Budget & Prep Kit · Iceland
What an Iceland trip costs: yours, costed in 20 minutes
An 11-day Iceland road trip by campervan comes to about €4,240 for two, or €2,120 per person, including flights, insurance, fuel, nights, food, parking and activities: that is the pre-filled example in our spreadsheet, at 2026 prices. The €29 kit redoes the sum with your dates and number of travellers, plus a checklist that forgets neither the swimsuit nor the crampons and an itinerary template with its weather plan-B column.
The kit's labels are currently in French — figures and formulas are universal. English edition coming.
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1.The ISK/EUR budget spreadsheet
Twelve realistic lines (flights, campervan with GP + SAAP insurance, fuel calculated per kilometre, camping and indoor nights, food, site parking — the line nobody anticipates —, glacier hike, pools, one lagoon, contingency). Live formulas in the Excel version: change “2 travellers, 11 days” to “4 travellers, 15 days” and everything recalculates, in both currencies.
2.The Iceland-specific gear checklist
Eight categories, from paperwork to photography, with the properly Icelandic traps: the 3-layer system even in August, the swimsuit everyone forgets, the midnight-sun sleep mask, the PIN-code card for automatic pumps, winter crampons. Tickable, printable.
3.The day-by-day itinerary template
15 rows ready to fill in with the columns that matter: departure and arrival stop, kilometres, driving time, accommodation, price, booked or not, activities — plus a “weather plan B” column, because in Iceland the weather is in charge. Three worked example rows to start on the right foot.
The spreadsheet's example: 11 days for two by campervan, at 2026 prices
This is the budget as it opens in the kit, before you change anything: 2,350 km, a campervan with GP + SAAP insurance, 8 nights camping and 2 in a guesthouse, 12 paid site car parks, 145 ISK to €1. Amounts rounded to the euro.
| Line | For two, 11 days |
|---|---|
| Return flights Europe – Keflavík | €500 |
| Campervan rental (GP + SAAP insurance included) | €1,595 |
| Fuel (2,350 km at 9 l/100) | €482 |
| Nights: 8 camping, 2 in a guesthouse | €600 |
| Food (groceries and three restaurants) | €374 |
| Site parking (Þingvellir, Skógafoss…) | €74 |
| Guided glacier hike, 5 pools, one lagoon | €420 |
| Gas, showers, laundry | €44 |
| Contingency (~5%) | €150 |
| Total | ≈ €4,240 · €2,120 per person · €193 per person per day |
Switch to 7 days, travel as four or swap the campervan for a car and guesthouses: the lines concerned recalculate on their own, in krónur and in euros.
The kit, a package tour or a back-of-envelope sum?
An all-inclusive package
The per-person price covers the organisation, bookings and often a guide: the right choice if you want to delegate. The kit is for independent travellers, and also for comparing a package with what the same trip would cost in a rental car.
Budgets read on blogs and forums
Those are the figures of someone else's trip: another year, another length, another vehicle. Useful for an order of magnitude, not for deciding.
The €29 kit
Your parameters, twelve lines already at 2026 prices, including the site parking few travellers anticipate, and formulas that recalculate everything. You then replace each line with your real quotes.
After payment
Payment through Stripe, then an instant .zip download (the link is also emailed): the spreadsheet in Excel (.xlsx, live formulas) and CSV, the gear checklist, the itinerary template and a how-to note. 14-day money-back guarantee. Driving? The €89 “Iceland by car” offer includes this kit, the guide and the Ring Road roadbook.
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€29 — and your budget stops being a source of anxiety
The kit works on its own, or alongside the “Iceland on your own” guide, which explains every trade-off behind the numbers.
Want the panorama before the numbers? Browse our “Iceland road trip” page — free.
Before you go
Readers' questions
How does the budget spreadsheet work?
You enter three parameters — number of travellers, number of days, EUR/ISK rate — and the twelve lines recalculate: flights, campervan and insurance, fuel per kilometre, campsites and guesthouses, food, site parking, activities, contingency. Each line shows its total in Icelandic krónur and in euros, with the final cost per person.
What formats do the files come in?
The spreadsheet comes in two versions: Excel (.xlsx, with live formulas — works in Excel, LibreOffice, Numbers, Google Sheets) and a pre-calculated CSV for anything else. The checklist and the itinerary template come as Markdown and CSV, readable and printable everywhere. Note: the kit's labels are currently in French — the figures and formulas are universal.
Are the pre-filled prices realistic?
Yes: every line uses the 2026 ranges documented in our Iceland guide (fuel ~330 ISK/litre, campervan with full insurance ~€145/day in summer, camping ~€20/person, major-site parking 750-1,000 ISK, glacier hike €100-140). You then adjust them with your own quotes — that's what it's built for.
Is the kit included in the complete Iceland Bundle?
Yes. The €59 Iceland Bundle includes the “Iceland on your own” guide (€44) and this kit (€29) — a €14 saving. If you're hesitating, take the Bundle: the guide explains the trade-offs, the kit puts numbers on them.