Myself and a group of friends (around 10 of us in total) are planning a week long holiday in Iceland around September time this year. We have a good idea of the cost of flights and accommodation, but not sure how much to budget for things like food, drink, travel and entry into places.
Has anyone here been to Iceland before and can give us a rough idea of how much the day to day stuff like this is likely to cost?
I went 4 weeks ago, just for a short weekend break.
FOOD: It's generally quite expensive to eat out there, but they do have Subways which are just a little bit more expensive than here. We ate out once, and paid just over £10 each for fish and a few potatoes, the food was fantastic however, so I wasn't too fussed.
DRINK: There are plenty places to drink (in Reykjavik), we found a US backpacker digs, and the drinks were fairly priced in there.
ENTRY: Not sure what you mean by entry into places, as most of the decent sight seeing activities are free with them being national treasures!
TRAVEL: I hired a small car when I went, cost me £80 for 4 days, and the petrol is slightly cheaper than the UK. The roads were excellent, and in much better condition than ours. It's very American, so lots of long straight dual carriageways with traffic light controlled crossroads. It got a little more "sketchy" when I took the little Kia into the mountains however, but all the cars are fitted with winter tyres which help. But we did have to turn around once due to a snow drift causing mounds of snow to build up on the road like speed bumps!
There are plenty of buses to get about, and tour operators that can pretty much get you anywhere you want to go.
I think a week if a long time to go (unless you are actually covering the whole of Iceland. As there isn't a great deal to do, other than sightseeing.
Dirty little splashout!