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Let’s understand each variable of this calculator.
Trip Distance (miles): The total length of your trip in miles.
Miles per Gallon (MPG): Your car’s fuel efficiency in MPG (miles per gallon).
Gas Price per Gallon ($): The cost of fuel per gallon.
Hotel Cost per Room per Night ($): The price of one hotel room for one night.
Number of Nights: The number of nights you’ll stay in the hotel during the trip.
Number of Rooms: The number of rooms you’ll book each night in the hotel during the trip.
If there’s no overnight stay involved, enter 0 in the hotel cost, number of nights, and number of rooms input fields.
Food Cost per Day per Person ($): The average daily food expense per day per traveler.
Number of Days: Total duration of the trip in days.
Number of Persons: Total number of travelers in the group. If you’re travelling solo, enter 1 in the input field.
Tolls/Parking ($): Estimate of other expenses like tolls, parking fee, entry fee, etc. If there’s no such expense, enter 0 in the input field.
Total Road Trip Cost: The total cost of a road trip, including gas costs, food costs, hotel costs, and other expenses.
Road Trip Cost per Person: The cost of a road trip per person.
Foremost, we need to calculate the fuel cost for the trip.
Gas cost = (Trip distance / MPG) x gas price per gallon
Gas cost = (1000 miles / 25 MPG x $3.50) = $140
Hotel cost = Hotel cost per room per night x Number of rooms x Number of nights
Hotel costs = $100 x 2 x 3 = $600
Food costs = Food cost per day per person x Number of days x Number of persons
Food costs = $40 x 4 x 5 = $800
Total road trip cost = Gas cost + Hotel cost + Food cost + Tolls/parking
Total road trip cost = $140 + $600 + $800 + $50 = $1590
Road trip cost per person = Total road trip cost / Number of persons
Road trip cost per person = $1590 / 5 = $318