Yes I know I was literally in Europe last week. But….
What had happened was, I saw another deal earlier this year and capitalized on it. It isn’t my fault it fell on the weekend after another trip. Even better, this was a long weekend! Yay.
This trip was for myself, my boyfriend and his 13-year-old daughter. She is graduating grade 8 and this is a nice little graduation trip/gift. Also, she speaks Spanish fluently and that will be a super duper bonus in Ecuador.
Below is a photo of the budget breakdown I keep on my Excel spreadsheet:
I divided everything in three (obviously she didn’t pay for anything) but because she counts as a whole adult human at 13 when bookings things like flights and hotels, I just wanted to show you guys an accurate budget.
So I had seen another deal with Avianca Airlines – as I did for my Costa Rica trip last month. There was a roundtrip flight from Toronto via Bogota to Guayaquil, Ecuador. Total cost for the flight was $526.00 per person, roundtrip. I thought that was a pretty good deal, so my boyfriend and I booked it. I really enjoyed my last experience with Avianca, hope this will be just as good.
Because I wanted this to be a well-priced trip, but also something really nice for her, I found a really an awesome deal for a 5-star hotel in Guayaquil.
This is the Radisson Hotel Guayaquil. It is a 5-star hotel, with a nice pool, awesome location and breakfast is also included in the price of the room.
I know the title of the post is ‘4 days‘ but the trip is technically five days, I just didn’t count the day we fly home because we leave SO early.
The cost of this hotel for 4-nights is $459.00, therefore $153.00 per person. For some nice 5-star living? Why not? I checked waaay after booking it to see what the prices were like again and it was almost double the amount we booked it for. Early booking for the win, again.
For this trip, NO TESTING IS REQUIRED. The layover in Bogota doesn’t require it, the arrival in Ecuador doesn’t and the return to Canada vis San Salvador does not as well.
If you ever want to know testing requirements for whatever trip you have planned, make sure to check the Sherpa website. It is great because I can input that I am a Canadian citizen, fully vaccinated, traveling from where and to where + what my layover is. Then the website gives me a total breakdown of everything required for the trip. Fantastic. Such a big help.
Please don’t call me dumb, but I had no idea that the currency in Ecuador was USD. What the heck?
Luckily, this doesn’t seem to be a place things cost much (even in USD) and I also have my boyfriend to pay for things with me. I decided to bring $250.00 USD on this trip for spending money so total $320.00 Canadian.
The total budget for this trip is $999.00 Canadian for me.
I bet that Ecuador can be done for cheaper but, eh. Sometimes you have to indulge a little bit and I think a graduation trip for someone special is a great time to do so.
Can’t wait to come back and tell you all about how Ecuador was!
- Mirna
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