Financial Breakdown
from my trip to Australia.
- Flight: 1605.06 (I went with Travel
Junction as I only wanted one stop flight, and I would NOT recommend them to
anyone, it turned out to be a 2-stop flight)
- Visa: Free (Online E-Visa)
- Spending money:
£501.56 GBP. (Half
on Travel card and half in cash. Take more on card next time)
- Cattery: £126 (The only problem I have
with them is they need to update their payment system as I am not a fan of bank
transfers.)
- Travel Insurance:
£25.61 (Travel
insurance for the trip would have been less but I have asthma)
- Hostel + Fees:
£44.74 (What
they didn't tell me was switching days because of a flight time change added an
extra £20 on + fees of course!!)
(I have come to the realization i am too old for Hostels and bunk beds from now i think it will be Hotels or Airbnb)
- National Express 1:
£13.72 single Carlisle to London (was £45.24 but I paid with Amazon Pay
with student discount, so I got 75% discount)
- National Express 2:
£30.73 single return London to Carlisle (Paid with Amazon Pay only got £5 student
discount)
- National Express 3:
£9.35 single from London to Heathrow
NATIONAL EXPRESS (These are my saviour after my Train got cancelled due to strikes)
Heathrow Express: £25 (from Heathrow to Paddington)
1: Accommodation in Grafton: £87.63 (cancelled due to the hotel closing, Refunded and Expedia did give me £100 voucher)
2: AirBnb £166.82 6th
January till 9th January
- Flight 2 Port
McQuarrie to Brisbane: $248.31 Australian Dollars my friend recommended WebJet
(£139.20
GBP, I didn't realise there was no Trains/ Buses/ coaches from Port McQuarrie
to Brisbane, the journey would have taken 12 hours!)
- $99 Flight date change
(I
got that wrong date)
- Train to Grafton:
$60.17 AUD (£35
English money)
Personal Expense:
- Clothes
alternations: £50
- Travel toiletries:
£10
- Summer clothes
£25.50
- Food in London
£30.00
- Airport Food/
Snacks £150
- Exchange Fees/ Card
Fees £25
What would I have
done better:
- Learn to drive
beforehand so there's no need for public transport then find a great long term
car rental.
- I totally
underestimated the prices in London from public transport to restaurants, they
all add a 'Service fee' on which I did not know, I think its
modern-day thievery!
- Stay in Australia for
longer, next time it will be my whole visa.
- leave the airports if
you have a long stay over like I had in Taiwan 12 hours. Get out and
see things.
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