Hey besties, I am continuing this little blog post series because 1. it helps me stay accountable at tracking our finances and 2. it gives me a little task to do each week and I love that.
Here’s a little week 5 recap – mostly financials and logistical stuff because you can so easily google pretty pictures and find cute cafes on google maps. This is the shit people don’t breakdown! Click here to see Week 4 (Oct 4-10, 2024) I track all of our expenses through Travel Spend (an app) – I have been doing this for almost 2 years now and love using it. It’s also super inexpensive for the yearly app fee (like less than $9 for the year).
Let me make a quick disclaimer! We are NOT budget travelers and the below numbers are for TWO adults who prioritize convenience and experiences. We keep our big costs pretty low and splurge on good food, good 🍃 (legal here) and experiences/activities! I make at least 3/4 of our meals at home because 1. I like to cook and 2. convenience sake – it’s quicker for me to cook what I want to eat than wait 30-40 min for delivery.
Week 5:
October 11th-17th, 2024
Hi, it’s the end of week 5 and I can’t believe we’ve been living in Phuket for over a month already! We’ve just begun planning Corey’s birthday trip and we’re thinking Sri Lanka in December/January! This week we paid our monthly scooter rental fee ($150) but other than that our spending was down by a good amount! Excluding the scooter rental we spent a total of $271 this week on ALL expenses! Soooo there’s that.
One time + monthly expenses that are constant:
Plane tickets from USA to Thailand, upgraded seats + extra luggage allowance: $1,539.60
Apartment (rent is different each month because of low/high tourist season) but it averages to $757 per month and this includes: wifi, electric, water, full gym,🙃 fitness + yoga classes, sauna, pool, weekly full cleaning + sheets/towel changes, 24/7 security + private covered parking.
Scooter rental: $150 monthly (we pay on the 13th each month)
Water Delivery (tap water is NOT safe to drink here): about $15 per month
Purchases Throughout the Week:
these fluctuate week to week
Pretty things for our apt + necessities: $40.18
Groceries: $106.44
Eating Out/Meal Delivery: $69.76
Little treats (aka smoothies, coffee, tea, matcha, etc): $48.79
🍃 (legal here): $0
Massage (+tip): $0
Gas: $3.00
Transport: $0
Game Night: $3.00
Scooter Rental: $150 (paid this week)
Loving this little life here in case you’re curious!
For the first week we spent a total of $711.44 excluding our plane tickets and rent.
For the second week we spent a total of $490.08 excluding our plane tickets and rent.
For the third week we spent a total of $414.36 excluding our plane tickets and rent.
For the fourth week we spent a total of $330.88 excluding our plane tickets and rent.
For the fifth week we spent a total of $421.17 excluding our plane tickets and rent.
This is what our total spending stats look like:
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