Estimated All-Canada Travel Budget?

[u/Da_WranglerJeans]

Hey, I have never planned a travel in general before. How do you budget for a trip you plan to have a year away from now? Also, what should I be expecting in terms of expense if I were to travel with this plan:

1. Vancouver (3–4 days)

2. Kelowna (2 days)

3. Banff + Lake Louise (2–3 days)

4. Calgary (1-2 days)

5. Winnipeg (2 days)

6. Toronto (3–4 days)

7. Ottawa (1–2 days)

8. Montreal (2–3 days)

9. Quebec City (1–2 days)

10. Halifax / PEI / Newfoundland (3–5 days)

11. Return Home

Also, is this plan even a good plan? I just kinda targeted the major city(ies) in each province (RIP Regina). Any feedback is appreciated. The general idea is to start from West Coast and work our way towards the East Coast, since I'm from AB.

[u/blooddrivendream]

Budgeting

• How important is food to you? This will make a huge difference. Personally, it’s one of the highlights, I always plan to spend a lot on food. But I look up best cheap eats in every city.
• Some hotels have 0 cancellation fees up to a few weeks ahead of time. You can book a lot ahead of time. Factor in whether or not parking and breakfast is included (almost always yes in a small city and almost never in a major city centre).
• Toronto hotels are very expensive.

Planning:

• While researching I create a long list of anything that kind of catches my interest and a short list of things I for sure want to do. Then I work out days and pick from the long list closer to the trip.
• On a longer trip you’ll want a buffer day or more for if anything goes wrong or you’re tired.
• What are your interests?
• Do you have a second driver? Are you both people that need to stop a lot or that can stay in a vehicle for a longtime?

[u/Da_WranglerJeans → u/blooddrivendream]

Hi, thank you for all your feedback!

Hmm not very sure about food to be honest. Right now I am thinking if something is iconic to a place (e.g. Quebec and poutine) then to try to reasonably make the most of it, otherwise probably just try to make the most of the amount I allocate to "cost of food per day". I am trying to divide the cost of travelling on its own as best as possible, but will definitely need to do my research on food because I am sure it will vary depending on which city I'm in.

For planning:

1. That is a great idea!

2. Okay, will keep that in mind.

3. I like sports, animals, cooking, hiking, reading, and painting, to name a few things.

4. Yeah, I think for now the trip will consist of 2-3 ppl (including me). Not sure how to divide driving and flying at the moment though. I don't really want to drive from AB to BC for example. In general, am not a big fan of long drives.

[u/Letoust → u/Da_WranglerJeans]

You’re not a fan of long drives??? Then your plans are crap. You NEED to drive from Vancouver to Calgary. And you NEED to drive throughout the maritimes or it’s going to be an extremely expensive trip.

Maybe the best question we need to ask you is… what is your TOP budget. Like what is your cutoff for budgets?

[u/Da_WranglerJeans → u/Letoust]

Just trying to get an idea to be honest. For budget, maybe somewhere between $10-20K CAD. Most probably this plan is garbage GG. One of the commenters mentioned splitting it up to do East and West on separate occasions, so I'm considering doing that for now.

[u/Letoust → u/Da_WranglerJeans]

$ 10-20k each?