Vacation Travel Budget Planner Excel — Price the whole trip category by category, save toward each one, and see which part of the trip is still unfunded. Built for anyone who wants the whole picture on one page: what…
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Vacation Travel Budget Planner Excel — Price the whole trip category by category, save toward each one, and see which part of the trip is still unfunded. Built for anyone who wants the whole picture on one page: what the goal is, what is actually there, and which line is quietly falling behind — without accounting software or a subscription app. If one line is underfunded, this workbook shows it while there is still time to fix it.
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Trip Budget Planner — Every trip cost line: estimated cost, saved so far, remaining, percent saved, monthly set-aside, and months to goal — by formula except the yellow inputs.
Savings and Booking Log — Every deposit and booking payment January-October: date, trip line, description, amount, and account, with running total and share of total by formula.
Monthly Plan — Month by month: planned saving, actual saving and bookings from the log by formula, the difference, and cumulative planned vs actual.
Category Summary — Trip lines grouped by category (transport, lodging, food, activities, other): counts, costs, saved, remaining, and percent saved — all by formula.
Dashboard — Total trip cost, total saved, remaining, percent saved, monthly set-asides, and the best and worst funded trip lines.
Cover and How to Use — start here. Yellow cells are the only ones you edit.
Try the headline numbers for a typical month. The full template does this job by job with a monthly P&L and dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Vacation Travel Budget Planner Excel track?
The Vacation Travel Budget Planner Excel tracks Trip Budget Planner; Savings and Booking Log; Monthly Plan; Category Summary; Dashboard.
What do the example numbers show?
The included example shows: Target 9,400; current 4,130; remaining 5,270; 43.9 percent complete overall.
Does it work in Excel and Google Sheets?
Yes. The workbook works in Microsoft Excel and in Google Sheets (upload the .xlsx file to Google Drive to open it in Sheets). It is an instant digital download from Etsy — no physical item is shipped.