Travel Costs - Flights & Accommodation

A lot of people wonder how I’m able to travel as frequently as I do! I travel because a) I want to and b) it’s affordable. Travel costs are important to keep track of because you can see that travel can be done as much as you would like. We even have a travel bank account which we add to every month from our salaries in order to make our lifestyle packed with as much travel as we want to do!

For a lot of people, travel happens in larger doses fewer times per year. However I prefer to travel frequently, meaning that I take weekend breaks, long weekends, and utilise public holidays like Easter and Christmas for extending my breaks.

I’ve compiled a table of the travel costs I encounter in order to show that it isn’t expensive to travel if you really want to see the world!

Want to read more about where I’ve been? Check out my destinations!

Ongoing Travel Costs – 2019:

Destination	Getting There (flight/train etc)	Accommodation
Bruges & Ghent 2 days, 1 night	Own car. Petrol costs = €40 return	€70 p/night
Lapland 5 days, 4 nights	paid for by parents	paid for by parents
Colmar 2 days, 2 nights	Easyjet flight = €65 return	€50 p/night
London 3 days, 2 nights	Easyjet flight = €70 return	€50 p/night
Mexico 14 days, 13 nights	Aeromexico flight = €540 return	€50-200 p/night
Greek Island trip unknown	€ unknown	€ unknown
Veluwe 2 days, 1 night	€ unknown	€ unknown
Budapest 4 days, 3 nights	€ unknown	€ unknown
Doha 5 days, 4 nights	€ unknown	€ unknown

Travel Costs – 2018:

Destination	Getting There (flight/train etc)	Accommodation
Far North Queensland; 7 days, 6 nights	Tiger flight = €0 return (80) thanks to mum & dad	€0 p/night thanks to mum & dad
Slovenia; 3 days, 3 nights	Transavia flight = €86 return	€15 p/night
Kinderdijk & Gouda; day trip	Own car. Petrol costs = €15 return	n/a
Delft; 2 days, 1 night	Own car. Petrol costs = €15 return	€80 p/night
Geithoorn; day trip	Own car. Petrol costs = €15 return	n/a
Rotterdam; 3 days, 2 nights	Train = €10 one way (had lift back)	€63 p/night
Athens 3 days 3 nights	Transavia flight = €140 return	€36 p/night
Champagne 4 days 3 nights	Drove in group minivan = €20 return	€100 p/night
Toulouse & Costa Brava 10 days, 9 nights	KLM flight = €87 return	Stay at friends chateau, then CB €70 p/night
Lisbon 4 days, 3 nights	Transavia & Vueling flights = €150 return	€20 p/night
London; 3 days, 2 nights	Easyjet & Vueling flights = €100 return	Stay with friends
Leicester & Newcastle; 6 days, 5 nights	Easyjet flight = €70 return	€30 p/night

Travel Costs – 2017:

Destination	Getting There (flight/train etc)	Accommodation
Edinburgh & Highlands; 8 days, 7 nights	KLM flight = €99 return	€35 p/night
Monschau, Germany; 2 days, 1 night	Own car. Petrol costs = €15 return	€32.50 p/night
London, England; 3 days, 2 nights	Vueling flight = €36 return	Stay with friends
New York, USA; 10 days, 9 nights	SAS flight = €390 return	Stay with friends
Paris, France; 3 days, 2 nights	Own car. Petrol costs = €50 return	€50 p/night
Algarves, Portugal; 7 days, 6 nights	Transavia flight = €50 Ryanair flight = €100	€56 p/night
Lake District, UK; 4 days, 4 nights	KLM flight = €130 return	€45 p/night
Lille, France; 4 days, 3 nights	Thalys train = €58 return	€25 p/night
London, UK; 6 days, 5 nights	Vueling flight = €50 return	Stay with friends

Travel Costs – 2016:

Destination	Getting There	Accommodation
Amsterdam, NL 3 days, 2 nights twice	BA flight = £79.50 return Ryanair flight = £26 Easyjet flight = £35	Stay with friend
Madrid/Seville, Spain 5 days, 4 nights	Easyjet flight to Madrid = £65 BA flight from Seville = £35	£23 p/night
Bucharest, Romania 5 days, 4 nights	Tarom flight = £100 return	£16 p/night
Toulouse, France 4 days, 3 nights	KLM flight = £100 return	Stay at friends house
London, UK 3 days, 2 nights twice	Easyjet flight = €105 return Easyjet flight = €39 Flybe flight = €60	Stay with friends
Cologne, Germany 2 days, 1 night	Own car. Petrol = €20	€40 p/night
Bruges/Antwerp, Belgium 2 days, 1 night	Own car. Petrol = €25	€38 p/night

Travel Costs – 2015:

Destination	Getting There	Accommodation
Bruges, Belgium 2 days, 1 nights	Own car, Petrol = £25	£20 p/night
Amsterdam, NL 3 days, 2 nights 8 times	Ryanair/Easyjet flight = £94 return British Airways flight = £99 return Easyjet flight = £78 return British Airwaysflight = £100 return Ryanair/Easyjet flight = £45 return British Airways flight = £144 return Easyjet flight = £124 return British Airways flight = £127 return	Stay with friend
Copenhagen, Denmark 3 days, 2 nights	Easyjet flight = £108 return	£30 p/night
Vietnam 15 days, 14 nights	Etihad Airways flight = £490 return	£20 p/night
Vienna/Salzburg, Austria 4 days, 3 nights	Ryanair flight = £57 return	£21 p/night
Cinque Terre, Italy 4 days, 3 nights	Ryanair flight = £106 return	£26 p/night
Groningen, Netherlands 3 days, 2 nights twice	Ryanair flight = £73 return Bus Bremen to Groningen = £11 return Ryanair flight = £36 return Bus Bremen to Groningen = £11 return	Stay with friend
Stavanger, Norway 4 days, 3 nights	Norweigan flight = £48 return	£10 p/night
Ireland & N. Ireland 5 days 4 nights	Aer Lingus/Ryanair flight = £24 return	£35 p/night
Melbourne, Australia 21 days, 20 nights	China Southern flight = £728 return	Stay with parents

Travel Costs – 2014:

Destination	Getting There	Accommodation
Australia 21 days & nights	Surprised with flights by amazing awesome parents	Stayed with parents
Bristol, UK 2 days, 1 night	Megabus = £16.50 return	£31 p/night
Paris, France 3 days, 2 nights	Eurostar train = £100 return	£20 p/night
Cardiff, Wales 2 days 1 night	Megabus = £11 return	£22 p/night
Marrakech, Morocco 5 days 4 nights	Ryanair flight = £250 return (last minute booking)	£5 p/night
Croatia 10 days 9 nights	Easyjet/Monarch flight = £170 return	£48 p/night
Iceland 5 days 4 nights	Easyjet flight = £90 return	£25 p/night
Shannon, Ireland 2 days 1 night	Ryanair flight = £12 return	Stay with friends
Amsterdam, NL 3 days, 2 nights twice	Flybe/BA flight = £105 return Easyjet flight = £170 return	Stay with friend
Lisbon, Portugal 3 days 2 nights	Easyjet flight = £70 return	£15 p/night