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Location: Central Coast, CA
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This is going to be off-topic, but I avoid setting an amount per day. I try and start a tour with plenty of money, economize when I can, but spend what I want/need. If I can do a whole tour without staying in a motel, great, but if I need or want to stay in one, I do and don't worry about the cost. Some days I'll have a sandwich for lunch from a deli. Some days I'll have a nice meal in a restaurant.
I usually end up with surplus money at the end of a tour. I start the tour with plenty of cash reserves, and because I'm fairly thrifty most of the time, I don't spend it all.
Then I go home and spend it on projects from my honey-do list.