Spending Money for Teens??

disney4life2008

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For an 8 day vacation.. how much money per day would be good for two teenage boys (12 and 14) for food and spending money? I want to give a rough estimate to my sister as I have never taken children with me before. Thanks
 

sweetpee_1993

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If they're like my oldest, they'll eat a LOT! LOL! I've budgeted for my boys the same amount as we would spend for us to eat per day since they were 12. Just use the food budget you do for yourself. Spending money. That depends. Have they been before? Do you think they'll get into pintrading or Vinylmations? Used to we'd give our boys gift cards with anywhere from $200 - $300 for souvenir spending. Over the years they've been so much and the merchandise changed so little (or not for the better) to where they don't really want a whole lot anymore. Last trip my oldest spent his money on a pair of Oakley sunglasses (not a souvenir). The trip before that he got a WDW golf bag for his clubs. Our youngest (now 13) still does enjoy role-play type stuff. He'll spend his money bit at a time on pirate weapons, safari gear, pins, and the occasional Vinylmation. He comes home with loads of trinkets while his brother comes home with just 1 big thing. The spending money depends on the kids really. I've never really broken it down into how much per day because we have longer trips. I just give them a flat amount and they have to budget accordingly. When the money is gone, it's gone. The end. :wave:
 
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DisneyGigi

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I am not sure about food because we always do the dining plan but for spending money I give each of my teens around $200.00 for a ten day trip. We pay for any extra drinks/snacks and a few trinkets, hats & such that they may want plus probably 100.00 dollars or so for the arcade. I do not give it to them all at once though because it burns a hole in their pocket! We give it a little a day.
 
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