our average spending on accomodation if we would have stayed in hostels all the time. In fact, we spent $95 pp pd if you include our camper van rental (promotion), car rental, fuel costs, internet costs, varia etc.

You could check out our website if you wish to see more: http://laurensensanne.wordpress.com/daily-travel-cost/

Hope this helps, have fun!

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@laurensandsanne, thank you so much for this info! It is incredibly helpful.

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I would agree that the budget for the SEA leg is a little of the tight side, I did a loop around Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos and allowed $30 (USD) a day in each country. In Thailand we overspent by about $5-10 a day, Vietnam we were about spot on and Cambodia and Laos we came in underbudget on most dayy by a couple of dollars. This was for all food, activities and accommodation but not including travel, which cost us £150 all in for 6 weeks the whole way round. This was back in 2010 so you should factor in some inflation. We stayed in double rooms, mostly ensuite with prices ranging from $5 -$12 a night pp.