#Budget disney world trip how to#

I ONLY use GasBuddy to find the price I will pay for gas each time I refill. You input your car’s make/model/year and the calculator will tell you the best route, where to find the cheapest gas in your route and it will calculate your total cost. GasBuddy has a nifty Trip Cost Calculator where you can input your city and where you’re traveling to (in our case it’s Lake Buena Vista, FL). There’s plenty of room in the trunk for luggage and a cooler for food/drinks.ĬOST OF GASOLINE: At the time of travel I used an incredible app called GasBuddy to find out the average gas prices of each state (Download GasBuddy iOS | android). It will fit five, but there’s only four of us. I decided that driving my Nissan sentra which gives me about 30 mpg (miles per gallon) will be my most economical option. Unfortunately for those of you overseas, you will have to do your research on the best dates to save on airlines tickets and you have the added cost of a passport and United States visa.įrom my experience, the cheapest way for a family of four that live in the United States from anywhere close to the Mississippi river to the east coast (Sorry west coast, but Disneyland would work better for you) is driving. If you live in the United States, Canada, or Mexico your cost of getting there will be the cheapest if you drive or fly on budget airlines. The cost of getting there will depend on different factors from where you live, how you’ll get there (drive or fly), airline/baggage fees, rental car, cost of gas if driving and other costs. Now our $2,000 dollar budget is the most we will spend at Walt Disney World, but you also need to save money on getting there. *ALL PRICES HAVE BEEN UPDATES FROM 2015 TO THE 2019/2020 SEASON PRICES PRE-COVID-19. We will spend a day at the Magic Kingdom and New Year’s Eve at EPCOT (My favorite of the parks for New Year’s celebrations). We will do a one week stay in December of 2015 and visit two of Disney World’s theme parks. So let’s begin! We have a budget of $2000 to spend at Walt Disney World for a family of four (4) traveling from Chicago, IL to Orlando, FL. We will use it for the majority of our vacation expenses to leave the cash for emergencies, but as soon as we get back home we will pay it all off from our $2,000 dollar budget. Just make sure to pay it off right away so you don’t add any debt. That earns you a lot of points by buying groceries and gas. You will get $1 per $100 you spend (If you would rather earn $2 points per $100 you can opt for the Premier Visa with a $49 annual fee). Use it to do all your shopping to accrue as many points as you can. Since then, I have been going back often (if you’re a college student and wish to learn more about it Click Here ).īEFORE WE BEGIN: Make sure to get the Disney Rewards Visa (without annual fee) you will need it later. During the program I made incredible friends and I also learned many tips/tricks. I was assigned to work at the Magic Kingdom. In 2006 I was part of the Disney College Program, which was a life changing experience. But Jorge, that is impossible! How do you do it?

#Budget disney world trip how to#

I’m going to show some tips and tricks on how to get everything and a two bedroom condo that sleeps up to 8 people for for less than $2,000 dollars. By the end of your vacation planning, you start to question whether you can actually afford to go. When traveling to Walt Disney World with a family it can get quite expensive when you have to pay for a hotel, tickets to the parks, food for when you’re in the park and outside the park, transportation, and flights. Saving money on any vacation is a tough thing to do, but it’s certainly not impossible.