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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
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Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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How much $$ do you budge for a "Typical" Baja vacation?
$500?
$1,000?
$50??
I'm curious on what most Nomads spend when they make a run to Baja.
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BAJACAT
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Posts: 2902
Registered: 11-21-2005
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
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Anywhere from $700 to $1000, depending, How often I used the hotels, I pretty much do self contain trips so it's not that expensive, on my trip from
San Diego to Cabo for two weeks i only expend $1,400, because i only used three motels,the rest was camping on the beach... For my quick trips,
(laguna Hanson, Gd-canyon,ect ect) about $300 to $450..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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BajaNuts
Super Nomad
Posts: 1085
Registered: 5-11-2008
Location: eastern WA, the DRY side
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Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
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ok- I'll bite-
our first trip was a family vacation, (did not know about BajaNomads at the time.............unfortunately for us).
Private small casa in La Paz area at $500/week x 4 $2000
car rental- $32 a day for 28 days $ 900
RENTAL car rentaL insurance- (DID NOT COUNT ON THIS ONE) $26 a day $730
meals and etcetera- "inconsequential compared to the car insurance."
Baja experience..................PRICELESS.
[Edited on 5-27-2009 by BajaNuts]
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Packoderm
Super Nomad
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Registered: 11-7-2002
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I remember someone saying that they spend about $1000 whether they stay in hotels or camp for free. I probably spend a little bit less, but it seems
to be the same no matter the style of lodging and transportation.
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BajaDanD
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Posts: 745
Registered: 8-30-2003
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cost
We spend approx $1000 weathe we stay in hotel or not one way or another we find a way to spend it. The time off work costs us aprox $1000 So $2000 for
the whole trip.
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TMW
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Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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It may depend on how many cops you gotta pay off. But Bajacat is right. It depends on how many nights in a hotel or more exact the price of the hotel.
Next is the amount of traveling you'll do to figure gas cost. Then meals, eat in or make your own.
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65407
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Wow... the rich and famous on vacation!
Gasoline is the biggest expense, food next, at least when we go camping in Baja... Last weekend cost less than $200 for the four of us.... We live
about 300 miles from Shell Island, which is closer than many of you to your favorite Baja destination.
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mulegemichael
Super Nomad
Posts: 2310
Registered: 12-24-2007
Location: sequim,wa. and mulege
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Mood: up on step
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typically spend between $1000-$2000 for a three week stay when i bring my buds down; gas, food, pacificos and vodka...did i miss anything?....luckily,
we have a casa in mulege so i don't count that as an expense,(altho it is).
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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msteve1014
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Registered: 12-2-2006
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Don't forget about the fishing. Paying for the boat, guide, and tip is the biggest expense on our trips. 5 or 6 days fishing on a 2 week trip adds
alot, but thats why we go.
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Martyman
Super Nomad
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Registered: 9-10-2004
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Around $500 for a week. That is...if I can get my buddy Ned, to buy the c-cktails!!
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Bajagypsy
Super Nomad
Posts: 1416
Registered: 8-31-2006
Location: BahÃa Asuncion BCS
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It all depends if we bring the kids or not, my husband and I have done it on under $1,500.00 for three weeks, bring the kids and costs go up!
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Neal Johns
Super Nomad
Posts: 1687
Registered: 10-31-2002
Location: Lytle Creek, CA
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Current wife and I - One and one half weeks, gas and restaurants, misc. purchases - live in Tacoma/pop-top camper in the boonies, $300 - $400.
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Disallowing any unforeseen expenses. Our own boat, no accomidations, two people, diesel both ways, a few restaurant meals, fishing licenses and boat
permit, propane, water...about $500. a week for a month or six weeks. We don't buy alcohol or other drugs.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Fred
Senior Nomad
Posts: 500
Registered: 3-15-2007
Location: Las Vegas
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Wow, if I had some of those numbers I would run away from home. The past 8 years in my VW van I have been living on $300/mo. Just went to $400 for
the upcoming trip. And, I don't miss a meal, beer,or party. I have learn to "hole up". Takes a lot of will power.
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Bajahowodd
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9274
Registered: 12-15-2008
Location: Disneyland Adjacent and anywhere in Baja
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Obviously, it's all over the scale. Depends on personal choices, comfort needs and taste. Four of us could spend two weeks hitting the surf spots and
spend very little. It helps to stop in a place like Walmart in Ensenada for essentials (liquor). On the other hand, we've made trips seeking out
actual shelter, and they've run the gamut as well. In many of the towns, there are motels/ hotels where prices of some are double that of others.
Ditto on food. In more established areas, there are sitdown restaurants that will cost just about the same as in the States. on the other end of the
spectrum, there are taco stands and the like.
An observation I can make from personal experience is that i do tend to spend considerably more these days than I did years ago. That's mostly because
of the availability of ATMs and merchants who take credit cards today. Mexico is relatively new to the personal banking biz as well as using credit
cards. Used to have to take along a wad of cash, hoping I had enough to make the trip. Exchange dollars for pesos. Seems that with the exception of
Pemex, one can almost go from the border to land's end and hardly need cash. Can't recall now if El Rosario has an ATM. But beyond there, I think San
Ignacio is the only town of notable size that doesn't have an ATM. Gotta say I was shocked when I saw a bank and ATM in Vizcaino. Bet it made the
folks out in Asuncion happy.
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DEVEAU
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Registered: 11-29-2005
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For a motorcycle trip with no support I figure $100 per day per person. Staying in hotels, some nice, some have a roof. Drinking in Bars and eating
street food. Maybe 8 gallons a day of gas, some out of jugs.
Chase Trucks? ??
We don\'t need no stinking chase trucks!
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Packoderm
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Registered: 11-7-2002
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Just out of curiosity, how much does a session at Anthonys cost?
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Bajahowodd
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Posts: 9274
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Location: Disneyland Adjacent and anywhere in Baja
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Where? What?
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65407
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Obviously, it's all over the scale. Depends on personal choices, comfort needs and taste. Four of us could spend two weeks hitting the surf spots and
spend very little. It helps to stop in a place like Walmart in Ensenada for essentials (liquor). On the other hand, we've made trips seeking out
actual shelter, and they've run the gamut as well. In many of the towns, there are motels/ hotels where prices of some are double that of others.
Ditto on food. In more established areas, there are sitdown restaurants that will cost just about the same as in the States. on the other end of the
spectrum, there are taco stands and the like.
An observation I can make from personal experience is that i do tend to spend considerably more these days than I did years ago. That's mostly because
of the availability of ATMs and merchants who take credit cards today. Mexico is relatively new to the personal banking biz as well as using credit
cards. Used to have to take along a wad of cash, hoping I had enough to make the trip. Exchange dollars for pesos. Seems that with the exception of
Pemex, one can almost go from the border to land's end and hardly need cash. Can't recall now if El Rosario has an ATM. But beyond there, I think San
Ignacio is the only town of notable size that doesn't have an ATM. Gotta say I was shocked when I saw a bank and ATM in Vizcaino. Bet it made the
folks out in Asuncion happy. |
No bank or ATM in El Rosario... San Quintin (Lazaro Card##as) is the furthest south in Baja Norte.
Then Guerrero Negro and Santa Rosalia would be the next two towns with a bank, heading south.
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 65407
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Packoderm
Just out of curiosity, how much does a session at Anthonys cost? |
I must have missed the place that says what Anthony's is in this thread...???
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