About the Road Trip Cost Calculator
Complete road trip budget — fuel, tolls, food and accommodation, split between travellers.
Also known as: road trip budget, driving holiday cost, trip fuel and tolls, travel cost by car.
How to use this calculator
- Enter total distance, fuel consumption, fuel price per litre, tolls and parking and the other fields.
- The result updates instantly as you type — press Calculate (or Enter) at any time.
- Review the breakdown shown under the main result.
- Use Copy result or Share to save the answer or send a link with your inputs.
Formula
total = fuel + tolls + accommodation + food
Worked example
Using the values pre-filled in the calculator above:
- Total distance = 1,200 km
- Fuel consumption = 7.5 L/100km
- Fuel price per litre = 1.65
- Tolls and parking = 60
- Nights away = 3
- Accommodation per night = 90
- Food per person per day = 35
- Travellers = 4
the calculator returns:
- Total trip cost: 1,038.5
- Per person: 259.63
- Fuel: 148.5
- Accommodation: 270