We have noted our daily expenses in Hong Kong this time round. It is a habit we want to start so that we can keep track of our budget closely. To summarise, Hong Kong is expensive. We budgeted around 250 SGD/day for all our necessities, shopping and gifts.
TD:LR; Here’s the breakdown of our expenses in Hong Kong for 5D4N (for two).
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| Expenses for our Hong Kong Trip |
We estimated some of the expenses because we didn’t diligently note down the exact amount.
Day 1: 1082 HKD (~198 SGD)
Food: 321 HKD (~58 SGD)
We had our lunch at a random Cha Chaan Teng near the hotel. Ordered two main courses with two drinks. This costs 124 HKD. We went to 7-11 twice to get some snacks and beer. This added up to be 67 HKD. We went to a Taiwanese eatery in Mong Kok for our dinner. It costs 85 HKD for one meal set (one bowl of Noodle + two side dishes + 1 drinks) and one bowl of ala carte noodle. We also bought a bottle of mineral water from a random newspaper store. We had a bowl of curry fishball in Mong Kok too at 40 HKD.
Transport: 300 HKD (~55 SGD)
We bought two Octopus cards at 150 HKD/card (50 HKD deposit, 100 HKD value) from Airport Terminal.
Shopping: 360 HKD (~66 SGD)
The human bought a iPhone phone case at 50 HKD. Well it was supposed to be 69 HKD or something. We walked away and the store owner gave us a 19 HKD discount. It costs about 10 SGD on Taobao so we did fetch a good price. The human also bought 2 dresses at 200 HKD. Somehow managed to purchase a top and another outer for 90 HKD in Argyle Centre before we decided to go back our hotel.
We also purchased a foldable bag at 20 HKD. Nowadays, it is always good to have a foldable bag in the daily travel pack as most countries are not providing (or charging money) for plastic bags.
So much so from Mong Kok.
Gifts: 92 HKD (~17 SGD)
We bought some snacks from Koi Kei for the family. 3 boxes of them totalled up to 92 HKD.
Day 2: 1563 HKD (286 SGD)
Food: 647 HKD (~117 SGD)
We spent quite a bit on food today because we went to Tai-O. The BBQ seafood costs us 145 HKD (consists of 1x Scallop, 2x Small Abalone, 1x Tiger Prawn). We bought 3x of charcoaled snacks for 80 HKD (shrimps and fish). We paid 45 HKD for a bowl of sotong (very nice!) and curry fishball for 14 HKD.
Our lunch is settled at Mak’s Noodle. This costs us 112 HKD for two main courses. After that we went to 7-11 to get some snacks because we were still hungry. We bought two microwave food and two drinks at 37 HKD.
Before we leave Tung Chung, we chilled at a bar near the station with 2 frozen Kirin and 1 hotdog meal for 194 HKD. We bought some streets food at Causeway bay (can’t remember the price either).
We spent more than 633 HKD on food since we couldn’t remember the price for some.
Transport: 140 HKD (~25 SGD)
We took a boat ride to the middle of the sea at 40 HKD in Tai-O. We also top up 50 HKD each for our octopus card.
Shopping: 790 HKD (~133 SGD)
The human bought a shoes from New Balance from Causeway Bay at 790 HKD.
Gifts: None
Day 3: 500 MOP + 1476 HKD (~362 SGD)
Day 3 is special because we went to Macau. We spent 500 MOP and we didn’t keep track of what was spent on. Majority of the money was used to purchase items from Sasa, and some were used on food.
Food: 760 HKD (~142 SGD)
We had our breakfast at a dim-sum restaurant nearby for 200 HKD. Before we have gotten a bunch of MOP, we spent 27 HKD on Koi-Kei’s egg-tarts in Macau. When we were back in Hong Kong, we spent 106 HKD on streets food (BBQ items). We went to 7-11 and spent 56 HKD. We also bought some stuffs from supermarket for 47 HKD. We were afraid that we would be hungry so we also bought 餐蛋饭 and Condensed Milk Bun from Tsui Wah at around 120 HKD.
Transport: 716 HKD (~ 130 SGD)
We bought 2-way tickets to Macau.
Shopping: None
Gift: None
Day 4: 485 HKD (~ 88 SGD)
Food: 295 HKD (~ 54 SGD)
We had our lunch at Tsui Wah Restaurant for 147 HKD (2 main courses + 2 drinks). Then we had our dinner at Australian Diary Company for 148 HKD.
Transport: 100 HKD (~ 18 SGD)
We topped up another 50 HKD each for our octopus card in preparation to take the airport bus (33 HKD).
Shopping: None
Gift: 90 HKD (~ 16 SGD)
Purchased a top for the human’s friend at 40 HKD. Also bought another phone case for 50 HKD.
Day 5: 634 HKD (~ 115 SGD)
Food: 354 HKD (~ 64 SGD)
We had dim sum at a random place at 204 HKD. Then we had lunch at the airport for 150 HKD.
Transport: +120 HKD (+ ~21 SGD)
We refunded our octopus cards at airport terminal and received 120 HKD.
Shopping: None
Gift: 400 HKD (~74 SGD)
Brought some packs of snacks from two places for around 200 HKD. We also bought a few packets of snacks from airport. Can’t remember the exact price but it should be around 200 HKD.
What can We Learnt?
It seems like we don’t really control our expenses on food. We suspected we spent most of our money on food and beer. Normally, we cater about 100 SGD/day for our trips. It looks like it is nearly impossible to do so in Hong Kong since the price of the food is on a higher side. It is even more impossible to keep it to 100 SGD/day if we are traveling to Macau.
Hong Kong is a near enough place for a short getaway. However, it is an expensive place too! We thought that we might prefer to go for Bangkok if we are looking for a place to relax and chill.
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