How Much Does It Cost?

We decided to motorhome around Europe for our 2013-2014 adventure, making the most of the summer weather in Scandinavia, then heading south for the winter sun. Our camper travels took us through the majority of Western Europe.

When travelling long term (and not working) one of the most important things to keep an eye on is your budget. We aren't rich (or retired!) so keeping an eye on our spending was of utmost importance to us. Overspend and we ran the risk of running out of money, spend too little and we would potentially miss out on opportunities we may not have again.

We kept a log of expenditure in a simple spreadsheet. Our intention is to share this information so that other travellers can benefit. No doubt each person will make different choices on how to spend their travel time, but things such as diesel, food and ferries don't change much.

21 Visited Countries

• Austria (£)
• Belgium (£)
• Czech Republic (£)
• Denmark (£)
• France (£)
• Germany (£)
• Gibraltar (£)
• Hungary (£)
• Italy (£)
• Liechtenstein (£)
• Monaco (£)
• Netherlands (£)
• Norway (£)
• Portugal (£)
• San Marino (£)
• Slovakia (£)
• Slovenia (£)
• Spain (£)
• Sweden (£)
• Switzerland (£)
• United Kingdom (£)

Total Miles

Miles Per Day

Overnights Per Country

Mileage

Fuel

Cost

Average Fuel Cost / Litre

Diesel	£1.17	£1.24	£1.20	£1.22	£1.17	£1.23	-	£1.16	£1.41	-	£1.29	£1.51	£1.13	-	-	£1.17	£1.15	£1.41	£1.22	£1.45
LPG	-	-	-	£0.67	£0.78	£0.64	-	-	£0.64	-	£0.67	-	£0.71	-	-	£0.67	£0.66	£1.02	-	£0.74

Total Spent

Per Day

Comparison Tables

Total Spent

Diesel	£117.33	£49.54	£57.34	£245.45	£656.80	£535.00	-	£80.62	£331.96	-	£215.73	£216.67	£194.57	-	-	£58.86	£638.67	£340.83	£36.21	£195.14
LPG	-	-	-	£4.52	£48.16	£36.79	-	-	£6.08	-	£4.80	-	£13.50	-	-	£8.36	£15.87	£9.41	-	£32.46
Dining Out	£91.30	£137.03	£58.94	-	£465.79	£428.74	£49.49	£59.72	£375.42	£16.10	£355.46	£25.47	£230.57	£58.05	£30.68	£92.87	£580.09	£78.50	£81.14	£50.88
Groceries	£196.29	£17.36	£138.32	£295.32	£775.68	£461.43	-	£19.58	£349.89	-	£220.71	£46.67	£191.20	-	-	£26.64	£1,459.57	£151.36	£47.72	£142.61
Campsite	£171.38	£117.44	£86.04	£143.61	£356.36	£428.82	-	£100.00	£339.75	-	£107.93	£116.91	£56.27	£41.90	-	£89.24	£573.03	£276.80	£76.95	£21.00
Wi-Fi	-	£0.85	-	£11.53	£21.19	£12.71	-	-	£6.76	-	-	-	£12.70	-	-	-	£64.39	£7.92	-	£5.00
Ferries	-	-	-	£145.30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£181.55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£36.25
Tolls	£42.37	-	£10.13	£120.53	£137.62	£2.31	-	-	£66.92	-	-	£55.11	£97.29	-	-	£12.71	£25.16	-	£27.80	-
Cleaning	£5.93	£5.08	£2.05	-	£30.51	£22.87	-	£0.42	£8.47	-	-	£23.06	£7.97	£17.80	-	-	£22.02	£10.20	-	-
Sundries	-	£79.15	-	£35.71	£61.95	£302.63	£3.90	£1.28	£282.13	-	£66.69	-	£367.25	-	£0.17	£43.17	£154.95	-	-	-
Tourism	£40.68	£13.56	£13.08	-	£154.83	£88.14	£17.00	£44.39	£81.36	-	£86.45	-	£75.09	£7.63	-	-	£140.31	£72.27	£16.90	-
Parking	-	-	£3.27	£1.15	£11.34	£21.69	-	£3.39	£23.81	-	-	£13.35	£1.69	-	-	£0.17	£1.69	-	£2.54	-
Transport	£20.34	-	£9.28	-	£35.60	£58.64	-	£8.45	£15.93	£3.39	£15.67	-	-	£5.08	-	-	£51.68	-	£29.48	-
	£685.62	£420.01	£378.45	£1,003.12	£2,755.83	£2,399.77	£70.39	£317.85	£1,888.48	£19.49	£1,073.44	£678.79	£1,248.10	£130.46	£30.85	£332.02	£3,727.43	£947.29	£318.74	£483.34

