23-10-2015, 07:33 PM
me and the wife did this in april 2014 we went with 5 other cars = 8 people
mine and the wifes expences broke down as so.......
for anyone that is interested in doing this trip i will do a breakdown of the cost
to show what it has cost me so you have some idea on the expense
trip is base on myself and my wife sharing
6 nights away
1st night at a travel lodge on the m20 close to the eurotunnel
5 nights in germany in a shared chalet with 8 people
with return ticket on the Eurostar channel tunnel
Cost breakdown.....
Accomadation 6x nights + train tickets ..................................................£380
Fuel cost 183 litres Full trip .................................................................£260.69
Spending money euros mostly food/beer/RingTaxi/casewine/dutyfrees ...£531.97
4 laps @ the ring ...............................................................................£84.89
card payments/Food/museum/souvenirs/wife treat ..............................£134.25
TOTAL...............................................................................................£1391.80
the prices above have included the credit card charges for euro conversions when buying fuel ect, also the charges for drawing the spending euros on a credit card as cash
honestly you could spunk a whole load more money on laps and the other guys did!
the above dont include
Breakdown cover cost me £9 as a insurance policy addon
health insurance £40 for us as a couple for the trip
i have work out the MPG on the whole trip for my GTI6
183ltrs i did 1273.6 miles works out to 31.63Mpg
mine and the wifes expences broke down as so.......
for anyone that is interested in doing this trip i will do a breakdown of the cost
to show what it has cost me so you have some idea on the expense
trip is base on myself and my wife sharing
6 nights away
1st night at a travel lodge on the m20 close to the eurotunnel
5 nights in germany in a shared chalet with 8 people
with return ticket on the Eurostar channel tunnel
Cost breakdown.....
Accomadation 6x nights + train tickets ..................................................£380
Fuel cost 183 litres Full trip .................................................................£260.69
Spending money euros mostly food/beer/RingTaxi/casewine/dutyfrees ...£531.97
4 laps @ the ring ...............................................................................£84.89
card payments/Food/museum/souvenirs/wife treat ..............................£134.25
TOTAL...............................................................................................£1391.80
the prices above have included the credit card charges for euro conversions when buying fuel ect, also the charges for drawing the spending euros on a credit card as cash
honestly you could spunk a whole load more money on laps and the other guys did!
the above dont include
Breakdown cover cost me £9 as a insurance policy addon
health insurance £40 for us as a couple for the trip
i have work out the MPG on the whole trip for my GTI6
183ltrs i did 1273.6 miles works out to 31.63Mpg
https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/
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