【Accounting report of UK trip-cash&card】

〜Trip to the UK from 60〜 

 

How much money did we spend on our trip ?  
I kept a record of money everyday for card check.

I don't use credit card and debit card in Japan
because check is bother, but it's dangerous to have lots of money in overseas trip,
so I used debit card in the UK .
Senior price was written "CONCESSION" everywhere in the UK.  
Concession means discount.
Prices were high in the UK., but daily necessities were not expensive.
However domestic transportation expenses, air fare, travel insurance and hotel charge
are different with each person, so I don't write them.(they are written ?)




Spending before the trip (2 persons)
DATE CASH  SPENDING DEBIT CARD SPENDING
2016       Husband's card My card   
16th/2      airplane round trip ticket×2
direct flight  ANA
Haneda Tokyo ― Heathrow London
12th/4        ¥33151 train tickets in the UK×2
booking and shopping on line
We rode trains 4 times.
12th/5      ?  train Shinkansen one way ticket×2
We didn't buy round tickets because return flight might be delayed.
28th/5      travel insurance
TOTAL CASH TOTAL

¥ 0   
  CARD TOTAL

¥0+?  
CARD TOTAL

¥33151
+?  
GRAND TOTAL before the trip

¥33151+?


 Spending during the trip(2 persons)  Travel period 12th/6/2016〜27th/6/2016
                             15 nights16 days(including 1 night flight)

DATE CASH SPENDING DEBIT CARD SPENDING
       husband's card My card   
12th(Sun) ¥1040 Lunch―Japanese noodle ×2
(restaurant in Kanazawa station)
cash only
¥1440   taxi(home→Kanazawa station)
¥321 sliced watermelon
(super market in the station)
cash only
¥ 3191 Dinner―Japanese pub (2 persons)
¥160 1 plastic bottle of Japanese tea
(in Shinkansen train)
We can use card, but it's not same day settlement because JR is devided into some company.
¥335   milk and dessert
(convenience store)
¥400 train fare (Keihin-kyuko)× 2
from Shinagawa-station to Otorii-station near the hotel
 
hotel charge 1 night (twin room)
near Haneda airport
with breakfast and pick up service
credit card is OK but devit card is NO.
 
CASH TOTAL

¥1921+?
I realized Japan is cash society. CARD TOTAL

¥1775
CARD TOTAL

¥3191 
the 1st day GRAND TOTAL

¥6887+?
     
13th(Mon) ¥ 320  AAA battery ×4
(convenience store in Haneda)
£50 £55  Oyster Card
(Transport Card in London)
including deposit(£5)
   ?         ?     hotel charge 4 nights
Earls Court in London
with breakfast
    £9.8   groceries
(super market Tesco near the hotel)
CASH TOTAL

£ 0
CARD TOTAL

£59.8+?
CARD TOTAL

£ 56+?
the 2nd day GRAND TOTAL

£115.8+?
 
14th(Tue.)  £14 admission fee 2 tickets
(Guards' Museum )
cash only
£34.5 admission fee 2 tickets
(Churchill Museum)
£14  admission fee 2 tickets
(Horse Guards' Museum )
£3.25 2 glasses of smoothie
(Cafe in the Crypt)
£8.9  Cafe lunch 2 persons
sandwich  £2.35
macaroni cheese gratin £4.95
yogurt  £1.6
    £ 3.3 hamburger
(Marks &Spencer supermarket)
CASH TOTAL

£14 
  CARD TOTAL

£3.3
CARD TOTAL

£60.65
the 3rd day GRAND TOTAL

£77.95
     
15th(Wen) £3 Japanese audio guide
first I pay £4, but I found senior discount, then £1 was refunded.
£19.5 £19.5 admission fee 2 tickets
senior discount (adult £25 )
(London Tower)
£13 Lunch 2 persons
veggie burger and hotdog
(hotdog stand)
cash only
  £1.95  lemonade
(Starbucks) 
    £12.45   milk and whisky
(super market Tesco) 
CASH TOTAL

£16
   CARD TOTAL

31.95£
CARD TOTAL

£21.45
the 4th day GRAND TOTAL

£69.4 
     
16th(Thu.) £17  Lunch
(pub behind Royal Courts)
£29   admission fee 2 tickets
senior discount
(Transport Museum)
 £11 SIM (mobile phone)
I return the money to my daughter.
£23.43   groceries
(super market Waitrose)
CASH TOTAL

