A Guide for Planning an Extended Camping Trip
Next category, calculate your camping fee expenses. Do this by adding up the nights you plan on camping, and total the fees charged each night. If you know where you will be camping, it's easy to acquire this information. All state, federal and private parks specify their charges per night to camp. (Be sure to include any park entrance and pet fees.)
Another budget category to include can be listed as other camping expenses. Under this heading, we estimate our propane, fire wood, shower fee and extraneous other costs.
Now work out a reasonable estimate for your food expenses. We have found that this category is higher than all others are. How you go about figuring your eating expenses depends upon each individual's circumstances. Variables include the number of people in your party, what you eat, if you plan on eating out or cooking over the ole camp fire-to name a few.
Finally, to complete your budget, consider how much money to include in a miscellaneous category. You might want to include the cost of souvenirs, gifts, tour fees, film, oil for your vehicle and such. Don't forget to add something to cover any emergency expenses. All you need do to finalize your budget is total the separate categories. These should be (1) gasoline, (2) camping fees, (3) other camping expenses, (4) food costs and (5) miscellaneous expenses. This will give you the projected total cost of your trip.
To determine your average daily costs, divide your projected total cost by the number of days you have for your trip. Our costs usually run between $60 and $70 per day, but yours will probably be much different. Oh yes, a word
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