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How much spending money?

In my opinion, doing some research on the shop parks website, looking into the restaurants youll be eating at, and adding in some wiggle room would best help you answer this question. For example, I will tell you how I set my spending money/tip money/wiggle room money...

Spending money:
-I know I will want some a charm or 2 from pandora. The cheapest charm I like is $50. The most expensive one I like is $95. I budget about $150 for that.
-I know I will want a mickey and minnie bag from Vera Bradley. Depending on what my options are, we're looking at $50-$150., so I budget in the highest possible cost so I'm prepared.
-I know I may want a couple alex and ani bangles. Each one runs at about $44. I budget about $90 for this.
-I know that cocktails run between $10 $15 depending where you order it from. I suspect I will order about 3 or 4 during my trip. I budget $60 for this expense.
-I want a magic keeper, priced at $13, so I add that on.
-I tack on another $100 for various things I may see; hoodies, hats, beach towels, etc.
-I know I will have to pay for one meal OOP, for I'm estimating that at $50.
That totals to +/-$613.

Tips:
-Each dinner will run between $50 and $75, which means a 20% tip each night will run me about $10-15 a night. Preparing for the highest possible cost, I budget in $15 a night. $105
-I leave a few bucks (typically it's easier to just leave a $5) for mousekeeping. $5 a day runs me at $35.
-I tip a couple bucks to people who help me with my bags at the air port and resort. I bring a stack of singles ($20 or so) so I budget that in.
That totals to +/- $160.

These combined totals come to $773 and I originally already wrote in my Disney plans to bring about $800, so my guess was pretty close. You of course can go to Disney without spending $800. Some people go to Disney and spend thousands. It really just depends. You also have to keep in mind that taxes will be applied, changing the prices of things slightly. It's always better to over estimate versus under estimate. You'd rather have too much money rather than not enough.
I set aside 1,000 to pay for meals, souvenirs and other things. There's 5 or 6 sit down meals planned and I guessed around 50 for each. The stroller rental is around 85. Plus a grocery delivery of around 2 or 300. I promised each child one park snack a day, so that's 90 for snacks from Disney for 2 kids and me for 6 days.

The rest of our food are things like prepared sandwiches, bagged snacks and bottled water. I also need to wash their clothes before we leave and would love to do the animal kingdom tour.
 

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