I’m currently going through my expenses for March 2012 in Google Spreadsheet. I figured I’d share it here for those curious how much it cost to travel long term.

• Food: $447.95

I’ve been quite lazy and been eating out more than I should be. Looking at my daily food expense breakdown, I’ve been spending between $5 – $24 a day on food, which is a pretty wide range. I told myself last time I did my expenses that I should cut down on food spending, which obviously didn’t happen. I’m hoping to be more disciplined this month and use the supermarket and local bakeries more.

• Accommodation: $286.26

I’ve been pretty good with this. I’ve stayed mostly in dorms that costs between $5-10. Had a few splurges where I spent $20-25 on a private room, but I factored those in my budget.

• Transportation: $301.86

This month has the biggest transportation expense for me so far. Last month I only spent $64.54 on transportation. A good portion of it was spent in Honduras: taxi rides in Roatan and ferry rides. I’ve also splurged quite a bit on taking luxury bus lines like Hedman Alas. A second class bus would’ve cost about a quarter of the price.

• Activities: $351.87

Most of this amount was spent on diving. I spent $268 on a PADI Open Water certification and $53 for an additional 2 fun dives. The rest are from snorkel rentals, park entrance fees, and a tour.

• Medical: $21.22

The biggest portion of this expense was from a doctor visit in Utila to see if I’m in good enough condition to dive. The rest is over-the-counter medicine cost.

• Insurance: $64.37

World Nomads travel insurance for 1 month.

• Miscellaneous: $46.29

This mostly consists of internet, laundry, and entrance/departure taxes for different countries (I should probably move that to the transportation category).

Total cost for the month of March: $1,519.82

Still below my $2,000 a month budget and still less than what I would’ve spent back home, so it’s still cheaper for me to keep traveling than stay home :).