Originally Posted by DaveK

Ive been wanting to do a trip to mongolia, or maybe even as far as Magadan, for 2 years now, and surprise surprise i still dont have the funds. But, if you were to do this trip, taking in eastern europe, mongolia and russia, would £50 a day sound reasonable? I was hoping to ride as far east as i could for 6 to 8 weeks, then turn around. Would rather just ride back and enjoy the bike than spend on shipping and flights etc.

Camping most nights, simple food, fuel etc. I would maybe struggle with that in europe where fuel is expensive tho.

Originally Posted by Belle

Dave - have a look at Wildman's post about Mongolia. He's sketched out a few costs which might help you. And you're not alone in not being short on funds......but just do it anyway!

Belle

Originally Posted by Wildman

I've been some budgeting for a trip to Mongolia. There's a spreadsheet on the site here (can't find it now) but using and adapting that, I've come up with a basic budget of around $6,000 (£4,000). That's just under the £50 per day prediction and covers fuel (19,000 kms), accommodation (82 days, camping/hostel during the week or when on the move and cheap but decent hotel at weekends or whenever stopped for a couple of days), food and personal spending money.

Trip Length (Days) 82
Trip Length (Weeks) 11.7
Total Distance (km) 19202
Average Kilometres per Day 295

Average Petrol price (£/Ltr) $1.00
Fuel Economy (Litres per 100km) 5.2
Average Daily Fuel Cost $15.36
Total Fuel Cost $1,259.65

Average Cost Camping $10.00
Nights Camping 52
Average Cost Hotel $40.00
Nights Hotel 30
Total Lodging Cost $1,720.00

Average Food Cost Travelling $15.00
Average Food Cost Visiting $37.50
Total Food Cost $1,897.71

Average Daily Personal Spending Travelling $10.00
Average Daily Personal Spending Visiting $25.00
Total Personal Spending $1,270.00

$6,147.37

I need to do a little more research on fuel price to get more accurate. The budget assumes a bike already fully prepared and equipped and doesn't take into account miscellaneous costs such as gifts, accident/breakdown, laundry, insurance, bribes, visas, ferries and tolls. I'd probably want access to another $1,000 or so on top to make certain that I've got all of that covered and you know what they say, "halve the kit and double the money", though baring disaster, I can't imagine out trip is going to be significantly more expensive.

Originally Posted by mcgiggle

Just to throw something in the pot....... if you're riding from the UK Istanbul is 3000 miles and then approx 1500 miles to Georgia.
The fuel prices in Europe are now higher than the UK and Turkey was about £1.60 a litre when we came through in March this year!
So a round trip just to the east of Turkey is going to cost you about a grand in fuel if you're getting 50 to the gallon?
Don't know about the north route out/after Europe, never been that way :-)

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by Wildman

I've been some budgeting for a trip to Mongolia. There's a spreadsheet on the site here (can't find it now) but using and adapting that, I've come up with a basic budget of around $6,000 (£4,000). That's just under the £50 per day prediction and covers fuel (19,000 kms), accommodation (82 days, camping/hostel during the week or when on the move and cheap but decent hotel at weekends or whenever stopped for a couple of days), food and personal spending money.

Originally Posted by DaveK

Ive been wanting to do a trip to mongolia, or maybe even as far as Magadan, for 2 years now, and surprise surprise i still dont have the funds. But, if you were to do this trip, taking in eastern europe, mongolia and russia, would £50 a day sound reasonable? I was hoping to ride as far east as i could for 6 to 8 weeks, then turn around. Would rather just ride back and enjoy the bike than spend on shipping and flights etc.

Camping most nights, simple food, fuel etc. I would maybe struggle with that in europe where fuel is expensive tho.