RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Report oknavajojoe wrote: Capharnaum wrote: If you think about it, even at double the cost, the fuel costs are still a fraction of the total travel costs, compared to lodging, dining, etc.
I guess you haven't gone on a trip lately.
I do at least one trip per year which involves around 3k kilometers of driving (so, pretty far) over around 15 days (200 km avg per day). Lodging and dining costs (for 2) for those trips is around $4k. Cost for activities is around $1.5k. Gas cost at $1.20 per liter for such a trip would be around $400. At $2.00 per liter, this would increase the cost of the trip by $267 (from $400 to $667).
Pre-increase, cost of the trip would be $5.9k, right now would be $6.2k. If I wanted to stick to $5.9k budget, instead of cancelling the trip, I could shorten it by 1 day, and then my trip cost would be $5.8k.
Like I said, considering the total costs involved in travelling, I doubt the extra $200-300 will be a big game changer compared to the other costs (in my case, it's 5% increase of the total cost, which if I couldn't afford it I could simply change the lenght or go to cheaper dining options, etc).