Cycling Trip Budget Planner
Cost of hiring a campervan versus Car+Hotel for France
Do you need a real car versus campervan cost breakdown for your cycling trip to France (or anywhere actually!)?
This is a question I get a lot from readers and the answer is: it can be (more on this below).
In my experience, hiring a car and staying in a few places for longer periods will make your trip much more affordable.
Based on my trips to France and Spain for the Tour and Etape du Tour, I've put together a downloadable budget planner in spreadsheet format to help you compare the costs of a campervan and car/hotel based cycling holiday.
To give you an idea of a comparison between a 28 day trip for 2 people, I've included the numbers from the downloadable files in the table below. Remember, these are real numbers from real trips. They do not include airfares.
Get the VeloNomad Cycling Trip Budget Planner download as an Excel file or MacOSX Numbers file.
| Per person Per day | 28 day Total pp | 28 day Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camper | Car+Accom | Camper | Car+Accom | Camper | Car+Accom | |||
| Car/Camper hire | 82.50 | 21.43 | 2310.00 | 600.00 | 4620 | 1200 | ||
| Camping/Accom | 20.00 | 50.00 | 560.00 | 1400.00 | 1120 | 2800 | ||
| Food | 23.21 | 23.21 | 650.00 | 650.00 | 1300 | 1300 | ||
| Tolls | 5.36 | 1.79 | 150.00 | 50.00 | 300 | 100 | ||
| Fuel | 14.29 | 7.14 | 400.00 | 200.00 | 800 | 400 | ||
| Airport-depot taxi | 3.57 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 0.00 | 200 | 0 | ||
| Other Items | ||||||||
| Item 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Item 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Item 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 148.93 | 103.57 | 4170.00 | 2900.00 | 8340.00 | 5800.00 |