£28  
   CARD TOTAL

£52.43
 CARD TOTAL

£0
the 5th day GRAND TOTAL

£80.43
     
17th(Fri.) £1.9 coffee
(Marylebone station)
£24.5   admission fee 2 tickets
senior discount
(Mary Arden's House)
£1.5  tomato juice  
(take away at pub)
£11.45   dinner 2 persons
(pub )
steak &mushroom vegetables
Appletiser
    £500    Narrow boat 2 nights×2
with 2 breakfast and 1 lunch
1 person 2 nights =£250
CASH TOTAL

£3.4
  CARD TOTAL

£535.95
CARD TOTAL

£0 
the 6th day GRAND TOTAL

£539.35 
     
 18th(Sat) £2.95 snack £17.9 £9.45  dinner
(pub)
fish dish, pumpkin soup,
berry tart, Elderflower cordial,
Ale beer
CASH TOTAL

£2.95 
  CARD TOTAL

£17.9 
CARD TOTAL

£9.45 
the 7th day GRAND TOTAL

£30.3
     
19th(Sun)  £6 taxi from York station to hotel
cash only
including £1tip
£9.18   Lunch 2 persons
(take out Sushi shop in Birmingham station)
£6.8 dinner
(take out pizza shop near the hotel)
mixed pizza
  £2.34 groceries-milk and grapes
(super market Sainsbury in York)
Plastic bag is not free like Japan.
I had a plastic bag, but Sainsbury's was lovely, so I bought the bag.
    ?  ?  York hotel (B&B) charge 1 night
with breakfast
We booked twin room, but it was not vacant, so we stayed 2 rooms instead.
CASH TOTAL

£12.8
   CARD TOTAL

£9.18+?
CARD TOTAL

£ 2.34+?
the 8th day GRAND TOTAL

£24.3+?
     
20th(Mon) £7  taxi from hotel to York station
including £1.6tip
£7.1   Lunch
(Middlesbrough station kiosk)
2 bottles of smoothie
2 bags of potato chips
£ 6 taxi from Whitby station to hotel
including £1tip
£21   dinner
(restaurant Magpie Cafe in Whitby)
Fish and chips, Fish cake,
orange juice, stout beer
£2.5 groceries
(super market near the station)
     
£5 taxi from Whitby station to hotel
including £0.5tip
     
?  Whitby hotel(B&B) charge 2 nights
with breakfast
cash only
     
CASH TOTAL

£20.5+?
  CARD TOTAL

£28.1 
CARD TOTAL

£0 
the 9th day GRAND TOTAL

£48.6+?
     
We paid hotel charge in cash in Whitby, so from then on, we paid in cash except hotel charge.
21st(Tue)  £ 36 train fare from Scarborough to York
2 tickets
     
£12.8 admission fee 2 tickets
senior discount
(Whitby Abbey)
     
£1.95 2 ice creams
(stand car in Whitby Abbey)
     
£3.5 1 crab sandwich
(sandwich shop in port)
     
£8 admission fee 2 tickets
senior discount 
(Whitby Museum)
     
£5.48 groceries
(super market next to Whitby station)
milk £0.49
bread £1.85
ham £0.89
cut vesitables £ 1.25
small bottled dressing £1
     
CASH TOTAL

£67.73
   CARD TOTAL

£0 
 CARD TOTAL

£0  
the 10th day GRAND TOTAL

£67.73
     
22nd(Wed) £6 taxi from hotel to bus station next to Whitby station
including £1.4tip
     
£12.2 bus fare from Whitby to Scarborough
2 tickets
     
£6 baggage fees
(baggage office near York station)
1 suitcase
     
£ 12.45 Lunch
(cafe near York Minster)
bacon roll £4.25
cauliflower soup £4.45
milk shake £2.25
orange juice £1.5
     
£2.35 1 choco ice bar
(York station)
     
£3.8 groceries
(super market Marks &Spencer)
milk £0.6
figs £3.2
     
    ? London hotel charge 2 nights
without meals but with kitchen
CASH TOTAL

£39
   CARD TOTAL

£0 +?
 CARD TOTAL

£0 +? 
the 11th day GRAND TOTAL

£39+? 
     