Per Day

Diesel	£9.78	£8.26	£7.17	£24.54	£13.97	£12.74	-	£10.08	£11.45	-	£9.81	£18.06	£11.45	-	-	£9.81	£6.45	£22.72	£6.04	£48.78
LPG	-	-	-	£0.45	£1.02	£0.88	-	-	£0.21	-	£0.22	-	£0.79	-	-	£1.39	£0.16	£0.63	-	£8.12
Dining Out	£7.61	£22.84	£7.37	-	£9.91	£10.21	£49.49	£7.46	£12.95	£16.10	£16.16	£2.12	£13.56	£19.35	£30.68	£15.48	£5.86	£5.23	£13.52	£12.72
Groceries	£16.36	£2.89	£17.29	£29.53	£16.50	£10.99	-	£2.45	£12.07	-	£10.03	£3.89	£11.25	-	-	£4.44	£14.74	£10.09	£7.95	£35.65
Campsite	£14.28	£19.57	£10.76	£14.36	£7.58	£10.21	-	£12.50	£11.72	-	£4.91	£9.74	£3.31	£13.97	-	£14.87	£5.79	£18.45	£12.82	£5.25
Wi-Fi	-	£0.14	-	£1.15	£0.45	£0.30	-	-	£0.23	-	-	-	£0.75	-	-	-	£0.65	£0.53	-	£1.25
Ferries	-	-	-	£14.53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£15.13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£9.06
Tolls	£3.53	-	£1.27	£12.05	£2.93	£0.06	-	-	£2.31	-	-	£4.59	£5.72	-	-	£2.12	£0.25	-	£4.63	-
Cleaning	£0.49	£0.85	£0.26	-	£0.65	£0.54	-	£0.05	£0.29	-	-	£1.92	£0.47	£5.93	-	-	£0.22	£0.68	-	-
Sundries	-	£13.19	-	£3.57	£1.32	£7.21	£3.90	£0.16	£9.73	-	£3.03	-	£21.60	-	£0.17	£7.20	£1.57	-	-	-
Tourism	£3.39	£2.26	£1.64	-	£3.29	£2.10	£17.00	£5.55	£2.81	-	£3.93	-	£4.42	£2.54	-	-	£1.42	£4.82	£2.82	-
Parking	-	-	£0.41	£0.12	£0.24	£0.52	-	£0.42	£0.82	-	-	£1.11	£0.10	-	-	£0.03	£0.02	-	£0.42	-
Transport	£1.70	-	£1.16	-	£0.76	£1.40	-	£1.06	£0.55	£3.39	£0.71	-	-	£1.69	-	-	£0.52	-	£4.91	-
	£57.14	£70.00	£47.31	£100.31	£58.63	£57.14	£70.39	£39.73	£65.12	£19.49	£48.79	£56.57	£73.42	£43.49	£30.85	£55.34	£37.65	£63.15	£53.12	£120.84
	12 days	6 days	8 days	10 days	47 days	42 days	1 days	8 days	29 days	1 days	22 days	12 days	17 days	3 days	1 days	6 days	99 days	15 days	6 days	4 days

Campsites / Aires

Maximum	£21.19	£28.71	£16.70	£29.21	£17.20	£16.95	-	£16.10	£21.36	-	£18.81	£24.70	£13.56	£14.78	-	£15.26	£21.19	£22.77	£30.29	£21.00
Minimum	£14.75	£7.20	£9.48	£12.76	£2.54	£1.69	-	£11.02	£7.12	-	£7.20	£20.86	£2.12	£13.56	-	£14.68	£2.71	£2.57	£15.47	£21.00
Average	£17.14	£19.57	£12.29	£20.52	£12.29	£11.59	-	£14.29	£14.16	-	£10.79	£23.38	£9.38	£13.97	-	£14.87	£13.02	£18.45	£19.24	£21.00