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Hello!  Is it possible to have a two week self catering holiday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for £1100.Hello! Is it possible to have a two week self catering holiday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for £1100. 00? This is purely for food and petrol. What would be the the lowest amount to take to Pittsburgh? We are visitng family. I am trying to see if it possible or not, or whether we should just cut our losses and not go at all.  We are going at the end of July, the flights are fully paid for, half the accomodation for Pittsburgh is also paid for but due to variety of reasons, we don't have much time left to save spending money now. Thoughts please? Thank you.  
Hello!  Is it possible to have a two week self catering holiday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for £110

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That’s £550 a week for petrol and food. That’s quite a lot! Work out how much you would spend at home on food and it shouldn’t be much more than that. Their petrol is cheaper out there than here. Less than half the price I believe. You have more than enough  
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Also don’t forget £1100 is around $1350 ish
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@sepulchral My sister in law feeds 5 (2 adults, 3 children) on $200 a week and spends $50 a week on fuel, with school runs and work etc. So I want to make sure that the money we are planning to take, is sufficient. Thank you for your lovely comments  
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I would say that much for two weeks in the States for two people could be doable self catering if you ate basic, but only if you didn't really do anything that costs money ‍♀️ It would be a hard no if half the accommodation isn't paid for though. It was unclear whether that had to be factored in too.  
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If you need a week’s accommodation you could look at one of the chain ‘suite’ hotels as they will have rooms with small hob, microwave and fridge that you can cook with (eg: Springhill suites etc) - a lot of them have free breakfast so you can load up with some fruit and muffins for the day  
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Should be plenty, 2 of us went to NY/Nashville for 11 days in a sleep only hotel, took £1000 each, for food taxi n other bits n bobs.  
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