The ticket is the small part
Every site tells you what a seat costs. Nobody tells you what four people will actually spend in five days once you add hotel, food, autos and entry tickets.
The calculators
Trip Budget Planner
Hotel, food, autos and tickets for your group and your days.
Car Trip Cost Calculator
Petrol, toll and wear, plus when the car beats the train.
Train Fare Estimator
Class-wise fare range, from published railway rates.
Bus Fare Estimator
State bus and private operator fares, by distance.
Fuel Cost Calculator
Petrol, diesel, CNG and electric, side by side.
Highway Toll Calculator
Highway toll by distance, with the return discount.
Bus vs Train vs Car vs Flight
All four ways to travel, ranked by cost and time.
Group Trip Expense Splitter
Who owes whom, in the fewest possible payments.
Popular routes
| Route | Road | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi to Manali | 540 km | Hill station | Costs → |
| Delhi to Jaipur | 280 km | Desert / heritage | Costs → |
| Delhi to Agra | 233 km | Tier 2 city / town | Costs → |
| Delhi to Rishikesh | 240 km | Hill station | Costs → |
| Delhi to Nainital | 300 km | Hill station | Costs → |
| Delhi to Shimla | 350 km | Hill station | Costs → |
| Delhi to Amritsar | 450 km | Tier 1 city | Costs → |
| Delhi to Leh | 1010 km | Hill station | Costs → |
| Mumbai to Goa | 590 km | Beach destination | Costs → |
Where the money goes
Four people, five days in a hill station, decent hotel, normal eating. The tickets everyone argued about are under a fifth of the trip. Food alone is twice the travel cost, and almost nobody plans for it.
And the argument that actually has an answer
A car costs the same whether one person sits in it or five. A ticket is charged per head. So there is an exact number of people above which driving becomes cheaper. No travel website tells you this number.
Work it out for your route in the car trip calculator.
Guides
Car Se Jaayein Ya Train Se? The Number That Settles It
The argument before every road trip actually has an answer. It is one number.
The Ticket Is the Small Part: Where Trip Money Actually Goes
People plan a trip around the ticket price, then wonder where the money went.
Why We Estimate Fares Instead of Showing Live Ones
A precise looking number we cannot stand behind would be worse than an honest range.
Delhi to Manali Trip Cost: What 4 People Spend in 5 Days
The bus ticket is Rs 1,400. The trip is Rs 60,000. Here is the gap, filled in.
Goa Budget for 5 Days: Solo, Couple, Family and Friends
The same five days in Goa costs Rs 18,000 or Rs 90,000 per person. The difference is mostly when you go.
The Road Trip Costs Nobody Budgets For
People budget the petrol and then wonder why the trip cost double.
Sleeper or 3AC: What You Get for the Extra Money
3AC costs roughly twice sleeper. Whether that is worth it depends on the month more than anything else.
Why 3 People Pay More Each Than 4
If you are three and a fourth friend is undecided, your own cost goes down if they come.
Delhi to Ladakh Trip Cost: 4 People, 9 Days, Both Routes
Two of the nine days you are paying for are days you spend doing nothing. Leave them out and the whole budget is wrong.
How Tatkal Pricing Actually Works (It Is Not 30%)
Everyone says Tatkal is 30% extra. On a short journey it is nearer 75%, and on a very long one it is 24%.
EV Road Trip in India: The Money Is Settled, the Time Is Not
Running cost is not the argument any more. An EV wins it outright. What you are actually trading is hours.
Shift the Trip by One Week: What It Actually Saves
Half off the hotel sounds like half off the trip. It takes about a quarter off, and that is still the best lever you have.
Bangalore to Coorg: 265 km, Six Hours, and a Weekend Budget
It is 265 km and it takes six hours. Everything about planning this weekend follows from that one awkward fact.