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Actual travel budgets and projected GRANDPAcking costs

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JANUARY 2016: OVERVIEW: My costs start at the Halong ferry terminal and include: A walk from there to my hotel (free) 4 nights in a GRANDPAcking Standard hotel Food & Drink Mobile Data / Communications Visa cost apportionment Tourist Bus to Hanoi CROSS REFERENCES: For more detail, read about Halong – Vietnam – Information. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information and more Travel Budgets in this country. Read About – GRANDPAcking Costs if you don’t know how to interpret my figures. SPREADSHEET SUMMARY: MY ACTUAL 1 PERSON GRANDPAcking COSTS: Accommodation: My accommodation was a ‘GRANDPAcking Standard’ Double with aircon and cable TV (with […]

Halong – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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JANUARY 2016: OVERVIEW: My costs start at Cai Rong ferry terminal and include: Ferry and transfer from Cai Rong to Quan Lan Town 3 nights in a GRANDPAcking hotel Food & Drink 1x Scooter Hire (with Petrol) Mobile Data / Communications Visa cost apportionment Ferry to Halong CROSS REFERENCES: For more detail, read about Quan Lan – Vietnam – Information. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information and more Travel Budgets in this country. Read About – GRANDPAcking Costs if you don’t know how to interpret my figures. SPREADSHEET SUMMARY: MY ACTUAL 1 PERSON GRANDPAcking COSTS: Accommodation: My accommodation was a ‘GRANDPAcking Standard’ Double with […]

Quan Lan – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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DECEMBER 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start at Hai Phong Airport and include: A Moto Taxi to Ben Binh Harbour Ferry and transfers from Ben Binh Harbour to Cat Ba Town 11 nights in a Double Room in a Budget Hotel with Aircon (which was not needed) and Cable TV as well as a ‘simple’ breakfast 1x Scooter Hire (with Petrol) Mobile Data / Communications Trips / Excursions Visa cost apportionment My costs of Getting Away to Cai Rong Ferry Port Lots of partying and entertainment (I was there for Christmas and New Year) CROSS REFERENCES: For more detail, read about Cat Ba – Vietnam – […]

Cat Ba – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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DECEMBER 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start on arrival in Hoi An by local bus and include: 3 nights in a Delux Double room in a nice new-build Homestay 21 nights in a Double Room in a Hotel with a small swimming pool 1x Bicycle Hire Mobile Data / Communications Visa cost apportionment 2 Flights from Da Nang to Hai Phong (to get to Cat Ba Island) Minibus from Hoi An to Da Nang Airport Lots of partying and entertainment CROSS REFERENCES: For more detail, read about Hoi An – Vietnam – Information. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information […]

Hoi An – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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NOVEMBER 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start at the Airport, Da Nang and include: A taxi from the Airport to my Hotel on My Khe Beach 4 nights in a nice room in a nice Hostel Mobile Data / Communications A 1-Day Scooter Hire (with petrol) A big partying night out A local bus from Da Nang to Hoi An CROSS REFERENCES: For more detail, read about Da Nang – Information. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information and more Travel Budgets in this country. Read About – GRANDPAcking Costs if you don’t know how to interpret my figures. SPREADSHEET SUMMARY: MY ACTUAL 1 PERSON […]

Da Nang – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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NOVEMBER 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start at the International Airport, Nha Trang and include: A minibus from the Airport to Nha Trang City (Cam Ranh) 4 nights in ‘backpacker’ accommodation (below GRANDPAcker Standard) Mobile Data / Communications A 1-Day / 3 Dive SCUBA Dive Trip A taxi from my Hotel back to Nha Trang international Airport The flight from Nha Trang to Da Nang CROSS REFERENCES: For more detail, read about Nha Trang – Information and the SCUBA Dive Trip. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information and more Travel Budgets in this country. Read About – GRANDPAcking […]

Nha Trang – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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NOVEMBER 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start at the Ferry Terminal in Phu Quoc and include: A minibus from the Ferry to Duong Dong A shared taxi from Duong Dong to my Hotel 23 days / 22 nights in Phu Quoc 21 days Scooter Hire A 1 Day Fishing & Snorkelling Trip in the South A Sunset BBQ & Squid Fishing Trip The flight from Phu Quoc to Nha Trang CROSS REFERENCES: For more information, read my post on Phu Quoc, the 1 Day Snorkelling & Fishing Trip, and the Sunset BBQ & Squid Fishing Trip. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information […]

Phu Quoc – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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OCTOBER 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start in Saigon International Airport and include: A taxi from the airport to my budget Hotel in District 1 5 days / 4 nights in Saigon A 2 day / 2 night Mekong Delta Tour The Ferry from Rach Gia to Phu Quoc (included in my tour) CROSS REFERENCES: For more information, read my post on Saigon and the Mekong Delta Tour. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information and more Travel Budgets in this country. Read About – GRANDPAcking Costs if you don’t know how to interpret my figures. SPREADSHEET SUMMARY: MY […]

Saigon – Vietnam – GRANDPAcking Costs

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AUGUST 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start and end in Kuta, Bali and are spread over 43 nights. They include: Transport from the Airport to my Kuta Hotel 2 nights in Kuta on arrival (to sort out getting to Padang Bai) Transport to Padang Bai; 8 nights in Padang Bai Scooter rental in Padang Bai for 3 days Transport from Padang Bai to Gili Air; 23 nights in Gili Air Transport from Gili Air to Nusa Lembongan; 8 nights in Nusa Lembongan Scooter rental in Nusa Lembongan for 7 days Transport from Nusa Lembongan back to Kuta; 2 nights in Kuta Transport from […]

Bali – Indonesia – GRANDPAcking Costs

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AUGUST 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start in Padang Bai, Bali and include: A fastboat from Padang Bai to Nusa Lembongan 8 nights / 9 days in Nusa Lembongan 6 days of scooter rental (including petrol) 8Gb of fast Mobile Data A fastboat to Sanur, Bali (including transport to my Kuta, Bali hotel) N.B. I was in Nusa Lembongan in High Season so I was paying ‘top dollar’ for everything. Although this may have made some difference to my costs, given the costs that I negotiated and what I did, I don’t think that those differences ended up being significant. CROSS REFERENCES: For more information, read my post on […]

Nusa Lembongan – Indonesia – GRANDPAcking Costs

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AUGUST 2015: OVERVIEW: My costs start in Kuta, Bali and include: A minivan from my hotel to Padang Bai 8 nights / 9 days in Padang Bai 3 days of scooter rental (including petrol) 10Gb of fast Mobile Data N.B. I was in Padang Bai in High Season so I was paying ‘top dollar’ for everything. Although this may have made some difference to my costs, given the costs that I negotiated and what I did, I don’t think that those differences ended up being significant. CROSS REFERENCES: For more information, read my post on Padang Bai. Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this […]

Padang Bai – Indonesia – GRANDPAcking Costs

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AUGUST 2015: OVERVIEW: As I need to go back to New Zealand for a few weeks to sort out the sale of my house, I thought that it would be interesting to construct a GRANDPAcking budget for Paraparaumu – for comparison purposes. I have used exactly the same standards and criteria that I have used for all of my other GRANDPAcking Budgets. CROSS REFERENCES: Click here to read about Retirement Locations in this country. Click here for detailed Travel Information and more Travel Budgets in this country. Read About – GRANDPAcking Costs if you don’t know how to interpret my figures. SPREADSHEET SUMMARY:   MY […]

Paraparaumu – New Zealand – GRANDPAcking Costs