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[sdjs]

Hey,

first timer for Beni this year and was wondering how much you have had to spend/allocate each day? Just to get an idea for how much euro i should be taking.

cheers!

[sproston_greeen]

sdjs, on Jun 21 2009, 03:13 PM, said:

Hey,

first timer for Beni this year and was wondering how much you have had to spend/allocate each day? Just to get an idea for how much euro i should be taking.

cheers!

if you bring loads, you will spend it all! it all depends on what you'll be spending it on. if you don't take frugs then obviously you'll spend a lot less. i've been 3 times and i spent close on £1000 but i wnet to barcelona for a night either side and spent 7 days in beni. with the euro being crap as well it will be a bit more expensive too. this year i hope i don't spend more than £500, if i do that means my credit card has been used!! that includes 3 days at my uncles house in torre de la horadada and 7 days in beni!

[sdjs]

£1000! jesus. i was hoping to take like 300-400 euro, is this survivable you reckon?
ta!

[LandanTan]

sdjs, on Jun 21 2009, 04:20 PM, said:

£1000! jesus. i was hoping to take like 300-400 euro, is this survivable you reckon?
ta!

Good subject, my first time too. I'm only going beni from wednesday morning until monday morning so 5 days, i was looking at 500 euros. all flights etc booked so just spending money and thats between me and the misses.

[Acquiesce.]

I'm doing four nights in barcelona and 7 at Beni on 600 euros :/

[sproston_greeen]

i did go a bit mental tho as i had the money so it was easy to spend it. i'm on a budget this year and hoping to actually come back with change out of £500 as i'm back in spain the next weekend for a stag do  

but a lot of the money i spent that year was on gypsy medicine   i plan on a more quiet one this time round!

[olly236]

i spent about 600 euros last year, but i know i can do it for alot cheaper. i spent 100 on drinks in the arena, which i wont be doing this year, and one day i bought enough food to last me for a few days, which was a terrible idea. you could probably get away with spending 20 euros each day if you tried

[sdjs]

Cool, seems like i could get away with a tight budget this year, not long now!

[sdjs]

Quick post again..do you know if there are places I can cash traveler cheques at beni? is this advised?

cheers!

[olly236]

yea theres a bank on the main street that does it, cant remember which one it is but a guy who was with us last year did it a few times

[st00ka]

sdjs, on Jun 23 2009, 11:14 PM, said:

Cool, seems like i could get away with a tight budget this year, not long now!

I reckon you can have a fairly decent time on about fifty euros a day if you eat from supermarket and get tanked up before going into the festie (as most people do anyway) obviously the more you got to spend the more extravagant you can be.

If you want to eat out I think with a drink you are looking at anything between 10 and 20 euros but some fruit and a sandwich/salad type stuff and some yoghurt isn't going to cost you more than five.  Decent bottles of wine from supermarket costs about 4 or 5 euros but you can get cheapo cartons for about a euro, cans of beer costs about fifty cents.  Beer in bar is round 2.50 euro for a half although that is barca prices so it could be cheaper.

[st00ka]

olly236, on Jul 5 2009, 09:15 PM, said:

yea theres a bank on the main street that does it, cant remember which one it is but a guy who was with us last year did it a few times

There are three or four banks in Benicassim you just got to remember that they close around 1pm.

[olly236]

last year only one did travellers cheques whenever we asked