How much spending money for 9 days in the south of France and Italy?

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I’m off to the south of France and Italy in the summer.

I’m away for nine days in total - but that’s including one travel day between France and Italy, and two days at the racing. So those are automatically cheaper days because I’ll take a picnic.

I’m staying in Airbnbs, and don’t plan on eating every meal out - I’ll try and do at least one a day at the apartment/packed to take with me. Whether that’s breakfast, lunch or dinner.

I think I’ll be taking about £1,000, plus £200 emergency spending money. Accommodation and all travel is paid for.

Is this enough?

YABU - you’ll need way more

YANBU - plenty

Food generally is cheaper than UK

If it's just you then £100 per day should be ample IMO.

It depends. Food in shops is more expensive than the UK. Eating out (including wine) is a little cheaper than the UK so it works out similar overall. And you don’t need to give big tips!

That seems a lot for one person! We did a week in Croatia for three of us, few meals out, days out to aquarium and Dino park and some sightseeing and went spent around £650 for 8 days.

I never understand these threads because there is no obvious answer. Some would spend more; some would spend less.
You don't really need to take "spending money" anyway - if you have credit and debit cards, they'll work fine in Europe - not like the olden days of taking travellers cheques 😂

The south of France and Italy are generally very expensive, meals out especially. However as you're not planning to eat out all the time and you're on your own, I think that's plenty. As others have said, bring a credit card in case you have something unpredictable to pay for. Have a lovely time, it's a wonderful part of the world!

Whereabouts SoF though? You can easily spend that in some of the big towns down there - beach front is always expensive. Go for Brasseries rather than Restos.

Also, find your local market for fresh food here https://marketsinfrance.com/french-market-day listed by Departement. I'm assuming you'll be in 83 Var or 06 Alpes Maritimes, possibly 13 BdR depending on where you start.