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Summary of Costs of a Fly/Drive Holiday From the UK to the USA and Canada in the Summer of 1995

In June 1995 we flew from Norwich to Amsterdam with Air UK (now called KLM UK) and from Amsterdam to Minneapolis with KLM, using a Northwest Fly/Drive (now Fly Drive USA) package.

We spent three weeks touring northern Minnesota (including the north shore of Lake Superior, the Gunflint Trail and Voyageurs National Park), southeastern Manitoba (including Hecla and Whiteshell Provincial Parks), Ontario (including Lake of The Woods, the north shore of Lake Superior, the north shore of Lake Huron, Manitoulin Island, the shore of Georgian Bay, the Muskoka region [east of Parry Sound], Algonquin Provincial Park and the Bruce Peninsula [north of Owen Sound]), the northern peninsula of Michigan (including Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore) and finally Wisconsin (including sections of the Great River Road alongside the Mississippi).

The following costs are for the three weeks, for three adults. Where relevant all the costs are for all three of us combined, NOT per person. Please bear in mind that your costs in the USA and Canada may vary considerably depending on your lifestyle.

Paid to Travel Agent

Flights, car and airport tax UK£1554

Less discount -UK£120

Insurance UK£168

Total UK£1602

Top-Up Insurance

UK£93

Paid to Alamo in Minneapolis

CDW at US$12.99 per day plus Minnesota State sales tax: UK£219

Motel Costs

Average motel costs in Canada (mainly independents) were CDN$50 total for three adults per night (this cost excludes the Canadian GST sales tax that was refunded).

Average motel costs in the USA (mainly Super 8) were US$52 total for three adults per night.

Other Costs (food, petrol, etc.)

In Canada an average of CDN$52 per day.

In the USA an average of US$43 per day.

We mainly used fast food restaurants.

Overall Cost

The overall total door to door cost was UK£3166 for three adults for three weeks.

USA Car Details

The car was a four door Toyota Camry.

We drove 5578 miles in three weeks.

The average petrol consumption was 40.7 miles per Imperial gallon.

The average petrol price was CDN$0.60 per litre in Canada and US$0.33 per litre in the USA.

Petrol (gas) price conversion charts

Current petrol (gas) prices

Big Mac Price

In the summer of 1995 the price in the USA of that universal world-wide measure of the cost of living and inflation, the Big Mac, was US$1.85. This is the price for the sandwich alone, not a meal.
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