Want to go homecoming from Jakarta – Surabaya? This Cost Prepared!

Jakarta, Armfalcon.com – Entering the month of Ramadan, it’s not wrong to also prepare homecoming costs for Eid.

According to the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, the majority of travelers this year are from East Java. While the selected transportation is a private car.

For example, when going home to Surabaya, how much will it cost to travel by private car?

First, what needs to be prepared is the cost of servicing a private car for long trips in order to maintain safety while on the trip.

Now there are several parts that need to be checked or monitored, namely the engine, electricity, brakes, clutch for cars with manual transitions, and tires.

It is estimated that the cost of checking and servicing the car will cost Rp. 500,000 to Rp. 700,000.

Second, the toll fee from Jakarta to Surabaya that needs to be prepared in 2023 is IDR 727,500 for one trip. If you go back and forth, a fee of IDR 1,455,000 is required.

It’s better to set up a balance in electronic money or a card e-toll so that transactions at toll gates go smoother and don’t bother back and forth top up balance.

Third, money for meals during the trip is also needed either for heavy meals, snacks, or drinks. Also, prepare provisions when you get stuck so you can fill your stomach during the trip.

Normally the Jakarta-Surabaya trip can be reached by 12-15 hours of travel. This means that if you leave in the morning along the way there will be three heavy meals.

For example, the cost per person for heavy meals, snacks and drinks is IDR 100,000 per person. So for three meals required IDR 300,000 per person. If a family consists of four people, it will cost Rp. 1,200,000 for one way and Rp. 2,400,000 for round trip.

Of course provisions from home would be very good to reduce the cost of eating on the road.

Fourth, petrol costs necessary also need to be prepared. The distance from Jakarta to Suraya is based on the G applicationGoogle Maps about 782 kilometers. With an average consumption of 1 liter of gasoline for 10 kilometers, travelers need 78.2 liters.

If you use the Pertalite type, the cost of gasoline that must be prepared is IDR 782,000 one way and IDR 1,564,000 round trip.

Meanwhile, if you use Pertamax, the cost is IDR 1,040,060 one way and IDR 2,080,120 for round trip.

Total the costs required for family homecoming range from Rp. 2,710,000 to Rp. 3,200,000 one way from Jakarta to Surabaya.

However, if you go back and forth, the costs required for going home are around IDR 5,420,000 to IDR 6,400,000.

These costs, of course, can change depending on travel conditions, for example, if there is a traffic jam, of course, fuel consumption will be more wasteful and expensive. Therefore, it is also necessary to prepare a precautionary fund of 30% of the total estimated cost for going home.

As for the shoulders Homecoming flows are expected to occur on H-1, namely on Friday (21/4/2023), where it is predicted that there will be a movement of 17.7 million people. The increase in trips for homecoming is predicted to start increasing since D-3, Wednesday (19/4/2023).

For the peak of backflow, it is estimated to occur on D+2 Tuesday (25/4/2023) and it is predicted that the movement will still be quite high until D+3, Wednesday (26/4/2023).

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