BUDGETING MY EXPERIENCE
We want you to have a great experience →
Before leaving…
Tickets (Cheap airlines // Multiple destinations - visa) Insurance (Copy to parents and LC host) Visa (Super important) Souvenirs / Traditional Costumes Cash (Local money/ $USD/ €) Special outfits (Weather and religion)
Before leaving
Ask the LC host about regular expenses: Transportation Accommodation Food Fun
(Clubbing & Tourism) Something you want to do in specific (Tours & museums)
Before leaving Check your TN form → TN conditions What’s provided?
Before leaving Define how much are you going to take → $1000 Define the time you are going to stay → 6 weeks
Budget breakdown
Basic 1st week →Cab, Food ,snacks, transport, toilet paper, soap, shampoo → $150 Emergency money → Buffer money → $220 Spending money → $630
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During
Paper in your wallet (track your finances) Pass it in a excel sheet and divide according the item (Food, transportation, clothes, cell, fun, cleaning and internet) Analyze after two weeks how did your finances go. Replan if necessary
Tips ISIC A cheap country → spending too much $$$ Lonely planet Free tours Local transportation – buses /taxis (LC)
Exercise
Describe your basic expenses for one week. Now add the expenses you will have if you’ld live by yourself. Now give them a price according to Kenyan reality Sum it all up What’s the total?? Surprising? Get rid off the things you don’t really need. Sum again! More affordable?? Keep doing it until you think is affordable. Now this is the money you need to take with you to your exchange.