Calculate the cost of a one-off trip
Planning a road trip, visiting family, travelling to an airport or simply driving somewhere for the day?
A fuel calculator can tell you approximately how much fuel you'll use. But the fuel bill isn't necessarily the complete cost of making the journey.
Depending on the vehicle and route, the wider cost can include fuel, maintenance, tyres, wear, depreciation and tolls. TrueTravelCost brings these factors together to provide an estimated overall journey cost.
What does your commute really cost?
Daily commuting is where small costs can become much more significant. Imagine your journey costs an estimated €18 each way. One journey doesn't necessarily sound significant, but if it is repeated every working day, the annual figure becomes much larger.
| Period | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| One journey | €18 |
| One day (return trip) | €36 |
| Five-day working week | €180 |
| 220 working days | €7,920 |
Frequency matters. The exact cost will depend on your vehicle, route, prices and assumptions, but repeated journeys add up quickly.
From one journey to a year of driving
TrueTravelCost can help you look at travel at different scales.
- One journey — What does this trip cost?
- Daily — What does my regular travel cost each day?
- Weekly — What does my routine cost over a week?
- Monthly — What does that add up to?
- Annual — What could my driving cost over a year?
This can be particularly useful when looking at commuting, regular business travel or high-mileage driving.
Fuel isn't the whole story
If your car uses 7 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres, that tells you something important about its energy consumption. It doesn't tell you everything about what those 100 kilometres cost.
Every kilometre also contributes to the use of tyres, maintenance and other vehicle-related costs. The vehicle may also lose value as mileage increases.
That's the reason behind TrueTravelCost: to look beyond the fuel pump and consider the broader cost of travelling by car.
Useful for more than commuting
The same approach can be used for many different types of journey.
- Daily work commutes
- School runs
- Airport transfers
- Weekend trips
- Holiday road trips
- Regular family journeys
- Business travel
- Long-distance visits
Planning a journey?
Enter your route and vehicle into the TrueTravelCost calculator to estimate what your journey could really cost.
Calculate your true travel cost