Travel Budget Reality Check
Check costs, currency and hidden extras.
Added October 15, 2026. Written with AI assistance and checked for clarity and placeholders; not reviewed by a lawyer, accountant, clinician or other professional. How these prompts are made
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[VERIFY] is an editorial flag, not a blank to fill. Wherever the prompt shows [VERIFY], check that item against a reliable source before you use it (what [VERIFY] means).
Check my travel budget. Line items for transport, stay, food, activities, insurance and extras, with the source of each figure: [TRAVEL_BUDGET]. Currency and payment methods: [CURRENCY_PAYMENTS]. Trip length and travellers: [TRIP_DETAILS]. Check totals, per-day averages, missing costs such as fees, tips and local transport, currency conversion assumptions, and a buffer. Show the arithmetic. Return a table with Item, Estimate, Source, Confidence and Note, and a revised total with a buffer. Prices are estimates; mark them [VERIFY]. Also suggest tracking spending daily against the per-day figure, keeping a small cash reserve, and checking card fees abroad. Add a note on how to record shared costs and how to compare the budget with the final spending after the trip. Where a plan depends on season, weather or my passport, say so and mark it [VERIFY] instead of guessing. Add a final section that lists assumptions you made, each marked clearly, so that I can correct any that are wrong before acting on the recommendations.
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Check (invented 7-day trip, 2 people) Flights 640; accommodation 7 x 95 = 665; food 7 x 60 = 420; local transport 7 x 18 = 126; activities 180; insurance 58. Subtotal 2,089. Missing: airport transfers (estimated 70, source: provider site, to confirm), tips and tourist tax (est. 45), card fees (1.5% of 1,500 spend = 22.50), phone data 15. Revised total 2,241.50. Buffer 10% = 224. Plan total 2,465.50. Per day per person excluding flights and insurance: (2,241.50 - 640 - 58) / 7 / 2 = 110.25. Confidence: flights high; food low. Prices are estimates [VERIFY].
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