How Much Does It Cost For a Couple To Travel Australia? - WEEKLY BUDGET - How Cheap Can You Do It?

[@Gordon_L]

There are a whole lot of grey nomads who travel and follow the sun or wherever their hearts take them and do most of the funding via their pensions , 2 single people = about $950 per fortnight each or somewhere around $1450 for a married couple , that is very do-able . The rig itself is the capital investment , that could be anything from a $10,000 used 2 wheel drive van to a $300,000 van / tow vehicle combo . It's a different viewpoint depending on where you are in life , when young the prospect of raising a family may be in the background , when older , as long as the health is good then the limits are only those you set for yourself . Jack and Megan , I really admire you two and thank you for sharing this journey , you both have brilliant personalities that shine through the camera , you had like 1500 subs when I found you and in a few months look how the channel has grown , fantastic ! It sort of feels like this journey is starting to wind down as you get closer to home but from what you've said a new journey is in the cards , I look forward to that :-) I can't do anything for a while personally because my dad is 90 and is not well , I'm needed here for now but on the next lap I'd like you go out whale watching on one of the charter boats out of Hervey Bay , ( where I live ) my shout . July to September is whale watching season if that fits in when the time arrives . It's a pretty awesome experience , trust me . Cheers , guys , stay well , stay awesome :-)

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hey Gordon thanks for the comment! Very doable on the pension by the sounds of it. We are very thankful for our subscribers it feels like we have created a small community, we absolutely love it! And it feels like we now know some of you guys just by the comments you leave on each video, it’s brilliant. Thanks for the offer mate we will definitely remember that and keep in touch when we pass by again 👍😊

[@GR8Tmate]

Hey Guys, We did 7 years on the road full time in our Single Cab 79 (towing). Forget those expensive toilet chemicals. Try using Woolworths brand Nappy San. It’s cheap & a container of it lasts months. Everytime you empty the toilet just mix a spoon or two in a cup (not ur drinking cup) with some warm water. Mostly dissolve it into the water then tip it into your toilet cassette. DONT Spill on the seals as it will be a bit gritty. THATS it 👍 If you find it’s smelly (just mix a bit more). We all have different diets & body processes so what works for 1 might need a stronger mix for others. I don’t eat dairy…….people that eat more dairy & cheese etc will find they need a stronger mix. Seriously, try it, it’s much cheaper & works well & you will save a small fortune. PS; You don’t need to buy special toilet paper either, the nappy Dan will make normal toilet paper mush in no time. Shitty subject I realise 😂

[@itsJackandMegan]

Awesome tip, we will definitely give that a go! Thanks heaps for sharing!

[@GR8Tmate]

@@itsJackandMegan Thats okay, but word of warning. Make sure you really rinse out your chemical toilet before giving the Woolies Nappy San a go, as those chemicals will really destroy the nappy san. Maybe after rinsing it a few times, put a scoop of nappy san in and fill the toilet cassette with water and let it sit for an hour or two, then tip out (you can tip that under a tree or in a hole away from any water source of course). Then do the trick. Also, if your diet is dairy rich, cheese, milk etc, you might find you need a little extra Nappy San, everyones body is different. Anyway, if you get the balance right, you won't look backwards. enjoy ur travels and keep the YT's coming 👍

[@jeremeh911]

love the video guys! stop wasting money on mechanical hard drives, the bumps offroad will kill those pretty quick and often (even when not being used). if you can budget for it, invest in a solid state drive as another backup 😊

[@brentmcd12]

it will be faster also !

[@itsJackandMegan]

This is very good info thanks mate we will definitely look into this!

[@kisbushcraftdownunder]

Operating a vehicle in harsh terrain means a lot more maintenance as a general rule its the same again as the cost of fuel add a heavy vehicle , Dust & off road driving its closer to double the fuel bill

[@itsJackandMegan]

👍

[@jasondick822]

Would be great to see an approximate meal plan/food list of life on the road, our weekly shop at home is wayyy higher!

[@itsJackandMegan]

We will definitely work out a plan and try film a vid for ya. 😊👍

[@somewhere_downunder655]

yes wouļd love to see that also

[@martysib6547]

I think you're on the money! We recommend $100 per day for a comfortable experience. Marty from Perth

[@itsJackandMegan]

👍😊

[@jasonbarnes5605]

As a single traveler, it seems that I could travel indefinitely on the pension! (With a little help from crypto’s) thanks for your inspiration and you guys always produce great vids!

