More days
doing the thing.
A week on the mountain. A hundred dives. The trail you keep thinking about. Start with the adventure, then make the numbers work.
Scuba diving
More time below the surface.
Explore scuba diving ↗Hiking
Take the long way.
Explore hiking ↗Skiing
Build a life around winter.
Explore skiing ↗The number that matters: cost per day.
A cheap trip and a good-value adventure are not always the same thing.
Travel time, fixed costs and usable days change the equation. Use this small planning tool to see how the same budget changes when you spend more days doing what you came for.
Planning arithmetic, not a destination quote. Enter your own costs in one currency.
Guides for your next decision
MMTHow much does a year of diving cost?
A diving year line by line, priced from what dive shops, resorts, airlines and insurers listed in September 2026, with a two-year worksheet to rework with your own numbers.
MMTHow to budget for a hiking trip
Six named routes priced from the pages that sell them, a hut-to-hut worksheet you can copy, and the cancellation tiers that set what a change costs.
MMTWhat does a ski season actually cost?
Real 2026/27 prices from the pass sellers, the ski shops, the lesson desks and the letting agents, with a seven-day Colorado worksheet you can copy for any mountain.
MMTScuba certification cost, stage by stage
September 2026 prices from US dive shops for each stage of an Open Water course, from the eLearning to the last training dive, plus the fees that sit between them.
MMTBuying vs renting scuba gear: a break-even worksheet
A basic set of scuba gear pays for itself in 15 to 46 rental days, and the shop you would rent from moves that number more than the gear you choose.
MMTLiveaboard vs shore diving: compare the complete trip cost
Published prices from three liveaboards and two dive resorts, and one autumn 2026 week for two people priced line by line with what each price includes.
MMTDive package prices: how to compare what is included
Three published dive weeks on Bonaire, Roatan and San Salvador, set side by side by nights, dives, people, and the taxes and park fees that sit outside the price.
MMTDiving with your own gear: bag fees and rental tradeoffs
Bag fees, overweight rates and dive-shop rental menus side by side, so you know whether your own gear pays its way before it reaches the check-in scale.
MMTScuba diving insurance cost: prices and what to check
Printed prices, quote-only prices, and the lines on depth, territory, deductibles and claims that decide what a premium buys.
MMTSki pass break-even: calculate the days you will actually use
Four resorts and two multi-resort passes, priced on 13 September 2026, and a worksheet that counts the days a pass would really cover.
MMTSki rental vs buying: what changes after the first season?
The day count where each choice stops paying, from day rates, season rentals and a complete kit priced on three shops' own pages on 20 September 2026.
MMTA first ski holiday budget: lessons, equipment and lift access
The prices Breckenridge publishes for beginner lessons and lift access this season, the two learning areas a first-timer actually uses, and a worksheet that adds them up.
MMTHut-to-hut hiking costs: beds, meals and booking terms
At the Wiesbadener Hütte in Austria, dinner and breakfast cost more than five times a member's dormitory bed: the 2026 prices behind a hut night in the Alps and New Zealand, and what cancelling late costs.
MMTGuided vs self-guided hiking: compare what the fee buys
One Scottish trail priced both ways for 2027 and cross-checked with a second operator: the day-by-day stages, what each price leaves out, solo costs and cancellation tiers side by side, plus the places where a Nation's rules decide for you.
MMTA beginner hiking gear budget: buy, borrow or rent?
Prices for a first day-hike kit from the sellers' own sites on 13 September 2026, with a buy, borrow or rent answer for every item and the rental terms that change the bill.
MMTNational park passes: calculate your break-even by visitor category
The 2026 pass prices, the entrance fee at all eleven nonresident-fee parks, and a four-column worksheet that shows which side of break-even your trip lands on, down to the $220 a nonresident pair keeps on a week in Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
MMTPoint-to-point hiking: budget your return from the finish
The Routeburn's two ends sit 325 km apart by road: what four point-to-point hikes charge to close that gap, and the order to book it in.
MMTCamping vs huts: compare the full overnight hiking budget
What the Department of Conservation charges for a bunk and a tent site on New Zealand's Routeburn Track, and how many nights of camping it takes to pay off the gear.
MMTA dive refresher course budget after time away
Eight dive centres' own September 2026 prices, from a $50 pool evening to a $299 day with two guided reef dives, and the six questions that tell you which quote is the cheap one.
MMTSki lessons: private vs group costs and booking conditions
A private ski lesson turns cheaper than group places at six people at Breckenridge and at four at Whistler Blackcomb, with prices read at four schools on 20 September 2026.
MMTSeasonal ski housing: deposits, utilities and minimum stays
Season prices for three Chamonix properties, the deposit rules in France and British Columbia, and a worksheet that keeps the cash you need apart from the money you spend.