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Mission Trip Budget Calculator

Budget a mission trip with airfare, lodging, meals, transport, insurance, and materials for the team.

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Results

Total trip cost ($)

$21,060.00

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Cost per person ($)$1,755.00
Total airfare ($)$9,600.00
Total lodging ($)$4,800.00
Total meals ($)$3,000.00
Fundraising target ($)$22,113.00
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter team size, trip duration (days), and round-trip airfare per person ($).
  2. Set daily lodging per person ($) and daily meals per person ($).
  3. Review Total trip cost ($) and Cost per person ($) — this becomes each participant's individual fundraising target.
  4. Use Total airfare ($), Total lodging ($), and Total meals ($) to identify the largest expense categories.
  5. Fundraising target ($) adds a 5% administrative buffer to the total trip cost.

How the result changes with Team size

Team sizeTotal trip cost ($)
11$19,305.00
36$63,180.00
65$114,075.00
90$157,950.00

What each input means

Team size
Number of team members.
Trip duration (days)
Total days including travel.
Airfare per person ($)
Round-trip flight cost.
Lodging/person/day ($)
Nightly lodging cost per person.
Meals/person/day ($)
Daily meal budget per person.

What each result means

Total trip cost ($)
Complete trip budget.
Cost per person ($)
Individual fundraising target.
Total airfare ($)
Flights for entire team.
Total lodging ($)
Accommodation for entire trip.
Total meals ($)
Food for entire team and trip.
Fundraising target ($)
Total with 5% admin buffer.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Team size = 12, Trip duration (days) = 10, Airfare per person ($) = 800, Lodging/person/day ($) = 40 = 5 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total trip cost
    Total trip cost = totalAirfare + totalLodging + totalMeals + groundTransport + travelInsurance ...
    21060 = $21,060
  3. Calculate Cost per person
    Cost per person
    1755 = $1,755
  4. Calculate Total airfare
    Total airfare = teamSize * airfarePerPerson
    9600 = $9,600

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