Food and Drink costs

[allenwrench]

What is your budget when it comes to food and drink for a trip?

[robint]

Originally Posted by allenwrench

What is your budget when it comes to food and drink for a trip?

It really depends where I am going - but my rule of thumb is $100 per day for 2 people. That includes extra stuff like water bottles, etc. That isn't much, I know, but most places we go we have breakfast included or we are only catching something quick before heading back out to dive. We usually only do 1 or 2 nights of fancy dinners. I use this $100 per day in planning including travel days too as we end up eating at airports.

Of course, if you are doing a liveaboard or an all-inclusive, that doesn't count...

when I am planning our trips, I do add in cost of food into my "cost per dive" analysis for a location. Some places diving is cheap but hotel or food are high, other places it is the opposite... so you have to add everything in to figure out what a trip will cost.

robin

[bigbertha22]

Where can I eat cheaply on bora bora

[NorthWoodsDiver]

I tried to budget $20 a day for mexico but it ended up being more like $30 (per person) but one night my meal was $80 and other days I ate for $10 or less. it depends on what you like and if you drink alcohol. I'm not a breakfast kinda person so that helps keep the cost down.

[DandyDon]

$100 per day for 2 people.

Wow!

Ur poor folks gots poor way. If my food & drink costs go over $25 a day, I start hitting the grocery for room supplies.

[Gen San Chris]

The beer at the end of the dive always costs a lot more than the food!

Never Eat on an Empty Stomach!