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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Chapman" data-source="post: 3182130" data-attributes="member: 69491">CostingsClearly it is a location targeted at the package holiday market and the overall cost worked out reasonably at about £450 per person including food and beers but clearly we could have reduced costs in places.‎Flights:-EZY8703 - Gatwick to Tenerife & EZY8538 - Fuerteventura to Gatwick with one hold bag - Easyjet - combined £134.NT428 - Tenerife to Fuerteventura with one hold bag - Binter Canarias - £45.‎Accommodation:-Catalonia Punta del Rey, Las Caletillas - single room 50 Euros and double room 70 Euros half board with buffet breakfast and dinner - so average £31 per person per night so £93 each (half board cutting down on additional spending greatly).Suite Hotel Castillo de Elba, Costa de Antigua - room only with twin and camp bed - 70 Euros in total for two nights so £18 each‎.‎Car Hire:-We went with AutoReisen on both Tenerife and Fuerteventura at a cost of 142 Euros and 72 Euros respectively for full insurance with an additional (unused) driver - £35 and £18 each respectively.‎Incidentals:-Buffet breakfast and dinner on Fuerteventura at the hotel were 5 Euros and 11 Euros respectively; supermarkets, cafes, etc were common and at sensible prices; ‎and petrol is cheaper than at home and we spent maybe 90 Euros on fuel between the two islands. We tend to deal with common expenditure by means of a central whip and total expenditure in that regard including a few beers was maybe 100 Euros each so £75. In addition, fuel to and from and parking at Gatwick increased this by £28 each.All the best</blockquote>

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