Completely Standard and Generic Budget For 9 Days in Italy (everyone else is doing it)

Creative Commons picture by David Paul Ohmer.

Properly budgeting a trip is important…like…whoa.

To help you prepare for your next trip to Rome and Florence I have created this generic budget with some “ballpark figures.”

• Expenses
  • Hotel/hostel (8 nights) —- € 320
  • Breakfast (8 breakfasts) — € 64
  • Running Shoes ————- € 50
  • Nude Suit ——————– € 30
  • Snap off warm-up pants — € 30
  • Lunch (9 Lunches) ——— € 90
  • Colosseum entrance fee — € 10
  • Fake-Streaking the Colosseum - 0
  • Train ticket from Rome to Florence - € 50
  • Dinners (9 Dinners) ——- € 135
  • Fake streaking near The Duomo - 0
  • Entrance fee for 4 other museums - € 60
  • Donations (5) —————- € 30
    • for places w/o entrance fees (churches & such)
  • Skype ————————- € 3
  • Roman Centurion’s Sword (replica) — € 200
  • Bribe for customs agent on way home — € 500
  • Bail —————————- € 1000
• Income
  • Selling 200 signed pictures of streaking the colosseum - €1000
  • Signing and selling the nude suit — {Like a Gazillion}
• Total — Actually make € 6