AN eight-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Asia cost NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay more than $51,000 of taxpayers' money, the opposition claims.
But the minister insists there were "no stretch limos for us".
Mr Gay, his chief of staff and Roads and Maritime Services chief executive Peter Duncan went on a trade mission to Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong in July this year.
Labor MP Walt Secord asked him in upper house question time on Tuesday how much of the $1000 plus spent on ground transport went on "limousines and other chauffeured vehicles".
Mr Gay replied that, to the best of his knowledge, they hadn't travelled anywhere in limousines.
"I attended 20 business meetings, two functions and several government meetings," he said.
"On the period we were away, we spent three nights sleeping in planes."
While in Singapore and Abu Dhabi, he said they used the consul-generals car, while in Hong Kong and Dubai they used hire cars.
"(There were) no stretch limos for us."
In a statement, Mr Secord later said My Gay owed it to country families to explain why he was undertaking expensive overseas travel when his government was slashing services in rural and regional areas.
He said the trip cost a total of $51,240.
"While I support official trade missions and study tours, this trip is clearly extravagant - and goes beyond what is expected from the NSW taxpayer," he said.
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