Start with four core categories — accommodation, food, transport, and daily activities — then multiply by your number of travel days. Costs vary hugely by destination and travel style (budget, mid-range, or luxury), so a generic per-day number rarely works. Our free travel budget calculator does this automatically: pick your destination, trip length, and travel style, and it breaks down an estimated cost across all categories in seconds.

It depends entirely on where you’re going and how you travel. A week in Southeast Asia on a budget style can cost a fraction of the same week in Western Europe or on a luxury style. Rather than guessing, use our budget calculator to get a destination-specific estimate for 7 days (or any trip length) — it accounts for local price differences instead of applying one flat number to every country.

Select both destinations, set the same travel style and trip length for a fair comparison, and compare the accommodation, food, and transport breakdown side by side. Our Compare Countries tool lets you do this for up to 4 destinations at once, so you can see exactly which one fits your budget before booking anything.

Log every shared cost as you go — accommodation, meals, transport, activities — and note who paid for what. At the end of the trip, add up each person’s total spend versus their fair share, and the difference tells you who owes whom. Our Trip Cost Splitter does this calculation automatically as you add expenses, so you’re not doing the math by hand at 11pm on the last night.

It depends on your destination’s climate, trip length, and what you’re planning to do — a beach trip and a trekking trip need very different gear even in the same country. Our Packing Checklist generator asks for your destination, activities (like hiking, snorkelling, or city sightseeing), and who’s travelling, then builds a list tailored to those specifics instead of a generic one-size-fits-all checklist.