£1,345.32 is the final cost of the trip, not including spending money. I’ve updated the costs page. It sounds like quite a lot of money but when you think that the van went through 11 countries and stayed in 8 of them, it’s not too bad. When you take in some of the superb sites of Prague and Venice it sounds even better still 🙂
Tolls: Belgium, Germany and Poland did not charge me anything for the use of their roads. All the others did. The highest was Italy at £92.84 followed by France in second place with £55.72. I could have kept off the motorways in France and saved some money, would have had much nicer scenery too.
Fuel: Cheapest fill was at Brzeszcze in Poland at £1.039/litre the most expensive was Italy at £1.605/litre, a difference of almost 60p between the two. With the combination of tolls and fuel, Italy is a very expensive country to drive through.
Campsites: These did vary quite a bit in price. Cheapest was the Dialogue Centre at Auschwitz which worked out at £5.52 per night. It has 16 amp electric, water tap, nice showers and washrooms, washing line and even a BBQ for the use of the campers. Only me and one other camper in the whole place! Most expensive was the Knaus Campingpark in Nuremberg at £22.32 per night, but it is very popular and close to the city centre.
