Build a full travel budget across transport, lodging, food and contingency.
Accommodation is priced per room while flights and daily spending scale per person, which is why solo travel costs disproportionately more per head. Contingency covers the unbudgeted rather than the underbudgeted. Trips overrun on categories that were never in the budget rather than on those that were, which is exactly what the contingency line exists to absorb.
Travel Budget
Total = flights per person + accommodation per night + daily spend per person, plus contingency
Total = flights per person + accommodation per night + daily spend per person, plus contingency Accommodation is priced per room while flights and daily spending scale per person, which is why solo travel costs disproportionately more per head. Contingency covers the unbudgeted rather than the underbudgeted.
Trips overrun on categories that were never in the budget rather than on those that were, which is exactly what the contingency line exists to absorb.
This calculator takes 6 inputs: Flights and long-distance transport, Nights away, Accommodation per night, Daily food and activities, Travellers, Contingency. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.