Another one of those ‘OMG THIS FLIGHT DEAL‘ situations.
How I ended up in Halifax last month, and now exactly how I am ending up in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
I said a long time ago that if Canadian flights got cheaper, I would see more of Canada. This is my THIRD destination for the year. Thrilled.
Below is a photo of the budget breakdown I keep on my Excel spreadsheet:
Let me start with the crazy good flight deal I got — that I hope I don’t end up regretting (part 2, this worried me for Halifax as well with Flair).
I booked this trip with Lynx Air.
I have never flown with them before. They are cheap, but, I’ve heard mixed reviews about their timeliness and cancellations.
Literally have to put a screenshot here to show you how little I paid for this roundtrip, DIRECT flight.
So cost of flight = $106.21 – roundtrip, direct, with a personal item only.
This is the amount per person, as I am going with my mom and dad on this trip. So for three of us it was $318.63, as seen above.
Insane deal to me, flying to the opposite side of the country.
I flew on my last trip with a personal-item-only and found it to be pretty easy. For this one I think it will be the same. It is only two nights.
For our stay, we wanted a nice and cheap AirBnB as close to the center as possible.
My mom and I especially love walking everywhere….. need to be close to stuff to walk/eat/see.
This place had lots of reviews and it looked nice and cozy with two bedrooms. Nothing too fancy pants, but in a great location and clean.
The link for this AirBnB is here, if you’re interested. I will do a full review when I return.
For two nights the cost was $236.22, therefore divided by three my cost was $78.74.
For the first time in a very long time – I have a rental car on my trip. We saw that it was like $35.00 each way to and from the airport, but a car rental on Expedia for Friday to Sunday is $174.13.
I mean, I’m not THAT good at math, but that seemed like a WAY BETTER option than just paying for taxis. Fun fact, Newfoundland is the only Canadian province with no Uber. Super.
After the amount of $$ I spent on Ubers in Bermuda, not trying to repeat that.
Therefore the car rental is $58.04 per person.
I didn’t book any excursions for this as I plan on just gallivanting with my parents in the rental car and eating lots of good food. I budgeted $200.00 for spending money.
Doesn’t look like St. John’s is super expensive? Again, because I live in Toronto I guess that can be debated. I always compare it to the cost of food/liquor here.
Plus, I’ll be with my mom and dad this time so yaaaaaaaaay for them paying for things for me.
I love being an only child.
The total budget for this trip is $442.78 Canadian.
Not sure that two years ago I would have been even able to even get a flight to Newfoundland for this price? Being able to spend this little to see another part of Canada is so awesome. I feel very lucky.
See you when I get back……
- Mirna