RECEIPTS.
Itemised.
This is not a free-Yugo grift. We've already paid €513 out of pocket and we're putting in another €2,000 of our own money before we leave. Donations bridge the gap to the actual trip cost. Here is every line.
- Plane tickets · Riga → Belgrade × 2
round trip, both passengers €220 - AirBnB Belgrade
4 nights, 26 – 30.06 €235 - Domain · yugotoriga.lv
1 year, via Latvian registrar €14 - Stripe · setup
verification, test transactions €12 - Spotify Premium · 1 month
needed for the donation-queue feature €12 - VPS server · current month
€10 / month · already running this site €10
- The Yugo itself
floor → Cabrio stretch €1,000 – 6,000 - EU import tax · 21% VAT
on the car's customs value, paid at Latvian registration €210 – 1,260 - Hotel nights · optional
€50/night × 0–7 nights, if budget allows €0 – 350
- Camping kit
2-person tent, 2 sleeping bags, mats, cookware, headlamps ~€200 - Power station
EcoFlow-class · powers speaker, phones, lights off-grid ~€200 - Speaker · with own battery
for Spotify queue in the car ~€50 - Sticker / shirt production
supporter names on car, or T-shirts if Plan B ~€100
- Agency middle-man
notary, deregistration, export plates, green card, JCI customs ~€250 - Fuel · 3,100 km
~8.5 L/100 km · €1.50/L regional avg ~€400 - Food, water, tolls, coffee
12 days × 2 people ~€600 - eSIM · music + GPS data
Spotify streaming + tracker phone uplink ~€20 - VPS server · 4 more months
€10/month · this site stays up after the trip €40 - Spotify Premium · 2 more months
€12/month · June + early July, then cancel €24 - Breakdown / repair buffer
when, not if ~€300
Numbers are real estimates, not aspirational. Fuel and food assumptions come from previous Baltic / Balkan road trips. The agency fee range is from quotes we've already received. Import VAT (21%) is paid at Latvian registration on the car's customs value — it scales with whatever Yugo we end up buying.
If the Yugo plan falls through (see Plan B), AirBnB and flights to Belgrade are sunk anyway. The rest covers a rental from Belgrade to Sofia, a couple of days with M., last-minute Sofia → Riga flights (~€150 each), and shirt printing for supporter names. Anything left becomes seed for next summer's attempt.
We bring our own money to the table — donations bridge the gap. If costs come in lower than estimated, the difference goes into the repair buffer. Yugos do not disappoint.