Anyone else found your dollar doesn’t go as far anymore!

[Tweety1]

Originally Posted by Chilli-pepper

We were there mid December and my OH kept on saying he found the prices much more than before

Our first night 'essential' shop was $83:27 and this is what it bought in Publix

1 pack frozen sweet potato tots
1 pack frozen Garlic Texas toast
Pack of wheat biscuits
2 tubs ice cream
12 cooked chicken tenders (these alone were $21:31)
Pack of fresh coffee
Pack coffee filter papers
2 x large bottles of water
Pack of 6 beer
I carton of milk
I carton of tropical fruit drink
1 carton of orange juice
I loaf of cinnamon raisin bread
Small tub of coleslaw
Bottle BBQ sauce

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That’s really expensive but I always found shopping was! Sometimes it was cheaper to eat out (not so sure now tho!)

[Tweety1]

For all that have been what types of prices were you paying for meals at night

[Tweety1]

Originally Posted by megaflyer

Without any doubt I found prices in CVS and Ralphs had doubled since my last visit - I didn't buy anything to take home in Dec/Jan as prices back in UK were same or cheaper.

Also eating out in general (Uber and Lyft) more than twice for exactly the same I encountered in Jan 2020 as I cross checked my receipts. Same journey more than twice and same Martini in LuLu moved from $6 to $11 before tax and service

California made London seem cheap to me ...

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Oh no I want to go next year! It was expensive enough a few years ago!

[Chilli-pepper]

Originally Posted by Tweety1

For all that have been what types of prices were you paying for meals at night

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Just looked at a few receipts (no starters or deserts)


Outback 1 x beer 1 x soft drink and a main meal each - no starter or desert $46, one was a steak and one was a chicken dish

red lobster - 2 x soft drink one fish sandwich and one shrimp skewer main $46

Red Robin -(takeaway) one impossible burger and fries, one smoke and pepper burger and fries $30.86 (no drinks)

McDonalds breakfast 2 x breakfast meals $14.27

Olive Garden to go (no drinks) £39.54 for 1 x 5 cheese Ziti and 1 x Chicken tortellini Alfredo (this was 20.29) for a pasta meal


Arby's was $20 for 2 meal deals ie sandwich, drink and fries.

[ClaireNJ]

Oh dear we love shopping at the Outlets
Buy one get one half price @ Tommy Hilfiger & Converse
A&F usually have good deals too
I don’t mind paying the same as I do in the UK just as long as it’s a bit different, like design & colours
Just have to pace myself as I bought 8 pairs of exercise leggings in SF few years ago but then still had Vegas & Orlando to do 😳😳😳
I’ll have to talk to Hubbie again about our clothes budget

[captain-codeye]

We were there for 5 weeks from early December.

I spent 40% more than I was expecting, but not managing to get there for 2 years previously because of covid means I’m in profit😂😂

[EssexSue]

I'm sure Kendal Jackson Chardonnay has increased in price in the restaurants. It's the only thing I notice the price of. And I prefer Cupcake anyway.

[loldis]

Agree on the Uber prices. $30 round trip to Target which used to be $20, and Target itself was terrible. Not many empty shelves, it was the product range had decreased significantly compared to 2019. I had been tempted to do an Amazon order to the resort and wish I had in the end. Complete waste of money and time tbh.

I didn't even bother with the outlets as I don't tend to find much there anyway. But vlogs I've seen of the Disney one in particular put me right off, no bargains anywhere.

[Tweety1]

Originally Posted by loldis

Agree on the Uber prices. $30 round trip to Target which used to be $20, and Target itself was terrible. Not many empty shelves, it was the product range had decreased significantly compared to 2019. I had been tempted to do an Amazon order to the resort and wish I had in the end. Complete waste of money and time tbh.

I didn't even bother with the outlets as I don't tend to find much there anyway. But vlogs I've seen of the Disney one in particular put me right off, no bargains anywhere.

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I thought uber would go up as some are now switching to this rather than hiring a car - supply and demand
Wonder how much petrol is?

[Chilli-pepper]

Originally Posted by Tweety1

I thought uber would go up as some are now switching to this rather than hiring a car - supply and demand
Wonder how much petrol is?

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We paid between £3.09 - $3.29 per gallon depending on where we were.