What this planner does
A trip across several cities is really several small trips joined together, and each city has its own price level. One expensive capital can eat the savings from two cheaper towns, and the travel between cities is easy to forget completely. This planner keeps every city separate. You add one row per city with the days you will stay, your daily spending, and the hotel cost per night. Then you add the total cost of moving between cities. The tool totals each city on its own line and gives one grand total, so you can see at a glance which city is pulling the budget up and where a shorter stay would help most.
How to use it
Start with three cities, which is the default. Type the city name, the number of days, your daily spend on food, local transport and small buys, and the hotel price per night. Add more cities with the button if your route is longer. Then enter the total travel cost between cities: trains, buses, flights, and any luggage fees. Press the button and study the table. If one city costs far more than the rest, try cutting a day there and adding it to a cheaper city. Small moves like that often save hundreds without changing the trip much.
A worked example
Take three cities: three days in an expensive capital at 60 a day plus a 90 hotel night, four days in a mid-price city at 45 a day plus a 65 hotel night, and three days in a small town at 35 a day plus a 50 hotel night. The capital costs 450, the middle city 440, and the town 255, which totals 1,145. Add 200 of travel between cities and the trip is 1,345. Seeing the split changes decisions. Cutting one capital day saves 150, while cutting one town day saves only 85. The table tells you where a cut actually helps.
Tips for multi-city budgets
First, book the travel between cities early, because that cost rises fastest as the date nears. Second, remember that hotel prices change by city and by weekday, so use the real nightly rate for each place rather than one average. Third, keep a small buffer for city taxes and checkout fees, which rarely appear in the headline room price. Fourth, plan one cheap day per city: a market lunch, a free museum, and a walk instead of a paid tour. Cheap days do not feel like sacrifice when the rest of the trip is full, and they protect the budget for the days that matter most.
Common questions
Does daily spend include the hotel? No. Daily spend covers food, local travel, and small purchases, while the hotel has its own box, because the two behave differently. What about flights to the first city and home? Add them to the travel box if you want one all-in total, or keep them out for a clean on-the-ground budget. Can the tool handle ten cities? Yes, keep adding rows. The planner runs fully in your browser with no account and no data sent anywhere, so you can rebuild the route as many times as your plans change.
Before you book checklist
Price the route in the order you will travel it, not in the order that looks cheapest online, because a cheap flight into the wrong city can add two expensive train legs. Check each hotel for the exact nights you will stay, including weekend rates, and add city taxes to the nightly price before you enter it. Then run the planner twice: once with the route as dreamed, and once with one day moved from the dearest city to the cheapest. Compare the two totals and ask whether the dearer version is worth the difference. Often the answer is yes for one special city and no for the rest, and that is exactly the decision the table exists to support. Book the between-city travel first, since those prices move fastest.
Spanish version: Planificador de Presupuesto de Viaje por Varias Ciudades – Gratis, Sin Cuenta, Antes de Reservar