Updated June 20, 2019 – FINAL

Tracking how much it costs for two people to travel the world for eleven months: $39,123. That’s close to a modest cost of living in California.

Category Subtotals

Pre-trip: $3,000 (Vaccines $900 + Travel Insurance $2100)
Food: $7,024
Accommodations: $10,425
Supplies/Services (clothes, haircuts, gear): $1,522
Fun (tours, entry fees, coffee, bars): $3,809
Transportation: $13,343 (Inner-country $5882 + Int’l Flights $6150 + Int’l Bus $1311)

Summarized below in table format with blog links. This is a guide of how much we spent and not necessarily reflective of the countries’ average costs. In cheaper countries we stayed in hotels, paid to see attractions and ate at restaurants. In expensive countries, we stayed in dorms, strolled the streets and parks, and ate bread. In any country, we only paid for transportation when walking was absolutely unfeasible.

Country	Nights	Daily $	Food	Shelter	Fun	Trns
Bulgaria	2	39	14	41	22	0
Serbia	4	52	101	43	27	35
Lithuania	2	52	42	62	0	0
N. Macedonia	3	55	60	76	9	19
Nepal	19	57	481	215	253	127
Bosnia	5	58	63	114	99	14
Montenegro	4	59	98	134	3	0
Germany	2	60	21	84	15	0
Canada	5	61	53	105	97	51
Romania	6	61	119	154	23	68
UAE	.5	62	17	0	0	14
Sweden	1	62	18	44	0	0
Hungary	1	62	33	24	0	5
Poland	11	65	220	313	92	89
Denmark	3	65	81	103	0	11
Vietnam	11	66	202	140	52	332
Thailand	26	67	546	497	371	338
Estonia	2	68	81	45	9	0
Latvia	3	69	72	98	36	0
Finland	2	70	13	81	28	18
Indonesia	12	70	305	235	151	143
USA	9	75	265	211	0	201
Turkey	0	77	216	207	123	222
Cambodia	7	78	150	99	156	142
Slovenia	3	79	74	132	2	28
Morocco	6	80	119	72	265	22
Croatia	13	82	284	518	164	98
Australia	21	84	134	609	417	602
Portugal	8	86	159	376	76	77
Norway	2	88	35	112	4	25
Malaysia	.5	90	45	0	0	0
Singapore	1	95	29	52	7	7
Greece	13	98	342	533	76	320
Belgium	3	100	75	166	45	14
Israel	10	101	271	397	71	275
Spain	12	105	257	450	166	390
Italy	12	110	414	686	26	193
France	15	113	370	781	92	455
Scotland	7	120	158	481	148	50
Japan	18	122	556	817	148	679
Jordan	4	127	79	135	173	120
Netherlands	4	129	81	262	157	14
Switzerland	5	136	99	414	0	165
Ireland	4	170	149	222	168	139
Iceland	3	227	58	257	8	358

Sorted by daily average cost

Countries

Iceland – 3 nights – $681

Food: $58
Accommodations: $257
Transportation: $358 (rental car)
Fun: $8

Ireland – 4 nights & 2 cities- $678

Food: $149
Accommodations: $139
Transportation: $221
Fun: $168

Scotland – 7 nights & 2 cities – $888

Food: $158
Accommodations: $481
Transportation: $50
Fun: $148 (Fringe Festival)

Italy – 12 nights & 7 cities- $1301

Food: $396
Accommodations: $686
Transportation: $193
Fun: $26

Switzerland – 5 nights & 3 cities – $678

Food: $99
Accommodations: $414
Transportation: $165

France – 15 nights & 6 cities- $1698

Food: $370
Accommodations: $781
Transportation: $455 (car rental)
Fun: $92

Spain- 12 nights & 5 cities – $1,263

Food: $257
Accommodations: $450
Transportation: $390
Fun: $166

Portugal – 8 nights & 2 cities – $688

Food: $159
Accommodations: $376
Transportation: $77
Fun: $76

Morocco – 6 nights & 3 cities- $478

Food: $119
Accommodations: $72
Transportation: $26
Fun: $265 (Sahara camel camp)

