Budget
The chart below lists typical trip expenses.
TEAM COMPONENT |
SOURCE |
COST |
Airfares (including departure taxes) |
Mission Travel Services |
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Travel Insurance |
Mission Travel Services |
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Visas (if required) |
Mission Travel Services |
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Stop Over costs (if required) |
Mission Travel Services |
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Internal travel eg fuel for vehicles; bus hire etc. |
Field Contact |
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Accommodation |
Field Contact/Mission Travel Services |
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Daily food ($ cost/day in food kitty) |
Field Contact/Leadership |
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Group ‘holiday’ activities e.g. game park visit or trekking costs |
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Translators (if required) |
Field Contact |
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Ministry Expenses eg craft items; building equipment; literature for distribution. |
Leadership/Field Contact |
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Thank you gifts |
Leadership/in consultation with Field Contact |
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Administration/Advertising |
Leadership |
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Police checks (if required) |
Leadership/State or Federal Police |
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Team Leaders subsidy |
Dependent on church policy |
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Contingency |
Experience says about 10-20% |
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Donation to local ministry |
Leadership/Mission agency |
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Team Training |
Mission Travel Services/ Leadership/Mission Agency |
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TOTAL: $
A simple way to work out the cost per participant is to add up the total expenses and divide by the number of people participating in the trip.
Participants may also need to factor into their personal budget for the trip expenses such as:
PERSONAL COMPONENT |
SOURCE |
COST |
Passport |
Apply at post office if you don’t already have a current one |
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Medical expenses eg vaccinations |
Traveller’s Medical Centre or your own GP |
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Spending money eg buy your own snacks along the way, souvenirs |
Personal discretion with some guide provided by leaders |
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Personal medical/health items eg malaria preventives like mosquito net, travel sickness medication, sleeping pills |
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Additional travel after the mission ends eg why don’t I visit X on the way home |
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Photography eg camera/film and film developing |
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Appropriate luggage eg may need to buy a backpack |
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Appropriate clothing eg you may need to purchase some extra clothing like a warm coat or to purchase local style clothing on arrival (shalwar kameez, burka or the like) |
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