I booked our flights on November 21st so I had exactly 2 months to plan & save for this trip. My initial budget was based on pie in the sky #'s:
Here is a overview of the assumed costs:
- Flight & Hotel (best if you can get a package) $662.20 + est $1050
- Food etc $250
- Disneyland park tickets $550
- Souvenirs etc $100
- Transportation est $50
- Other excursions LegoLand $162.00 tickets only
Total Cost: $2824.00
Revised:
- Flight - $662.20
- VBRO - $850.00
- Food - $300.00
- DL Park Tix - $525.00
- Souvenirs & Extras- $300
- Transportation - $100
Total Cost $2732
Actual: (CDN)
- Flight - $662.20
- VBRO - $850.00
- DL Tickets $525.00
- Groceries $138.61
- LegoLand Tickets - $107.06
- LegoLand Shuttle - $48.85 (Return for 1 person, Mason was free)
- Airport Shuttle - $82.64 (one way for 6 people)
- Notary Document -$32.48
- Wrist Bands - $12.08 (In case Mason went missing, they had his name and my phone # on them)
- Exchange Rate for $120 - $15.11
- Airport food (Breakfast & Snacks) - $19.00
- Cash Tips - $23.75
- Dining Out - $187.16
- Gifts - $116.89 (Including replacement sunglasses for me since I left mine at home, a caricature for Mason, etc)
- Park n Fly - $89.52 (1 week + 1 day)
Total Cost - $2940.97
Well there you have it, one week at Disneyland for just under $3k for Mason and I. Obviously this price was a bit lower because of my amazing budgeting skills and sharing a suite with our good friends, the Mennie's. I only took $268 USD cash with me and overspent by $76.08CDN (which went on my MasterCard).
We are home safe and sound and exhausted, no day off tomorrow. Right back to work & school.