Typical Food Budget?

achat
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:01:26 +0000

Which city? In NYC, $20 a day is too low but doable if you are very thrifty and can eat from vendors on the street. How does $20 a day amount to $100 a week? Does your friend live in the city or commute?

If you order lunch/dinner in, even then each could come out to be around $12-$15 or so with tips for each meal, so that is around $30. Then there is breakfast, but if you eat that at home, it should be next to nothing. Despite eating out, if you buy fruits/vegetables/cereal/milk, that could come to around $40 per week, just fruits and a little veggies. So to be comfortable, I would budget $800-$900 or even $1000 per month, in NYC. Don’t know about other places.