[@itsJackandMegan]

Definitely doable jason. Thanks mate!

[@trixorth312]

I am about to do the same...hopefully cypto takes off! Go xrp....lol xxx

[@jasonbarnes5605]

4x4 with rtt and good 270 degree awning. A fitout like jmxploring and you can travel on $480 /week .

[@davidcope5129]

Here's a hot tip for your drinking water. When you are filling up your water containers use a carbon water filter that will help reduce the bad tasting water

[@itsJackandMegan]

We did start with one but lost it and just never bought a new one we have to get one tho they do work!

[@mitchs7147]

Would be a great idea to live like your travelling before leaving home. Load the car with the food and water your budgeting on using and see if you manage. Just to get a ball park figure of budget/food

[@itsJackandMegan]

Good way to work it out for sure!

[@Mr4xl]

Guys very helpful putting realistic numbers on things. . . . Just a couple of questions. 1. Fuel economy of the troopie per 100km and 2. Roughly how far would you move/travel in a week (distance)? Cheers Stu

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hey mate it Varys hugely in Queensland it sometimes took us 2 weeks to travel 500km then in the NT we would travel 1000km in 2 days! As for the Troopy we get 500kms to 90lt of diesel. It’s pretty much stayed the same all the way round Australia.

[@phillipburger5404]

One of the most helpful videos I have found for budgeting and simple tips and tricks. Love what you guys do! keep up all the good work :)

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks Phillip glad we could help 👍😊

[@Jordyhamann93]

"make changes / (habits) before you leave or its not going to happen" rippa words Jack! cheeers guys

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks for watching mate!

[@deriusnorris4463]

Awesome guys thanks for the info. Safe travels... FYI lots of spammers posting links to unsavory sites...

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hey mate have just gone through and reported/ removed all spam. Bloody annoying!

[@kparker4894]

Another awesome Q&A guys. Your right on with the approx $600 a week. Another way to roughly work out your budget, is allow $1 per km for your trip. Obviously it depends on how lavish you want to be too!! Catch you both next vid. 👍👍

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks K. Yep that’s a good way to look at it! 😊

[@trixorth312]

Thank u.....love ur video!!! Learning so much...about to solo travel at 64yrs ...so love hearing about your costs! Hope i meet up one day! Xxx

[@itsJackandMegan]

You’re going to love it we met so many 60 plus year olds travelling solo and they were all have the time of their life!

[@MTravelVlog]

I really enjoyed your video. ⭐️👌🏼 Thanks for Sharing! 💕 Greetings from Albania. 🇦🇱

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks for following along 😊👍

[@itswhatido729]

You guys are awesome, realistic budget! Fuel and time is the biggest killer, some travelers only do 300km a week but they have no time restrictions. That keeps weekly costs down. I average $1000 a week (17f Offroad van with 79 series v8 ute) but……. I’m time restricted due to work. One day when I can travel full time, I’ve budgeted for $700 a week to be comfortable. Keep up the great work you guys do 😎

[@itsJackandMegan]

$700 is perfect mate there are so many factors exactly as you have stated it’s all about the time restrictions ect.

[@stanyoung9546]

Hey hey from New Zealand great video

[@itsJackandMegan]

New Zealand! We gotta get the troopy over there! Thanks for watching! 👍😊

[@dougneville9097]

G'day you two,you didn't mention spares,repaires.But quite informative ep..Thanks

[@debk8775]

Great video. Just found your videos and loving the content. Enjoy your travels.

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks for watching Debbie!

[@julietaliana924]

Great episode guys and thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@itsJackandMegan]

Cheers Julie thanks for watching 😊👍

[@luiscroft9103]

Awesome video guys. Just out of curiosity, what car did the young couple have?

[@angusnorman7308]

yeah i'm super interested in what type of car it was too!

[@thestu4602]

Dato 120y

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hey mate it was a Mitsubishi triton! With a small 4cyl turbo diesel and they don’t hold much weight either!

[@FirstLightAdv]

Thanks was about to ask the same question

[@juliec5685]

Thanks for sharing the approx costs of your weekly trip expenses. Great to get an idea of costs and your actual week. Can you run us through the inside of your vehicle again if you haven’t already. Or let me know what episode that information is in.

