{"id":3161,"date":"2023-03-22T12:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/what-did-our-trip-cost-to-jamaica\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T12:23:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T12:23:07","slug":"what-did-our-trip-cost-to-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/what-did-our-trip-cost-to-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"What did our trip cost to Jamaica ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvr36qq&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>What the cost of a family vacation to Jamaica.<\/h1>\n<p>[\/av_textblock]<\/p>\n<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqoqko&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;]<br \/>\nOne of the most popular questions we get asked is how much does it cost for a weeks vacation to Jamaica from the USA?\u00a0 Below are all the answers!<br \/>\n[\/av_textblock]<\/p>\n<p>[av_image src=&#8217;https:\/\/jamaicaoceanviewvilla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/money.png&#8217; attachment=&#8217;3616&#8242; attachment_size=&#8217;full&#8217; align=&#8217;center&#8217; styling=&#8221; hover=&#8221; link=&#8221; target=&#8221; caption=&#8221; font_size=&#8221; appearance=&#8221; overlay_opacity=&#8217;0.4&#8242; overlay_color=&#8217;#000000&#8242; overlay_text_color=&#8217;#ffffff&#8217; copyright=&#8221; animation=&#8217;no-animation&#8217; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqqkk4&#8242; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;][\/av_image]<\/p>\n<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqoqko&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"What_did_we_do\">What is their to do?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/av_textblock]<\/p>\n<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqoqko&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"USA_Road_trip_8211_184_per_day\">\u00a0Day\u00a0 trip \u2013 $184 per day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">The USA road trip cost\u00a0<strong>$139 a day<\/strong>\u00a0excluding car hire. I think this is excellent value.<\/p>\n<p>[\/av_textblock]<\/p>\n<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqoqko&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;]<br \/>\nAccommodations Types:<\/p>\n<p>We stayed in <a title=\"Cheap motel chains on our USA road trip\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheressharon.com\/family-trip-usa-caribbean\/road-trip-usa\/cheap-motels-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">budget motels<\/a>, but rarely the cheapest and they were all good.\u00a0 We usually ate out once a day and otherwise self catered (so we often spent a bit more on accommodation for a microwave and fridge).\u00a0 Our accommodation cost averaged\u00a0<strong>$71 a night<\/strong>, so we could definitely have saved money here with some lower standards.\u00a0 We spent\u00a0<strong>$322<\/strong>\u00a0on gas over the entire journey.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">This price does not include all our activities. Some of these were a Christmas gift from our parents.\u00a0 Where this is the case, it is noted on the individual posts<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">The USA road trip cost\u00a0<strong>$139 a day<\/strong>\u00a0excluding car hire. I think this is excellent value.<\/p>\n<p>[\/av_textblock]<\/p>\n<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqoqko&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;]<br \/>\nAccommodations Types:<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Dominican_Republic_8211_79_per_day\">Jamaica Villa \u2013 $79 per day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Dominican Republic was a bargain at an average trip cost of only $79 a day.\u00a0 We spent\u00a0<strong>$54<\/strong>\u00a0of that on accommodation \u2013 which was\u00a0<a title=\"Our great stay in a Cabarete vacation rental\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheressharon.com\/family-trip-usa-caribbean\/cabarete-vacation-rental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lovely 2 bedroom apartments<\/a>.\u00a0 We generally ate out once a day and self catered the other two meals.\u00a0 We had beer or wine every day and when we ate out.<br \/>\n[\/av_textblock]<\/p>\n<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqoqko&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;]<br \/>\nAccommodations Types:<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Dominican_Republic_8211_79_per_day\">Jamaica Villa \u2013 $79 per day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Dominican Republic was a bargain at an average trip cost of only $79 a day.\u00a0 We spent\u00a0<strong>$54<\/strong>\u00a0of that on accommodation \u2013 which was\u00a0lovely 2 bedroom apartments.\u00a0 We generally ate out once a day and self catered the other two meals.\u00a0 We had beer or wine every day and when we ate out.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica Resorts<\/p>\n<p>This does not include our time in the\u00a0<a title=\"Our fabulous time staying in an all inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheressharon.com\/family-trip-usa-caribbean\/fabulous-time-staying-inclusive-resort-dominican-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all inclusive resort<\/a>\u00a0or Santiago at the end.\u00a0 The resort cost us\u00a0<strong>$240 a day\/night<\/strong>\u00a0and the one night Santiago stop at the end was about\u00a0<strong>$150<\/strong>\u00a0since there was a lack of budget accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>hotels in jamaica<\/p>\n<p>It does not include the private taxi transfers we took back from Las Terrenas, but it does include all other local transportation.<\/p>\n<p>This was fabulous value as we had a nice life in the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 We could definitely have spent less money with cheaper accommodation, but I wouldn\u2019t want to spend much less on food which was the bulk of the remaining cost.\u00a0 We did generally only eat at the cheapest places.<\/p>\n<p>vacation packages to jamaica all inclusive for families<\/p>\n<p>jamaica all inclusive villas<\/p>\n<p>all inclusive jamaica<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Flights_8211_4418\">How much is a round trip to Jamaica.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span id=\"Flights_8211_4418\">Flights \u2013 $4418<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This was one of the biggest parts of our trip cost \u2013 $4418 in total.<\/p>\n<p>We spent\u00a0<strong>$2772<\/strong>\u00a0on our flights Melbourne \u2013 Los Angeles return on Virgin Australia and\u00a0<strong>$1646<\/strong>\u00a0on our flights Los Angele \u2013 Miami \u2013 Santo Domingo\/Santiago \u2013 Los Angeles on American Airlines booked on expedia.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"Total_trip_cost\">Total trip cost?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Just under $15000 for 70 days!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You could also think of this as\u00a0<strong>$214 a day<\/strong>\u00a0which is actually only slightly more than what it costs us to live in Melbourne a day.\u00a0 Take away the big cost of the flights and it was only about\u00a0<strong>$151 a day<\/strong>\u00a0for the four of us.<\/p>\n<p data-slot-rendered-dynamic=\"true\">We kept to our budget which seemed like an extra achievement as our budget was based on Australian dollars.\u00a0 When we made our budget, the Australian dollar was on par with the US dollar.\u00a0 Once we were there, the Australian dollar was closer to US$0.90 which made everything more expensive than planned<\/p>\n<p>[\/av_textblock]<\/p>\n<p>[av_textblock size=&#8221; 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[\/av_textblock] [av_textblock size=&#8221; font_color=&#8221; color=&#8221; av-medium-font-size=&#8221; av-small-font-size=&#8221; av-mini-font-size=&#8221; av_uid=&#8217;av-juvqoqko&#8217; admin_preview_bg=&#8221;] One of the most popular questions we get asked is how much does it cost for a weeks vacation to Jamaica from the USA?\u00a0 Below are all &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/what-did-our-trip-cost-to-jamaica\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What did our trip cost to Jamaica ?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","_joinchat":[]},"categories":[142,141],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3162,"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3161\/revisions\/3162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitebgrowthdevelopment.in\/villaserenity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}