Full Time Travel Budget | July 2023

Buenas días from Quito, Ecuador! (again)

Amazon Jungle Canoe

We've spent July running around and seeing some great parts of Ecuador. The cloud forest Mindo, The Quilotoa Loop, The waterfalls of Banos and we even spent the last 5 days in the Amazon jungle! All this to say, you would think our budget to be a mess. Slumped on a stool in the corner of the ring, bloody and bruised with towel on it's head. But no! our budget stands in the centre with it's gloves thrust in the air because, in the month of July...... we. made. profit.

As is the new normal, this will deep dive into where we put our pennies and i'll reserve all the analytic reporting to another post, if your interested in that, you can find it here.

Expense Report

Categorys

Catoegory	Expense
Accommodation	$1,114
Food and Drink	$557
Transport	$138
Miscellaneous	$362
Entertainment	$216
Total	$2,387

This is a quick reference category breakdown of our expenses. Our expenses for July were under control for a lot of reasons but these are the big two. First, the Average nightly spent for accommodation we managed to keep under $36 Aud per night. Second, our food spending was SO under control. We stayed for a few extra days in Air BnB's which allowed us to buy food in bulk and cook. Meaning our average spend per day on food was UNDER $18 AUD (Thanks to a LOT of no spend days!) Accommodations Expenses

Sani Lodge

Location	Accomodation	Notes	Nights	Cost
Quito	Hotel La Casa De La Nonna	Private room w bathroom. Super comfortable!	1	$24
Quito	Air BnB Quito Historic centre	Fantastic apartment with HOT shower (This is rare in Ecuador)	7	$303
Mindo	Hotel The Temple 1	Private room w Bathroom. Wooden house so it's noisy but can walk into town when it's not raining. Only $2 taxi from town!	3	$156
Quito	Air BnB	Full Apartment with an INSANE view	5	$225
Latacunga	Hotel Hotel Central	Private room with bathroom they also stored bags for 3 days while we hiked the Quilotoa loop!	1	$38
Insinlivi	Hotel/Hostel Hostal Taita Cristobal	Cosy Private room with Bathroom. (Breakfast abd dinner included!)	1	$57
Chugchilan	Hotel/Hostel Hostal El Vaquero	Cosy Private room with Bathroom. (Breakfast abd dinner included!)	1	$60
Quilotoa	Hotel/Hostel Hosteria Alpaka	Cosy Private room with Bathroom. (Breakfast and dinner included!)	1	$66
Banos	Hotel Hostal Princesa Maria	Private room w Bathroom. Affordable and close to centre. Hosts give GREAT food recommendations!	2	$56
Quito	Air BnB Quito Historic centre	We went BACK to this fantastic apartment with HOT shower (This is rare in Ecuador)	3	$92
Coca (Near the Amazon)	Hotel Hostal Casa Blanca	A little bit dingy but okay beds and a smart TV! Fine for just a bed.	1	$21
Sani Lodge	Amazon Lodge	Incredible community driven lodge with the best Nature experience you could ask for!	4	$0*
TOTAL				$1,114

We have been staying in places a litle longer than usual in July which has allowed us to save some money on cleaning expenses etc. Really happy with how July finished! * You'll notice some complimentary nights stay in July, rest-assured we only accept the conditions of the nights stay if we are allowed to create our own videos from our own experience. We will never accept anything complimentary if we have to give a favourable review over an honest one. The Sani lodge was in need for some Drone footage and other Marketting that we were happy to supply for them in exchange forthe experience!

We try to use Trusted house sitters as much as possible because its amazing and you can get a 20% discount through this link: trustedhousesitters.pxf.io/jordanemily20 Use code: JORDANEMILY20 at checkout!

Transport Expenses

Quito - Mindo bus

Route	Mode	Notes	Cost
Quito - Mindo (Return)	Medium Bus (Flor Del Valle)	Expected Time: 2 hrs Actual Time: 2.5 hrs Get the bus from Terminal La Ofelia in North Quito!	$11 per way for two people
Quito - Latacunga	Medium Bus (Banos bus company)	Expected Time: 1.5 hrs Actual Time: 1.5 hrs Super simple journey from the Terminal Quitumbe bus station in Quito's South	$9 per way for two people
Latacunga - Banos (Via Ambato)	Medium Bus(es) Banos Bus company	Expected Time: 2 hrs Actual Time: 5 hrs	$18 per way for two people
Quito - Coca	Big Bus (Banos bus comany)	​Expected Time: 5.5 hrs Actual Time: 9 hrs A bridge had collapsed and sent us in a weird directions!	$45 per way for two people
TOTAL			$261

Things to note: The numbers are different to the 'Expenses by Category' Section. that's because in that section I use the Master sheet which includes small transports like Ubers, Grabs, Taxis and short cheap trains which I thought wouldn't add any value in this section! (I kept the total the same)

We spent a lot of July in Quito as you can tell. This meant that a big lot of our transport expenses were made up of Taxi's and Ubers. Buses in Ecuador are super affordable and we we're paying less than $10 per person for every trip, with the exception of the big journey down to Coca!

Fixed Costs

Details	Notes	Cost
Insurance	SafetyWing	$138
Adobe Premier Pro		$29.00
Epidemic Sound	All our music!	​$22
TOTAL		$189

Insurance is expensive but worth it. Safety wing is our insurer of choice, they seemed to offer the most comprehensive cover especially when lots of countries needed specific types of insurance during the pandemic, they were great! - Unforauntely coming to America meant we had to increase our coverage which immediately doubled the price. But it's just something you Need to have. Adobe is the software we used to edit our YouTube videos. Epidemic sound is where we get all our music from, you can get a free trial with this link*: https://share.epidemicsound.com/i1nhpc

Income Report

Source	Notes	Amount
Affiliate	Nil	$0
Licensing	Nil	$0
Brand Deal	Nil	$0
Youtube	Ad revenue	$2,487.64
Website	Ad Revenue	$0.50
TOTAL		$2,488.14

Affiliate Income

Affiliate	Clicks	Conversions	Notes	Income
Amazon	192	0	Nil	$0
Get your guide	40	1	Get your guide seems to be the most user friendly system so hopefully we can grow this going forward!	$0 (Need to reach 50USD before withdrawal which we will have next month!)
Viator	131	0	Generated by Ha Long Bay Video	$0
House sitters	46	2	Pending Income for next month!	$0
Totals	409	3		$0

Licensing Agreements No licensing this month, It's getting more likely that what we got in Vietnam was a one time thing!

Brand Deals/Savings

Partnered stays: Sani Lodge in the Amazon Jungle | 4 Nights

Youtube This entire breakdown of this months Youtube analytics and income section has been moved into it's own more detailed social media page! Check it out here.

Website

Website income

This is our second month earning adsense income from our website. It's a lot less than last month but we've dedicated a lot of time over July trying to build a new website that will look and feel lots better. Hopefully you'll be reading the August budget report on there!

Summary

This is insane! We we're in the jungle when we realised that our Youtube Income will actually be higher than our expenses this month! We know this isn't something that can continue and we've already seen a big dip of income on the last few days of July. But we have to celebrate sucha monumental win!

Expenses (total)	​$2,387
Income (total)	$2,488.14
Budget impact	+ $101.14

Thank you so much for reading our Full Time Travel Budget and of course, for watching along! If you're hunting for the Analytics section that is usually at the end it's now been moved to a larger house with more detail and more platforms. Click here for the redirect!

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