May 21, 2010
1) Roaming Fees: Make sure you check with your cell phone provider for international roaming charges. My carrier charges $1.69-$1.99 per min and $0.50 per text message.
2) Hotel Business Center: These vary as well. I just called my hotel in DR and it's not that bad. $4.00 for 15mins. That is more than enough time to check and send emails.
3) Postage: I have a list of about 15 people to whom I'm sending postcards. Most postcards are usually .50 each. I have no idea how much postage is going to cost. So I'll guesstimate for .75 for cards to the US and $1.00 to other countries.
What are some expenses you forgot about on your last trip?
Thanks for reading,
Meredith
This little thing comes in really handy for me during international trips. Even though I check
Yahoo Currency Converter and have a general idea of the exchange rate, I like to know exactly what am spending in local currency and
USD. I purchased one from the
luggage store at my local mall. One of my biggest fears is to be on a trip and run out of money and that is what happened in Japan. Not a good look. I think I still owe my cousin 3344.58 yen. I got you girl! However, it was a lesson to always over budget and under spend.
Now that lodging, flight, and my excursions are paid for, it's time to
calculate spending money. I've looked at the exchange rate trend for
Dominican Peso for the last few months and it hasn't changed much, so it probably will be around the same in June. The peso
oro is the currency of the Dominican Republic.
$1USD = RD$36.80
$500 USD = RD$18,400
Example: I buy pair of earring for RD$500, I paid about $ 13.65USD.
Some cellphones have a
converter application, but I usually don't carry my phone out and about. This one cost approx. $15. It's the size of a credit card, fits in my wallet and simple to program.
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