Partial breakdown of expenses on the "Neils on Wheels" Christmas tour. (I call it the Christmas tour; Neil F. calls it something else.) Four days, three nights, Philadelphia to Doylestown to Bethlehem, PA, and then home.

Hotels - 275 dollars
Food - 30 some dollars a day per person.

No car expenses this time. We both had train expenses - Neil F. from North Jersey to Philadelphia, I from Spring Mill to Philadelphia, and both of us from Fort Washington to Doylestown.

There wasn't much economizing that could have been done on hotels. I doubt Warm Showers folks would have hosted us on Christmas weekend. Also, staying at the Hotel Bethlehem was a highlight of the tour. That was the most expensive hotel, at 112 dollars a night.

Even touring in a highly developed area such as suburban Philadelphia in the winter, we could have economized a little by not eating 'out' so much. There was little choice in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve - we were lucky there was room at the inn - but we could have utilized grocery stores for lunches and cheap pizza places for dinner along the way. Still, we had a good time.