jomagpie

I'm trying to figure out how much money I'll need to save before my 18-day trip to Spain in July; I've done my calculations on approx. how much I'll have, minus airfare, trains/buses, and accommodation costs and came up with approx. €100/day (give or take a few euros). The only other things I think I have to worry about are food, drinks, and entrance fees (if any) to major sights, and souvenirs here and there (postcards, shotglasses, spcies, etc). Am I missing something?

I'm not sure how expensive Spain is but will €100 be ok?

Thank you all for any advice.

danon

If you don't eat 3 meals a day in in fancy restaurants, 100 euros a day is more than sufficient

Rastaguytoday

You can eat 3 meals a day, if you do it correctly. I usually take some industrial plastic utensils with me, find a paper plate or two, and picnic your afternoon lunch.

For dinner, remember that Spaniards eat very late, 9:30PM or later. If that's too late for you, manage with tapas or the like. For wine there is the equivalent of jug wine, only you bring the jug (1 liter water bottles work well).

Be resourceful, you should have no problems.

deonca

I visited Spain for 16 days in early 2010, and wrote a trip report with as much detail as I could recall. Hope this can be of assistance in budgeting for your trip:

http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...s-loved-it.cfm

Prices will most likely be higher in July than winter though...

In Spain, I made a habit of eating a lot at the hotel breakfast, having a light snack around 2-3pm, then enjoying some delicious, varied, and reasonably priced tapas with a beer at night. A fun, social, cheap and tasty way to eat!

suze

100/day/pp is OK (outside lodging and airfare). That's my go-to figure whenever I travel. Some places you have to be more creative to make it stretch, some places it's generous.

Aduchamp1

100 is more than fine.

Here are the Spanish basics

Light breakfast-if there is a place that makes churros and hot chocolate try it

Lunch-the big meal of the day. Look to see if a restaurant has Menu del Dia. This is prix fixe meal that usually offers the best food value. What each restaurant offers differs but most with include a salad, entree, and dessert.

Tapas-between 5 and 7 tapas bars offer small dishes and wine.

10 PM-a light dinner.

parrmt

may I please ask if this is a budget for one? or two?...100euros??
What would a realistic budget for food etc (no hotels ) be per day? Thanks so much