I’m going to a 22 days July Experience summer program at Davidson College but I’m an international student so I have no idea how much personal spending money I should bring. The tuition covers all the room, board, and textbooks and student activities and meals. I believe extra spending money would include snacks and any extra shopping I might like to do. Of course, I eat snacks occasionally but not too into shopping or anything. But I have no idea what I might need to buy over the course of three weeks or how expensive things are in the US. We’ll be having lots of trips to Charlotte city but not sure what that would mean. Amusement parks and shopping centers maybe?
What’s the minimum personal spending money should I bring?
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$200? Depends on what the extra activities are and if you have to pay for them and how much you like shopping.
Student activities and trips are covered by the tuition. So extra activities would probably be things I wanna do in my free time on campus. Cinema or fine dining or snacks or buying toiletries. I dont really like shopping but I would love to bring some souvenirs for my family back home like little clothing or decorative items. Would probably eat a decent amount of snacks. Nothing else to spend on really. But again, I have no idea what I might need to buy or how expensive things are in the US.
I am thinking about taking $500 for the 3 weeks. What do you think?
Do you have a credit or ATM card? That gives you some flexibility if you don’t have enough cash (can charge to the credit card or get more cash with an ATM card — although there likeky would be fees involved). I put my kids on my credit card at about that age until they were old enough to get their own. But with strict rules on how they should use it.
I guess I’d send my kid with around $200 — that would cover a couple of t-shirts or a sweatshirt, pizza with friends, airport meals, etc.