Scotland to Spain and return costs.

Tammygirl replied on 06/12/2023 17:55

Posted on 06/12/2023 17:55

After our recent trip to Spain and Portugal I thought I would work out the costs and compare with last years trip.

This year we covered 4732mls fuel cost was £990.32

Sites in total was £1033.93. We did a mixture of sites. 1 CL, 5 aires in France & 4 sites, 6 camper stops in Spain & 6 sites, 4 sites in Portugal, 4 sites in the UK. The cheapest site was in Portugal €11.90 the dearest site abroad was €23. The dearest site overall was in the UK £29.70 camc which was on our return at the end of November.

We spent 69 nights on sites/aires which averaged out to  €17.02 per night. I don't record food cost or eating out.

Last year we did a very similar trip at the same time of year 4.500 mls fuel cost £1100 and sites/aires total was £1250 over 74 nts. Site costs per night were cheaper than this year but we stayed on more sites than aires.

Both years the dearest site of the trip was the Camc site on our return. 

We used Acsi  and private sites. This year the dearest Acsi site was €23 next year it looks as if it will be €27.

I have posted this info in case its of use to anyone to help them cost out a similar trip.

I haven't included ferries or tunnel as they vary so much depending on the time of year you travel and your preference.

 

Dave Nicholson replied on 12/12/2023 20:30

Posted on 12/12/2023 20:30

Your breakdown of costs to Spain and Portugal  are very interesting TG.

Our trip to Italy this year was for 89 days in Europe plus 4 days travelling in the UK to and from Folkestone. Our total mileage was 3327miles, fuel costs were approx 950 Euros with the cheapest fuel being in the UK and the most expensive being in Switzerland at 217SF/Lit. I tend to buy super diesel and find it’s more cost effective in miles/ litre and the vehicles performance is noticeably better (it’s a 7.4 metre long MH with a 2.3lt Fiat engine).

Our campsite fees were noticeably different to TG’s. We used a combination of Campsites and Aires/Stellplatz/Sostas on the journey to and from our final destination. Fees for the journey to/from Italy averaged 23Euros/night but that included 2 free nights on Aires and one night on a campsite in Switzerland at 74.60 Swiss Francs/night.

We spent 77 nights at our final destination with an average nightly cost of 47 Euros. This spanned July, August and September and hence various price bands.

Campsites in Italy appear to be more expensive than those in Spain but we’re addicted to Italy and hence in my opinion they’re  well worth the money. 

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