bie'96: budget


100 Slovenian tolarjev bill

This is the detailed day-to-day budget of the trip, with every single expenditure listed (I hope). My financial guidelines during the trip were that I should attempt to get by on 40 German marks (DEM) a day and that I should make every attempt to keep the average below 60 DEM/day - a goal that I eventually reached, spending all of 69 pfennigs less than my projected maximum. 

All expenditures have initially been recorded in the local currency, and then converted to DEM as a means of standardization, usually using the first few digits of a standard exchange-office rate.  DEM conversions were done in blocks, so the DEM-column figures are subtotals of preceding items. 

You may find this a boring read, but it's a hell of a lot less boring that typing it in.  I still don't know what on earth possessed me to do this... 
 
 


Saturday 17.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Ticket 1 94.50 FIM
Ticket 2 208.00 100.83
Food 64.00
Beer 16.00 26.66
Poker +10.00 +3.33
372.50 124.16
 
Sunday 18.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Breakfast 48.00 SKR
Ticket (local) 56.00
Ticket (couchette) 76.00
Postcards 12.00
Food I 5.00
Locker 20.00
Food II 23.50
Toilet 4.00
244.50 54.33
 
Monday 19.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Breakfast 15.00 DKR
Shower 15.00
Shirt 100.00
Lunch 40.00
Dinner 39.00
Bus 10.00
Net 37.00
Hostel 70.00
326.00 83.58

Target (optimum) Target (maximum) Real total
3-day subtotal 120.00 180.00 262.07
Total 120.00 180.00 262.07

Tuesday 20.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Bus 8.00 DKR
Lunch 39.00
Louisiana 44.00
Food 27.50
Postcards 15.00
Bathroom 2.00
167.50 42.84
 
Wednesday 21.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Bathroom/shower 4.00
Map + BerlinCard 30.00
Hostel 31.00
Lunch 5.00
Food 5.86
75.86
 
Thursday 22.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Museum + postcard 5.00
Stamps 1.60
Food + napkins 3.47
Hostel 31.00
Net 7.00
Reservation 3.00
Dinner 4.00
54.47

Target (optimum) Target (maximum) Real total
3-day subtotal 120.00 180.00 262.07
Total 240.00 360.00 435.24

Friday 23.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Locker 3.00
Ticket 3 x 3.90
Beach 3.00
Food 5.15
Dinner 11.50
Club 17.00
51.35
 
Saturday 24.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Ticket 3.90
IC-extra 6.00
Ticket 10.00 CKR
Hostel 400.00 23.66
Dinner 100.00
Phone card 100.00
Net 50.00 14.43
47.99
 
Sunday 25.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Postcards/stamps 22.00 CKR
Hostel 400.00
Tickets 26.00
Food 62.30
29.44

Target (optimum) Target (maximum) Real total
3-day subtotal 120.00 180.00 128.78
Total 360.00 540.00 564.02

Monday 26.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Reservation 477.00 CKR
Lunch 180.00
Net 40.00
Food ~70.00
Tickets 12.00
Beer/toilet/etc 40.00
47.26
 
Tuesday 27.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Reservation 30.00 ÖSS
Phone calls/card 53.00
Breakfast 28.00
Toilet 13.00
Food 72.00
Ice cream 12.00
Hostel 70.00
Postcards/stamps 33.00
311.00 44.00
 
Wednesday 28.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Random 99.00 ÖSS 14.14
Zetoni 130.00 SIT
Hostel (2 days) 2400.00 28.42
42.57

Target (optimum) Target (maximum) Real total
3-day subtotal 120.00 180.00 133.83
Total 480.00 720.00 697.85

Thursday 29.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Breakfast 200.00 SIT
Lunch 1000.00
Triglav-book 525.00
T-shirt 1300.00
Cards, stamps, zetoni 505.00
Food 425.00
Dinner (yuk!) 260.00
47.36
 
Friday 30.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Tower entrance (yesterday) 100.00 SIT
Hostel 1200.00
Lunch 730.00
Notebook 264.00
Laibach-video (!!!) 5160.00
Mail charges 1409.00
Telephone 96.50
Food 205.00
102.97
 
Saturday 31.8.
Item Local currency DEM
Burek 250.00 SIT
Cave entry 1000.00
Dinner/lunch 550.00 20.22
Hostel 23000 ITL
Ticket 4000 26.73
46.95

Target (optimum) Target (maximum) Real total
3-day subtotal 120.00 180.00 197.28
Total 600.00 900.00 895.11


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