Trip Cost Calculator

This calculator works out what a road trip costs from end to end, not just the gas. Enter the one-way distance, your fuel economy and the price you are paying per gallon, then add tolls, lodging, food and anything else, and it returns the total, the cost per traveller and the cost per mile. The second mode compares driving against flying: it puts fuel and tolls on one side, airfare for everyone plus a rental car and airport parking on the other, and tells you which is cheaper and by how much, and with your average driving speed and door-to-door flying time it also shows which is quicker and what each hour saved costs. Every price is one you type in, so the answer is only as current as the numbers you give it.

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Units
Distance, fuel economy and the pump price are all read in whichever you pick.
Miles per gallon, as the window sticker or the trip computer gives it.
The pump price per US gallon.
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Units
Distance, fuel economy and the pump price are all read in whichever you pick.
Miles per gallon, as the window sticker or the trip computer gives it.
The pump price per US gallon.
Miles per hour over the whole drive, stops included. Optional; fill in this and the flying time to compare hours as well as dollars.
From leaving home to arriving, so getting to the airport, security, the flight, any connection, baggage and the onward trip. Optional.
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