Road Trip Cost Calculator
Build a road trip budget with fuel, tolls, parking and accommodation. Compare the whole-trip cost with each traveller's share.
Your result
- Estimated trip total
- $192.40
- Cost per traveller
- $96.20
- Fuel cost
- $62.40
- Other trip costs
- $130.00
- Fuel required
- 39 L
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Formula
Fuel = one-way distance × journey legs × consumption ÷ 100 × fuel price; total = fuel + tolls + parking + accommodation.
Worked example
The initial example uses the following assumptions. Its result is computed by the same engine as the calculator. Measurements are metric and money amounts use USD; these are illustrative inputs, not market prices.
- One-way distance
- 300 km
- Fuel consumption
- 6.5 L/100 km
- Fuel price
- 1.6 per L
- Journey legs (1 one-way, 2 return)
- 2
- Total tolls for the whole trip
- 20
- Total parking
- 10
- Total accommodation
- 100
- Travellers sharing costs
- 2
- Estimated trip total: $192.40
- Cost per traveller: $96.20
- Fuel cost: $62.40
- Other trip costs: $130.00
- Fuel required: 39 L
Assumptions and limitations
Journey legs multiply only fuel distance. Enter other costs for the whole trip, including both directions where relevant. Meals, rentals and depreciation are excluded.
Questions about this calculation
Are tolls doubled for a return journey?
No. Enter the total for all legs. Only fuel distance is multiplied by the journey-legs field.
Is the per-person result a booking price?
No. It divides your assumed total equally by the traveller count; it is not a quote.
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