Originally Posted by
juggleaddict
I would be interested in knowing how much people have spent doing the trans-america trail. I don't plan to stay many nights in a hotel. . . maybe 5 - 8 total nights.
I know that we found that TA to be an easy route to camp for cheap or free much of the time. I think we averaged about $5 per night for camping (with no need for stealth). Rooms vary, but much of the way they can be pretty cheap ($30 at the lower end, and 60 is pretty common).
Food will depend to a large extent on your choices, I'd say that $12 per day requires some frugality, $20 per day is really easy, and more is pretty luxurious IMO.
Bottom line is that quite a few folks probably manage to be in the $20 or so per day range for all of the day to day expenses, some are more like $30, and a few spend a lot more.