23rd(Thu)  £1.6 plastic bottled water
(shop in Natural History Museum)
     
£13.3  Lunch
(Chinese restaurant near British Museum)
fried rice, steamed meat dumpling,
+nuts and orange(free service)
     
£1.95 iced chocolate drink
(cafe in British Museum)
     
£22.08  groceries
(super market Marks &Spencer)
milk £0.49
pasta with shrimp £3.2
water £0.7×2
figs £3.2
liquor £ 13.79
     
£20  top-up the oyster card      
CASH TOTAL

£ 58.93
   CARD TOTAL

£0 
 CARD TOTAL

£0  
the 12th day GRAND TOTAL

£58.93
     
 24th(Fri.)   £ 11.5 sightseeing boat fare 2 tickets
from Westminster pier to Greenwich
senior discount
     
£1.5 fish curry pasty
shop near Greenwich tunnel
     
£2.3 choco ice lolly×2      
£23 admission fee 2 tickets
(Cutty Sark Museum)
senior discount
     
£10.35 groceries
(super market Marks &Spencer)
bread £1.35
roast sandwich £3.5
water £0.7×2
grapes £3
milk £0.6
newspaper The Sun £0.5
     
  The Sun is the most popular in the UK.
It's a tabloid newspaper.
Especially "I'm looking for boyfriend・girlfriend "corner is fun.
?  London hotel charge 2 nights
with breakfast
 CASH TOTAL

£48.65
  CARD TOTAL

£0+?
CARD TOTAL

£0+?
the 13th day GRAND TOTAL

£48.65+?
     
 25th(Sat)  £16 admission fee 1 ticket
senior discount
(St Paul's Cathedral)
     
£10  black cab taxi fare from St Paul's Cathedral to
The Old Operation Theater Museum
including £1.5 tip
     
£5 admission fee 1 ticket
senior discount
(The Old Operation Theater Museum)
     
£1.99 ballpoint pen shaped bone
(shop in the Operation Theater)
It's a souvenir for me.
     
£21.62 groceries
(super market Sainsbury's)
We bought ingredients for dinner at our daughter's house.
beef filet ×4 £19.77 (600g)
cornish pasty £1.4
leek £0.45
     
£3.6  tomato juice and others
(super market Tesco)
     
CASH TOTAL

£58.2
   CARD TOTAL

£0 
  the 14th day GRAND TOTAL

£58.2
     
26th(Sun.)  £0.40
=40P
pay toilet ×2
(Hyde Park)
     
£28.13 Lunch
(cafe in Harrods department store)
cheese gratin with eggplant £9.5
cheese cake £7.5
apple tea £4
green tea  £4
service charge £3.13
     
    £ ―23.8
£ ―26  refund of Oyster card
only in the card
 £4.61 Heathrow Airport kiosk
 water £0.72
 chocolate £1.79
 cosmetic container £1.05×2
     
CASH TOTAL

£33.14
  CARD TOTAL

£ ―23.8
CARD TOTAL

£ ―26
the 15th day GRAND TOTAL

£ ―16.6 
     
27th(Mon) ¥1740  delivery charge
from Haneda Airport to our house
1 suitcase
     
¥1880  airport shuttle bus 2 tickets
from Haneda to Tokyo station
     
      Shinkansen train 2 tickets 
¥2400 Lunch box ×2
(Shinkansen train)
     
 ¥1759 groceries
(super market in the station)
     
 ¥1680 taxi from Kanazawa station to our house      
CASH TOTAL

¥9459 
   CARD TOTAL

¥0+?
 CARD TOTAL

¥0 
the 16th day GRAND TOTAL

¥9459
GRAND TOTAL ¥73860 ¥112985 ¥23399 during the trip GRAND TOTAL

¥210244+?
     
ALL GRAND
TOTAL 
        ALL GRAND TOTAL
(before the trip and during the trip)

¥33151+¥210244

=¥243395+? 
 
REVIEW after the trip

Amount of having money (cash)

     We went to the UK with ¥20000(Japanese money -yen) and £420 (UK pond) each
.

      I think Japanese yen was just right but UK pond was too much.

      Probably it was enough to have £250 each.(2persons £500)

      If we are short of money during trip, we can withdraw some money from ATM.

Card and Cash

      We could use debit card almost of all the place except taxi, only 1hotel (B&B),

     
some museum, food stall.

●Card check

     After returning home, I checked our debit cards on line, they were no problem.

     One hotel in London took the wrong deposit, so I was worried about it, it was no problem.

     Lately, there are lots of doplicate billing. Please take care.


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