Spending money for Sharm el Sheikh?

Hi Dark Moomin,

We went to Sharm last august- we didn't take a lot of extra money with us, probably only about £100 or so but in hindsight we should of taken a bit more than that! We went quad biking and i think that that cost about £30 each. We took egyptian pounds with us but also sterling as the tour guides accept £'s and we tipped with £1 coins in the hotel restaurants.

We loved sharm so i'm sure you will have a fab time!! x

I went to sharm last September and hopefully going again this October. I took £500 with me and came back with about £400 (going towards the next holiday!)

We booked out trips with a seller just along from our hotel. There was a huge difference in price between them and the reps. We went quad biking for less than £20 each and that was with a private guide. So when we turned up there were the 3 of us and the guide going off in our little group and then dozens and dozens all stuck together going at a snails, so much better and cheaper.

While I was there we looked at going to Cairo and it was going to be around £100.

We also went to St Catherine's monastry which we all really enjoyed, I think that was around £25, a brilliant day, again booked through the same seller and we had the best guide possible.

We went to the hard rock cafe a couple of times, fantastic as always, food very cheap, drinks about the norm for there.

As most of the hotels are all inclusive you really wont need anything for food and drink unless you go outside the hotel.

Soho square we didn't get round to doing but it was cheap to catch a taxi there.

Hi we went 2 years ago, and spent £1000, between 2 of us, but for that we went on a snorkelling trip, quad biking, and to St Catherines Monastery. We also ate out about 7 out of the 14 nights as my OH is veggie and got fed up of the all inclusive food. There's not much to buy only the usual souvenir camels/scarves etc, so if you arent planning on many trips, £500 should be plenty.

Thanks everyone!

Sorry for not replying sooner (forgot I had posted here!)

I have budgetted £500 and we will have more available if we need it I think.