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Australia roadtrip budget calculator

Estimate the cost of an Australian road trip, including fuel, camping, hostels, food, activities and vehicle hire. See the total, the cost per person and your daily budget as you change the figures.

Plan your route and find stops

Know your distance? Enter it below. Otherwise, use the Australia road trip planner to calculate your drive and bring its distance into this calculator.

YOUR TRIP, PRICED UP

Build your road trip budget

Work out fuel, nights away, food and fun—then split the bill. All amounts are AUD. Starter amounts are editable examples, not current price quotes.

1. Your trip & vehicleVehicle type

Trip daysPeople sharing the tripRoute distance (km)Extra driving / detours (km)Fuel use (litres / 100 km)Fuel price ($ / litre)

Enter your total driving distance, or use the road trip planner to calculate it. Fuel is shared equally between everyone.

2. Where you’ll sleep

6 nights for this trip. Mix camping, hostel beds and private accommodation.

Camping nightsCamping: total per night ($)Hostel nightsHostel: per person / night ($)Private accommodation nightsPrivate stay: total per night ($)

Camping and private-stay prices should cover your whole group, including any extra-person fees. Remaining nights count as $0 accommodation.

3. Daily spending & extras

Food: per person / day ($)Activities: per person / trip ($)Other shared trip costs ($)Extra budget buffer (%)

Use other costs for tolls, parking and park passes. Add vehicle hire and cover below.

4. Vehicle hire

Own vehicle? Leave these amounts at $0.

How is your hire priced?

Base hire: per day ($)Confirmed hire discount (%)Discount starts at (days)Cover / extras not included: per day ($)One-off hire fees not included ($)

Only add cover or fees missing from your quote. A total quote is used as entered, with no further discount. Daily-rate discounts apply to base hire only, once the minimum length is reached. Hire days equal trip days.

Campervan hire prices & longer-trip deals

Published starting prices, not live quotes

JUCY’s 2026 guide lists these examples in AUD per day. Actual prices depend on dates, depot and availability; cover and extras are excluded.

Vehicle	May–Jun	Mar–Apr / Jul–Oct	Nov–Feb
Cloudbreak · 2 berth
Coaster · 2 berth
Big Kahuna · 6 berth

JUCY price guide · Get a quote for your dates

Can a longer booking be cheaper?

Britz advertises 8% off the daily vehicle rate for 21+ days, with booking and travel before 31 March 2027. Check the offer’s terms for your trip. This is not a JUCY discount.

Travellers Autobarn’s Melbourne guide lists lower-rate tiers for hires over 14, 35 and 75 days; it doesn’t give fixed discount percentages.

A lower daily rate can still mean a higher total bill. Compare the whole quote, including cover and one-way fees. Enter a discount only if your base rate doesn’t already include it.

Sources checked 19 October 2026. Refundable security bonds are money you may need available, not a trip expense included here.

YOUR ESTIMATED TRIP COST

$1,155for 2 people

$578 each$83 per person, per day

Fuel: $200
Accommodation: $300
Food: $350
Activities: $200
Vehicle hire: $0
Other costs: $0
Buffer (10%): $105

1,000 km · about 100 litres of fuel

4 camping · 2 hostel · 0 private · 0 no-cost nights

Split equally across the group. No-cost nights need a suitable place to stay; they aren’t a booking or permission to camp. Your inputs stay in this browser.

About fuel estimates

Vehicle ranges are broad planning assumptions, not measured fleet averages. For comparison, Travellers Autobarn lists 13–14 L/100 km for its Kuga; its older stationwagon specification also lists 13–14. Older or heavily loaded vehicles can exceed our ranges. Sources checked 19 October 2026.

How to calculate your road trip budget

Enter your trip length, group size and driving distance. Add extra kilometres for detours and local exploring.
Choose your vehicle and adjust fuel consumption and fuel price to suit it.
Split your nights between camping, hostel beds and private rooms. Enter actual prices where you have them.
Add food, activities and any vehicle hire quote, then choose a buffer for unexpected costs.

What does the calculator include?

Fuel, camping and private accommodation are shared across your group. Hostel beds, food and activities are calculated per person. Vehicle hire can use a daily rate or a total quote, with separate fields for cover and fees that are not already included.

Can I use it for a campervan road trip?

Yes. Choose a campervan, adjust its fuel consumption, and enter camping and hire costs. Only apply a longer-hire discount if your rental quote confirms it. The vehicle ranges and starting costs are editable planning examples.

Does the budget include the return journey?

Only if you include it in your distance. Enter the full distance you intend to drive, including the return leg if needed. The extra-driving field adds kilometres on top of the route distance.

Will my budget be saved?

Your inputs save as you edit. Guest budgets stay in this browser; signed-in account saving follows the saving status at the top of the page.

Ready to choose your stops?

Open the Australia road trip planner to choose your start and finish, discover places along the way and add stops to your driving route.