Germany – 2 nights – $120

Food: $21
Accommodations: $84
Fun: $15

Belgium – 3 nights & 2 cities – $300

Food: $75
Accommodations: $166
Transportation: $14
Fun: $45

The Netherlands – 4 nights – $514

Food: $81
Accommodations: $262
Transportation: $14
Fun: $157

Turkey – 10 nights & 3 cities – $809

Food: $216
Accommodations: $207
Transportation: $223
Fun: $123

UAE – sightseeing layover – $31

Food: $17
Transportation: $14

Nepal – 19 nights & 12 cities $1,072

Food: $477
Accommodations: $215
Transportation: $127
Fun: $253

Malaysia – 2 layovers – $45

Indonesia – 12 nights & 4 cities $834

Food: $305
Accommodations: $235
Transportation: $143
Fun: $151

Singapore – 1 night $88

Food: $29
Accommodations: $52
Transportation: $7

Thailand – 26 nights & 7 cities $1,752

Food: $546
Accommodations: $497
Transportation: $338
Fun: $371 (kickboxing, snorkeling, cooking class)

Cambodia – 7 nights & 2 cities $547

Food: $150
Accommodations: $99
Transportation: $142
Fun: $156 (Angkor Wat)

Vietnam – 11 nights & 4 cities $727

Food: $202
Accommodations: $140
Transportation: $332 (includes 2 domestic flights)
Fun: $52

Australia – 21 nights & 5 cities $1958

Food: $134
Accommodations: $609
Transportation: $602 (2 domestic flights, car rental)
Fun: $417 (GBR snorkeling, gelato)

Japan – 18 nights & 5 cities $2,199

Food: $556
Accommodations: $817
Transportation: $678 (includes rail pass)
Fun: $148 so much coffee

Israel – 10 nights & 4 cities $1,014

Food: $271
Accommodations: $397
Transportation: $275
Fun: $71

Jordan – 4 nights & 2 cities $507

Food: $79
Accommodations: $135
Transportation: $120
Fun: $173 (Petra)

Poland – 11 nights & 4 cities $714

Food: $220
Accommodations: $313
Transportation: $89
Fun: $92

Lithuania – 2 nights & 1 city – $104

Food: $42
Accommodations: $62

Latvia – 3 nights & 1 city – $206

Food: $72
Accommodations: $98
Transportation: $27

Estonia – 2 nights & 1 city $135

Food: $81
Accommodations: $45
Fun: $9

Finland – 2 nights & 1 city $139

Food: $13
Accommodations: $81
Transportation $18
Fun: $28

Norway – 2 nights & 1 city $176

Food: $35
Accommodations: $112
Transportation $25
Fun: $4

Sweden – 1 night & 1 city $62

Food: $18
Accommodations: $44

Denmark – 3 nights & 1 city $194

Food: $81
Accommodations: $103
Transportation: $11

Slovenia – 3 nights & 1 city $236

Food: $74
Accommodations: $132
Transportation: $28
Fun: $2

Hungary – 1 night & 1 city $62

Food: $33
Accommodations: $24
Transportation: $5

Serbia – 4 nights & 2 cities $206

Food: $101
Accommodations: $43
Transportation: $35
Fun: $27

Bulgaria – 2 nights & 1 city $77

Food: $14
Accommodations: $41
Fun: $22

Romania – 6 nights & 2 cities $364

Food: $119
Accommodations: $154
Transportation: $68
Fun: $23

Greece – 13 nights & 5 cities $1,245

Food: $342
Accommodations: $533
Transportation: $320 (ferry and flight)
Fun: $76

Macedonia – 3 nights & 2 cities $164

Food: $60
Accommodations: $76
Transportation: $19
Fun: $9

Montenegro – 4 nights & 1 city $235

Food: $98
Accommodations: $134
Fun: $3

Bosnia – 5 nights & 2 cities $290

Food: $63
Accommodations: $114
Transportation: $14
Fun: $99

Croatia – 13 nights & 4 cities $1064

Food: $284
Accommodations: $518
Transportation: $98
Fun: $164

US Camping- 8 nights & 4 cities $677

Food: $265
Accommodations: $211
Transportation: $201 (Gas to drive 2,500 miles)

Canada Camping- 5 nights & 2 cities $306

Food: $53
Accommodations: $105
Transportation: $51
Fun: $97