Coachella Calculator

[Courtney]

Also, a drinking option for "I get drunk and accidentally start buying rounds for everybody within earshot."

[Goatchella]

Also, a drinking option for "I get drunk and accidentally start buying rounds for everybody within earshot."

we should hang out =) ill buy the first round

[amyzzz]

hahaha at the lemonade questions. I never saw this before since I didn't go in 2011.

[Bus McRider]

This is helpful. It calculated around what I spent previously/was expecting to spend. Also, I just realized I should end up only spending about half that if I don't bring my whore ex-girlfriend like last year, so yay!

[Goatchella]

so/you'r done with her....and she's a whore?
lets see some pics

[NachoCat]

I give it 2.5 min until that your is corrected.

[Goatchella]

Cara is busy right meow....and they been slacking on the punctuation...I guess Ill fix.

[microcuts]

Don't really see why Gatorade/Pop(soda) are linked together. Certainly a Diet Coke will keep you far less hydrated than a Gatorade, despite the sugar content in both so I can't see a reason to lump them in the same category at all.

What's up with VIP showers? Do they seriously charge you to go to the front of the line? I'm doing El Dorado camping so that's probably not even going to be applicable, but WTF? That sounds like a complete waste of money. Just get up early and take a shower.

ETA: oh yeah, $247 was my total.

[NachoCat]

247 was my total as well. Completely not accurate. Id say I average about 500

[captncrzy]

Don't really see why Gatorade/Pop(soda) are linked together. Certainly a Diet Coke will keep you far less hydrated than a Gatorade, despite the sugar content in both so I can't see a reason to lump them in the same category at all.

What's up with VIP showers? Do they seriously charge you to go to the front of the line? I'm doing El Dorado camping so that's probably not even going to be applicable, but WTF? That sounds like a complete waste of money. Just get up early and take a shower.

ETA: oh yeah, $247 was my total.

There's no sugar in Diet Coke

[locachica73]

Also, a drinking option for "I get drunk and accidentally start buying rounds for everybody within earshot."

I do this too, so silly.

[Boourns]

It originally gave me a total of well over $300. I lowered the water amount since I'd be depending on refills and recycles most of the time and cut trips to the farmers market out of my budget.

This is pretty accurate. I've spent as high as over $300 and as low as $170.

The amount of money you should plan on bringing/spending is $240.50, including an extra buffer of $35.00 cash for emergencies and unforseen purchases ($205.50 without the buffer cash). View your supposed weekend receipt below:

Totals for the weekend:
Water: 3 each day ($2 each) (x3) - $18.00
Beer: 0 each day ($7 each) (x3) - $0.00
Cocktails: 0 each day ($12 each avg) (x3) - $0.00
Food/Meals: 3 meals a day (avg of $7.50 a piece) (x3) - $67.50
Fresh Lemonade: 0 each day ($5 each) (x3) - $0.00
Frozen Lemonade: 1 each day ($5 each) (x3) - $15.00
New Shirts: 1 new shirts ($25 each) - $25.00
New Hoodie: 0 new hoodie ($50 each) - $0.00
Total spent on old merch: $5.00
Vinyl at Zia Records: 2 total ($19.50 average price) - $39.00
Churros: 0 each day ($3 each) (x3) - $0.00
Soda: 1 each day ($4 each) (x3) - $12.00
New Poster: $0.00
VIP Showers: 1 each day ($5 each) (x3) - $15.00
Farmer's Market Total: $0.00
Caddie tips: $0.00
Del Taco trip: $9.00
Extra emergency cash that should be brought: $35.00

[NachoCat]

I do this too, so silly.

This is usually followed by me emptying my pockets in the morning to find nothing but 4-5 crumpled receipts. Followed by a "Never again" comment to myself.

[locachica73]

lol, yep, or the frantic search for my debit card, which I probably left at the bar and a quick call into the bank to see how much I spent.. $120 bar tab. WTF

[NachoCat]

I once paid over $70 just in atm fees in one night.

[Goatchella]

i like blow its.

[menikmati]

taking notes...

[dcbell05]

This reminds me of the time I was drinking with work peeps during happy hour. Needless to say, it was more than just one hour. By the end of the night, i was handing out all the money in my wallet to my staff and a few other co-workers for "cab" money so they would get home safe. Thankfully they weren't as drunk and most of them just slipped it back in my purse. Was so confused the next day to find my money all over my purse.

Probably didn't make a great impression on the interns. Ha ha ha.

[Goatchella]

At least there were no used condoms scattered inside the purse. At that point you have a drinking problem

[menikmati]

Okay, so one of the more requested features it seems to be having an option to include where you're traveling from. What country, and in the case of the US, what state. The issue is what should I do regarding average cost of that portion of the trip? Meaning, if you select the US, and say the state of Washington....my plan would be to have an option of whether you're driving or flying from there, and adding an average cost to your total (meaning the average cost of what it would be to drive from WA to and back, or roundtrip airfare). The problem is there is 50 states, how am I supposed to know the average roundtrip flight cost to SoCal for each one? Or the average cost of driving/roadtripping from any one of the states? What's the easiest option?

And I only want to use rough averages...so someone might argue, but flying from NYC costs different than flying from Buffalo....maybe so, but I'm not gonna get that into detail...I don't mind having one average cost for driving and flying for each state, but that's it. (I also plan on having this part be optional, so you don't have to include your traveling to your weekend total estimate if you don't want to)

[Goatchella]

That's the feedback you got from all of that?


I'm pretty sure everyone requested a drug cost/ dosage calculator

[menikmati]

That'll be included too

[TomAz]

You should also make an option for hotel instead of camping.

Although if you can afford to stay in a hotel you can probably do your own budget without the aid of a simplistic little 'calculator'.

[menikmati]

There will be a hotel option....and for the traveling section, I got that figured out too....right down to the type of vehicle you're traveling in, to how many people you're carpooling with.

[Goatchella]

Now were cookin with gas.


My whole motto is fuck it... Hit the polo fields and blow my whole budget!

[JebusLives]

That was your mom's motto too, when she was preggers.

[Goatchella]

Seriously... A mom joke? Lol

[menikmati]

I just need to figure out how to do the uhh..."experimental" section of the calculator...

[Goatchella]

Recreational substances.

Coachella isn't a Lab study

[kerby14]

free water by sahara was kinda crowded but not bad.

it seemed pretty bad to me..halfway thru friday we gave up on getting free water and just pounded waters at the campsite, brought empties in for a bottle here or there, and ate the 2 bucks otherwise