Road Trip Stats

The prospects for us staying under budget in April looked really good at the start of the month. Our hotels and Airbnbs for the month were booked and with many of our stays using points, our accommodation costs were fairly low. But then we reached Louisville. Louisville … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 16 – April 2019

Confession time: we cheated with our budget last month. Well, sort of. We spent almost two weeks at the end of the month in the UK and Amsterdam and our original plan had been to include all that spending in our budget. As the month progressed, our budget wasn't looking … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 15 – March 2019

After doing so well with January's budget (we managed to stay under budget by more than $500), I wasn't too optimistic about how well we'd do in February. When compiling our stats for January, I'd mentioned that we'd only booked our accommodation up to February 20. Those … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 14 – February 2019

Putting together our stats each month can be a bit depressing at times. Our travel budget is $100 per day which includes everything - accommodation, gas, food, activities, hotel pet fees, cellphone bill, etc. In the first year of our road trip, we ended up spending an average … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 13 – January 2019

If you followed along with our road trip in 2018, you've probably seen our monthly stats posts where we share how well (or more frequently, how badly) we did with our budget, how many miles we drove, how many points we earned and redeemed, etc. We set off on our 5 year, 50 … [Read more...] about Our First Year Of Road Tripping – The Numbers

December. The month of Christmas AKA the month of increased spending. Our budget hasn't been too healthy over the past 12 months at the best of times, so adding Christmas gifts into the equation didn't bode well for our budget last month. In addition to that, only four … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 12 – December 2018

Heading into last month, I wasn't positive we'd be staying on budget in November. Accommodation and pet fees were due to take up more than half our budget, so that didn't leave much room for spending on other stuff. We also knew we'd be driving all over Texas, from Abilene to … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 11 – November 2018

Heading in to October, I wasn't overly optimistic about our ability to stay on budget during the month. Our accommodation costs (including pet fees) were due to be over 50% of our budget, so that wouldn't leave much to play with. We also knew we'd be visiting the State Fair of … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 10 – October 2018

Our ability to stay within our budget in the first year of our 5 year road trip hasn't been great. We've gone over budget more frequently than we've stayed under, but I was optimistic that September 2018 would add to our list of under budget months. That's because our … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 9 – September 2018

Before August, we'd had four months of going over budget and three months where we managed to stay under budget. I wasn't too optimistic heading into August that we'd stay under budget. Almost two weeks of the month was due to be spent in the Chicago area, so we knew it could … [Read more...] about Road Trip Stats: Month 8 – August 2018