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CHAPTER
8
Which Tickets To Buy and How Much to
Budget
“What should we budget?” is the hardest simple question for this topic to answer. This is
because smaller families, families whose kids are younger, families staying at a less expens-
ive hotel, families going during a less expensive week, and families on shorter trips will pay
less. Larger families, families where everyone is over nine, families staying at a more ex-
pensive hotel, families going during a more expensive week, and families on longer trips
will pay more.
• A parent and one younger child, with three days of tickets and three nights in a value
resort during one of the less expensive price seasons, could spend as little as $1,300
in Orlando.
• Add another parent and another younger child and this trip jumps to $2,100.
• Stretch the visit out to the 8 nights we recommend for “only visits” and the in-Or-
lando price exceeds $4,000.
• Stay this long in one of the more expensive deluxe resorts instead, and the price is
more than $7,500.
• Shift to the most expensive times to visit at this deluxe resort and add $1,700 more.
(All the figures are before transportation costs and souvenirs.)
The good news is that budgeting for a specific trip is relatively straightforward, with most
costs set and paid far in advance of arrival.
This chapter discusses the ins and outs of budgeting. More precisely, we'll walk you
through how to establish what you can expect to pay for each component of your trip, wheth-
er it includes just one adult and one child on a tight budget over a few days, or a week-long
extended family blow-out.
We open with a discussion of the one major budget issue we haven't discussed yet: theme
park tickets with their various add-ons and related costs. The section that follows covers es-
timating your budget based on your dates, resort hotel, group, etc. Then we cover budgets
for “only” trips, several ways to reduce costs, and even a few reasons to spend even more!
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