We're planning our first long-term trip out west and trying to come up with a realistic budget. We know, as newbies, we're going to spend more than average seeing sights and running around too much. F...
Some are way off one way and some way off the other. We live out in nowhere and like to do things when away from home. Dish is about $55 a month. We were gone 6 weeks this spring and spent about $1200 on fuel and we eat out about once a day at about $50 a day. I have a hot spot on my phone for $40 a month and can't use half of the 2 gig We don't count anything we spend at home. Ins, groceries, hobbies and stuff like that we would spend anyway so it doesn't cost any more when away.