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hey Julie thanks for watching. Here’s a link to the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKbNpKWii56Vras

[@juliec5685]

@@itsJackandMegan thanks for like of fit out. I remember watching that I thought I must have missed how the bed layout worked but it’s not listed in the video. Can you show us how that works how you get in and the room you have once it is set up. Thanks

[@72superlead]

Excellent video as always. We're gearing up to go for 1 year at this stage. Date is set, have done a thorough budget/costings sheet. Renting the house (has a mortgage) which will only just break even in rent. But outgoings will be water, rates, home insurance.. so around -$4,000 but in-turn tenants pay off a small portion of the principal of around $20,000 that year. Van and vehicle fully owned, no loan, no c/cards, no kids or pets so simpler and cheaper than many I guess due to the no dependants part We came up with a total (minus the break even mortgage so no mention of that here) of $78,000 which includes: Fuel $8,000, rates $2,000, water $2,000, home insurance $1,700, van insurance $1,600, car insurance $1,500, misc $4,000, van parks $18,000, storage shed $3,500, alcohol $3,000 food $15,600, attractions $12,000, repairs $4,000, rego $1,000, private health $1,500, phones $400, starlink $2,000, eating out $3,000. Minus dividend income, Flybuy points accrued, some business income of around 30% total spend. If any shares look to become overvalued while on the road it's possible this figure could come down further if taking profit before reinvesting the money back into something undervalued for the dividend. Options to do some trading also if anything presents itself as fairly certain but never guaranteed. Total cash saved equals 4 years of expenses at the moment and would be too scared to go with much less so take my hat off to those who do. Could possibly look to stay on if we really like travelling, but it wouldn't be a nice feeling to see all your hard earned going out the door either without any replenishment. I'm hopeful opportunities will arise within that time, be it stocks or work

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks for watching! We were considering unlisting this video as fuel and grocery prices have increased a fair amount since it was filmed 3 years ago but glad to hear you could still find some value in it! Your budget looks spot on though 🙌🏼

[@72superlead]

@@itsJackandMegan Thanks for your reply guys, appreciate it

[@WilsonSam12]

Hey guys, what groceries do you usually buy?

[@nialldavidson9457]

Internet - is this on Megan's phone?

[@sueneilson896]

Mid 2022, and you could add $100-200 for vastly higher fuel costs.

[@itsJackandMegan]

Very true 😅😅

[@steve-deltasdad3906]

hi guys, great info and inspiration, i currently spend between $80 & $100 a day at home with minimal km due to covid so that gives me comfort that i could fund a lap, i know you did a vid of your set up and some costs on that so maybe you could do a breakdown on that like you've done here. what you spent on setting up the truck that you now think you could have done without - if there's anything???? 😎

[@itsJackandMegan]

Very good video idea mate I will get onto some brain storming and see what I can come up with 👍😊

[@thesoapfairy638]

Can you do a what we eat in a week???

[@Fte105]

informative! would you like to share what 4wd insurance and agreed value you got for $75 premium which is pretty much cheap though

[@debellate7167]

Love your videos!! Have watched every one! However have noticed with the sit down and chat videos there’s a loud hum in the background from the fridge cycling on and off and now can’t unhear it!

[@itsJackandMegan]

Yes we are so used to it now take don’t even notice it 😂 but will be Turning it of from now on thanks for the feedback. 👍

[@FirstLightAdv]

Very cool and detailed, thanks!

[@itsJackandMegan]

No worries mate thanks for watching 😊

[@iantooke3549]

Great video ,do you peeps work while your travling ?

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks Ian! We saved enough to get us one lap of Australia and when we set off again next year we will be using the money we make from content creation to support us.

[@thestu4602]

Cheers for sharing, if you line up a boat adventure ill cough up for patreon lol safe travels!

[@itsJackandMegan]

😂😂👍

[@priscillacatania8275]

I knew U could do it cheaper. Some video a saying 1500 a week. I can survive lightly aswell.

[@itsJackandMegan]

Unfortunately it seems to have become more expensive to travel Australia since we filmed this video 2.5 years ago ☹️

[@brentmcd12]

makes sense... cool!

[@itsJackandMegan]

😊 cheers Brent!

[@joesarrieto8434]

Would the jacks really pull you over if your car is dirty? Whats the go there

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hey mate I think it has just stuck with me because I’m from Perth and the cops pick on dirty 4x4s so I automatically think they are looking at me in other towns and courts if you know what I mean.

