What It Cost

Here is a breakdown of what we spent in Mexico. We were in the Country for 144 days. I am not including our costs in the USA getting to and from Mexico and I am not including any maintenance and repair costs for vehicles. Clothing we purchased in Mexico is not included either because Norma did most of that and she will not tell me how much she spent. It is in Canadian dollars. To convert to USA dollars, multiply by .82

ITEM	TOTAL	PER DAY
Fuel - Motorhome	$1948	$13.50
Fuel - Honda	$323	$2.25
MH Propane	$74	$0.51
Highway Tolls	$795	$5.52
RV Parks	$3185	$22.11
Admissions & Tours	$476	$3.30
Dining Out	$2732	$19.00
Groceries	$2530	$17.60
Liquor	$625	$4.34
Hotels (Chiapas)	$165	$1.15
Taxis	$102	$0.71
Telcel Cards	$40	$0.27
Insurance (Medical)	$1408	$9.77
Insurance (MH)	$580	$4.03
Insurance (Honda)	$198	$1.37
TOTALS	$15,180	$105.43

 

This is about $20 per day more than last year. The Peso has fallen badly against the USA dollar and many businesses have raised their prices because of this. The Canadian dollar has not kept pace!Many RV parks were charging in USA dollars. Gas has gone up about 10% over last year as well. We put a lot more miles on the motorhome as we drove all the way around around Mexico this year and spent less time in each location. We boondocked less, probably only ten nights, if that.

Groceries seem a little high. I tried to separate actual food out of our purchases but a few other things like soap, TP, personal hygiene and some other stuff snuck in there as well. Maybe a little liquor as well.

Still, $105 Canadian or about $80 USA per day is a cheap vacation! You could not do this staying in hotels and eating in restaurants, covering the ground we did!

We lived well and did not hold back on anything. We dined out an average of once a day or more and went to the nicer restaurants. We entertained a lot in the RV parks. We left the motorhome behind when we visited Chiapas and stayed in a hotel on the Centro for three nights. We lived well!