$1500 Cape Cod Challenge: The Vacation is Over and Here's How We Did

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Well, if you've read this far, you must be wondering if our family of five was able to do all that for under $1500. The truth is, I came in slightly overbudget but I was pretty darn close. The grand total worked out to be: $1556.04. Friday's splurges on food and unplanned attractions put me $56 over budget. But I guess the most important part is, I don't feel like we skimped on anything. We had a great time and I hope I've inspired others to get out there with their kids and travel. For those of you who are interested here is the final breakdown of what we spent and where we spent it:



Lodging: $600 Condo rental


Gas/tolls: $210.00

Details:
$42 Fill up before hand
$39 Fill up on road
$30 Fill up in Provincetown
$42 Fill up to head home
$20 Top off to get home
$37 Tolls/Misc.

Groceries: $108.68

Details:
$85 Shaws
$23.68 Shaws



Eating Out: $148.20

Details:
$15 McDonald’s breakfast on the road
$46 Clancy’s Fish and Chips dinner
$23 Pie in the Sky breakfast
$10.75 Pizza slices and soda in Martha’s Vineyard
$5 Snacks on ferry
$6.45 Mad Martha’s Ice cream in Martha’s Vineyard
$28 Baxters
$9 McDonalds
$5 Four Seas Ice cream

Attractions: $381.25

Details:
$27.50 Plimoth
$105 Pirate Cruise
$90 Whale Watching
$10 Whale watching parking
$31.75 Pirate Cove Miniature Golf
$12 Flying Carousel rides and arcade
$10 Ferry Parking in Falmouth
$28 Two adults round trip ferry tickets
$15 Two child round trip ferry tickets
$23 Cape Cod Children’s Museum
$24 Hyannis Harbor Cruise
$5 JFK Museum


Souvenirs: $107.91

Details:
Pirate Eye Patches $3
Christmas Tree Shops (Despite the name it sells various housewares and home items): $21.71
**Cuffy’s T-shirts: $36.00
Black Dog Tote Bag: $14.70
Colorful Creations Scrapbook store: $22.00
Maiden Voyage ornament $10.50


**A note about cheap souvenirs: Cuffy's of Cape Cod (www.cuffys.com) has high quality clothing items with Cape Cod logos at amazingly low prices! I was able to buy 12 t-shirts for $36...and there's no tax on clothing in MA!


Thanks for following along! Stay tuned for details about our next family adventure!

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