Thailand Trip 2010 Post Accounting

Yay! I finally finished my blog about the 4 days spent in Thailand. So now, my next task is to list the estimates I did and compare with the actual expenses. This is tricky coz I know I've not listed everything, like we buy 1 bottle of water, or ride a tuktuk or something. But hopefully this will list most of the items we bought and spent during the Thai holiday. This will be interesting as I want to see how well I did the pre budgeting...LOL I follow a travel blog justwandering.org and I find it very interesting that she posts her travel budget and stuff.

The pre-travel budget
This is an exciting part for me and most tedious as well. When I finally booked our ticket to Bangkok via Cebu Pacific, I can't stop myself from planning for the said trip. I sleep late and research about the places, hotels, tourist spots and stuff. And the more I read, the more I get excited. When I go home from work, I spend like 3-4 hours looking online for hotels to stay, this was my routine for like a month, until I was all sure that I've set everything. Surely, na-adik talaga ako sa pagresearch. But I'm having so much fun.

I enjoy looking through each hotel, reading reviews, looking at pictures, waaaaah kung san san ako napadpad. It's not easy, that's why I know I am the only one in the group who has the will to get to the budgeting and planning. Kaya wag silang aangal kung ayaw nila...haha! Or else I will let them plan on their own...and we'll see...
How I did it, I made an excel sheet (oh I love making spreadsheets!) and each sheet for Day 1 to Day 4. I also added a sheet for the hotels I've asked. This is because I have compared all their prices and see which one has the best to offer. We had to stay in 2 different hotels so it's an additional work for me di ba? And all I've transacted online.
Now we go to the real deal...

Thailand Trip 2010 Post Accounting	Estimate		Actual
Exchange rate	0.69	thb	1	php
Airfare Roundtrip - MLA - BKK	5,512	php	5,512	php
Hotel - Koh Samet	580.06	php	580.06	php
Hotel - Bangkok	1340	php	1382	php
Travel Tax	1620	php	1620	php
Terminal Fee	750	php	750	php
Day 1
Taxi BKK - Ekkamai	110	thb	64.00	thb
Bus Ekkamai - Ban Phe	160	thb	137	thb
Koh Samet Parking fee	400	thb	200	thb
Boat to Koh Samet	50	thb	50	thb
Mini truck to hotel		thb	50	thb
Lunch	200	thb	92	thb
Snorkeling Tour		thb	350	thb
Dinner	100	thb	108	thb
Day 2
Coffee	100	thb	30	thb
Ferry to Ban Phe	60	thb	80	thb
Bus to Ekkamai	160	thb	137	thb
Taxi to Hotel	110	thb	59	thb
Lunch @ Au Thong	120	thb	108	thb
Temple Tours/Parking	54	thb	120	thb
Dinner at Suan Lum Night Bazaar	220	thb	145	thb
Day 3
Breakfast	100.00	thb	99	thb
Pad Thai			20	thb
Grand Palace entrance	200.00	thb	350	thb
Wat Pho			40	thb
Tuk Tuk to/from Grand Palace			26	thb
Transpo/Tour			308	thb
Dinner - sidestreet chicken and spring rolls	100	thb	50	thb
Day 4
Breakfast @ Greenhouse	100	thb	98	thb
Taxi to Safari World	100	thb	100	thb
Entrance to Safari World	750	thb	800	thb
Safari Bus	20	thb	30	thb
Bag Storage for 4 bags			80	thb
Lunch	100	thb	55	thb
Taxi Back to hotel	100	thb	82	thb
Dinner	100	thb	100	thb
Taxi to Airport	100	thb	100	thb
TOTAL Day 1 - 4 in Thai Baht	3614	THB	4068	THB
TOTAL Day 1 - 4 in Peso	5237.68	PHP	5896	PHP
TOTAL Overall	15,040		15,740	PHP
Others:
Tamarind			100	thb
Shopping @ Suan Lum			360	thb
Shopping @ MBK			200	thb
Water			10	thb
Sausage @ 7 eleven			30	thb

WOOOHOOO! Not bad eh! Except for the shopping...looks like we've just hit the budget! A little over by almost 800 but it seemed manageable I think! Yay! Plus I didn't include other shopping and snacks!