Because of the dollar strenghtening in the last months and oil cheapening, it was necessary to reevaluate the anticipated costs of the trip. Here is the new estimate:
Two-way ticket Prague-Denver: 21 400 CZK (already bought).
Car loan in Denver: cca 1300 $ (6 000 CZK per person).
By consumption of 8l/100km and 15 000 km (9 500 mi) jurney, the gas may reach 860 $ (4 000 CZK/person).
Accomodation (camps, motel): cca 1200 $ (5 500 CZK/person)
Food daily (with propan grill): cca 2000 $ (9 250 CZK/person).
Other costs (NP card, fees, reserve): cca 1600 $ (7 400 CZK/person).
In total per person: cca 53 600 CZK (increasing with oil price and particularly with dollar exchange rate, counted with 70 $/barrel Brent and 18,5 CZK/$) = 21 400 Kč + 1 740 $
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Yeah, we gonna fly!
We have finally bought the air tickets, so the trip will definitely be put into life! What is it all about? A road trip through most of the western U.S. states, for an half of our four-member squad the last vacation of their student lives. We want to travel through most of the national parks, one of the most beautiful places on the planet, see the country and big cities of the West, and visit our friends and relatives; all in 42 days. We will arrive in Denver on July 3rd and go north towards Mt. Rushmore and Badlands; on August 14th, we will come back to Denver from the south leaving Great Sand Dunes. Technicalities about our trip can be found on this thread of the RoadTripAmerica forum.
The purpose of this blog is to serve as an information source for us, our family and friends both in the Czech and Slovak republics and in the U.S.; with some luck, we will be also posting our feelings & some photos during the trip.
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