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Our 2003 Road Trip Expenses:
| actual travel expenses:
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| Expense
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Cost
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| Fuel
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$496
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| oil change
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$15
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| food
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$300
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| gifts
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$300
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| ATM fees
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$3
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| misc.
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$9
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| camping fees
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$80
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| national parks pass
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$50
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| other recreation fees
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$21
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| phone calling card
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$20
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| total
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$1294
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For the sake of comparison, we can look the estimated costs for two other options we had for travel to and from Justin's weding: simply driving down, doing the wedding, and then driving straight back home, and (of course) flying round-trip to and from LAX, including a car rental.
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extimated travel expenses:
if we had just driven down to CA,
stayed with the Gathercoals, and just done the wedding
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| Expense
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Cost
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| Fuel
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$250
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| oil change
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$15
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| food
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$135
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| gifts
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$100
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| total
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$500
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extimated travel expenses:
if we had flown down to CA,
stayed with the Gathercoals, and just done the wedding
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| Expense
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Cost
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| Plane Tickets
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$400
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| car rental
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$160
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| gas
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$50
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| food
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$80
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| gifts
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$60
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| total
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$750
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In all reality, we had a two-week vacation for only $800 more than our "base cost" we were obligated to expend for the wedding. Not bad, really. 
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