Budgeting

Time to budget for this trip...the financial aid office at our college needs this to determine how much aid we will get to go on trip. I'm seeing a lot of paper pushing to come, but I think if I can get a head start, when something goes wrong (which it will) I will have time to fix it.

So Projects Abroad has a lot things included in our program fee:

Total: $4,145.00 which includes the following

• Accommodation
• Food
• Airport pick up and drop off
• Full travel insurance
• Medical insuranc
• In-country induction with a staff member upon arrival
• Support and 24 hour back-up from both our local and US/Canada staff
• Personalized MyProjectsAbroad page
• Pre-departure support from Desk Officer by email and phone
• Visa support (if applicable)

Projects Abroad also sets up our flights, so I looked ahead to get an idea of what the cost it. I'll be flying out of Minneapolis, MN and if I flew with Delta it's around $1700.00 with one layover at JFK. Trying to prepare for a 16 hour fly :(

Other cost we have to think about it is:

• Spending money
• Clothing
• Personal products
• Transportation within Ghana

So I am trying to find out all prices for these things so I can hand in my budget report!