[@furtherupthetrack7583]

Thanks for the video Megan & Jack 🤑🤑🤑

[@itsJackandMegan]

No worries thank you for watching 👍😊

[@VietnamWalkingTV]

Nice share. Have you ever been to Vietnam?

[@itsJackandMegan]

No we haven’t 😊 would love to go tho!

[@trigbychvastek9917]

Thanks 🙏👍🏼

[@itsJackandMegan]

No problem mate 😊👍

[@Kurtis11266]

Early grats on 10k guys

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks mate! We are so stoked.

[@travistabone9574]

Hey how did you manage before leaving on your trip around aus to save $ and were you strict with everything to get to the place where you can leave your job for a while and take off :)

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hey Travis this video I've linked should help you out 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIfEmKebppxpbrs

[@tamikajoy250]

Thanks Legends!

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks for watching g mate! 🤙😊👍

[@ltholmsy]

Haha. This makes me sad. I think id almost spend your whole budget on petrol. Tb48 life. 160litres and at 500km i start looking for servo

[@itsJackandMegan]

😂😂 yep that’s a Tb48 for ya but gotta love the power!

[@cooperstrachan8576]

Just wondering what car the cheaper budget was?

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hi mate it was a Mitsubishi turbo diesel triton.

[@kiwiboii6204]

Thanks for the info🇳🇿🇳🇿👍

[@itsJackandMegan]

No worries mate! 😊🤙👍

[@lillianlilo7447]

Do you have to remove your roof top tent to go through the car wash?

[@itsJackandMegan]

Hi Lillian no it is permanently fitted to the car. The roof of our car was cut of and the conversion bolted and sealed to the car 👍

[@Gordon_L]

Hey real people , don't forget to report those spam "comments" , the more reports the sooner they go .

[@itsJackandMegan]

Have just gone through and removed/repaired them. Seems to happen on the videos that include anything to do with money 🤔

[@Gordon_L]

@@itsJackandMegan There seems to be a plague of them lately , I've been seeing them on a number of channels . Coincidentally I've had about 30 calls to my phone from (03) numbers i.e. Victoria purporting to be about an Amazon account breach , all bogus . Block and delete , block and delete , no calls today , yay :-)

[@mattcrick2156]

Good info

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks Matt. 👍😊

[@mattcrick2156]

@@itsJackandMegan congratulations on the 10k you guys rock

[@itsJackandMegan]

@@mattcrick2156 thanks mate we can’t believe it we are stoked!

[@65cj55]

Jeeez Guys, you nearly made me feel bad sitting here eating Macca's..

[@itsJackandMegan]

Haha nothing wrong with maccas double quarter pounder for me 😉😊👍

[@65cj55]

@@itsJackandMegan The bloody stuff's addictive..

[@oldmate99]

$250 a week for me durries aye

[@itsJackandMegan]

Haha $250!!

[@taffy7404]

$600 wk what tha???

[@itsJackandMegan]

Back when food and fuel was cheaper 🥲

[@taffy7404]

No I mean what the hell are ya smoking..$600 wk its ridiculous you guys need financial planning that's stupid money for what you are doing there is no way your lifestyle costs that much..your camping..?

[@taffy7404]

Hello..

[@Kingofrestrrooms666]

wash ya car and clothes in the creek save heaps money toilet chemicals lol ya joking right? poo in da bush save money, I think u guys spend way too much dosh on unnecessary stuff and spending money on a camo ground is ridiculous, Catch fish kill a wild bore for food, save money live off grid, solar power etc save money.

[@itsJackandMegan]

If that’s how you like to live on the road that’s great! Best of luck to you, thanks for watching 👍

[@silviamanca]

Awesome! I've completed the full lap in 2 years time in a Mazda6 Wagon! 🚙🦘

[@kairad3110]

Extra tips , try fasting , 2 min noodles ، hunt for food eg fish, go to charity , busking , work for accommodation, buy staples , lots of them, life of land , freedom camp as long as food and water is there , try pre paid phones , sell diesel car go camping in cheap camp van maybe , lol haha

[@itsJackandMegan]

Good tips!

[@gail9906]

Very well done guys. You explained it all very well. ❤🇦🇺🦘

[@itsJackandMegan]

Thanks Gail 😊👍