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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. Also thinking about Iceland in August. (Sorry to hijack.) Thinking about renting a camper van. Any thoughts on what driving a larger vehicle would be like? [/quote]

PP that just got back. DO IT. They look amazing and folks said they were comfortable. We were in a tiny Hyundai, which worked fine (and we even slept in it a few times when we didn’t feel like dealing with the tent). The camper vans were pretty ubiquitous. There are some gravel roads, but if the Hyundai could do it, I’d think the camper vans could as well. [/quote]

Can you give a sense of what your per person daily budget was? I know food and gas are very pricey![/quote]

I can try. We really did things on the cheap... grocery stores for packaged meat, bread, and fruit (no joke, I didn’t really eat a green vegetable for ten days...NOT my norm), camping for the most part. My travel companion also packed MREs. No kidding.  Roughly 1000 ISK for a couple of cups of decent coffee (Starbucks VIA got super old super fast). The good news is that even though gas is expensive, the car was very fuel efficient. 1 ISK to USD is about 103 or so. The advice we got was to fill up when we could when we got to the half tank point, especially outside the Golden Circle as we headed to more remote parts. A half a tank was about $50 or $60, I think. Take note however that using our US issued bank cards for gas purchases meant that a hold was put on there in addition to the gas cost that was then eventually refunded. This surprised us a couple times. We didn’t do too much that had an entrance fee. A couple things here and there. Whale watching will set you back 9-10k ISK.

Museums were all about 1500 isk or thereabouts per person, as were camp sites. There were a couple of places we camped where we didn’t pay anything (because we discovered the site wasn’t open until June after we got there and we slept there anyway because we were exhausted). I have to say the campaistes were all well appointed with decent facilities for the most part, and we were happy to pay whatever the fee was if we could find someone to give it to. Guest houses, which we booked online, were about $80 or so for the two of us per night. Shared bathroom, etc, but a lovely little safe room. [/quote]

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