100k? Come on my friend. I am not a deep pocket person and used to have around 3 to 4 trips to North every year so can not spend much on a single trip.
Total trip cost was less than 50k including everything (every single item which we purchased even before going to trip, even can opener ), actually its 49413 Rupees which is quite less than I actually anticipated. My estimate was 60k.
Three factors
1. Own ride so didn't had to hire 4x4 which is normally a big expense. Would you believe total fuel cost from home to back home was just 13925 rupees while distance covered was 2179 km. Thanks to turbo intercooler engine.
2. Off season, hotels were empty, so accommodation was really really cheap. Stayed in good hotels but for nominal prices.
3. We brought home cooked food caned from Alfaisal Foods AlFaisal Foods and some dishes by FreshMate Freshmate – Ready to eat products from lahore, we had a small gas stove which we used to use for just heating the food. So 75% of the tims we had our own meals arrangement.
So these are the major expenses in any trip, transportation, accommodation and food. Lot of money can be leaked through any of these if can not be managed well.
Telenor works in almost all the areas we passed through.