Budget Travel Costs of 94 Cities around the World
Inspired by the recent Mercer HR study on the living costs of popular cities around the world, World’s Most Expensive Cities: June 2007, I decided to put together a similar study for budget travelers. The Mercer study looks at the cost of living for expats around the world, in order to determine which are the most expensive cities. I, on the other hand, was more interested in finding out how expensive various cities around the world are for budget travel. So, I made up a simple formula that I could then use to compare the cost of budget accommodation and inexpensive local meals of 94 different cities around the world. The formula is only based on these two variables, and provides a value that I call the “Budget Cost/Day” of a city. Below is a more detailed description of the two variables:
- The cheapest private, double occupancy room that I could find in each city. (I used private rooms, as they were the most commonly available accommodation options I found across the board. This does not mean that these are the cheapest of all accommodation options, as a dorm style accommodation is certainly less expensive when available. However, for comparison purposes it made more sense to just look at private rooms.)
- The price of a cheap local meal in each city, multiplied by 2. Meant to represent the cost of two meals per day.
Obviously, there are many other travel expenses that I didn’t consider, such as transportation costs, site-seeing fees, bars/clubs, etc. Unfortunately, with my limited resources, I am simply unable to take on a more comprehensive survey. However, I still think this study provides an interesting look at the wide range of travel costs throughout different parts of the globe.
All expenses displayed below have come from either my personal experiences, information provided by traveling friends of mine, HostelBookers.com (accommodation prices), HostelWorld.com (accommodation prices), and the Lonely Planet World Guide (cheap meal prices).
Important - Please Note:
The main goal of this survey is to provide an idea of how each travel destination ranks internationally in terms of costs to the budget traveler. The following costs for accommodation and food reflect that absolute cheapest available option in each destination. The survey does not account for transportation, site-seeing, or even the most basic of luxuries (an occasional beer, souvenirs, or even a cup of coffee). The budget cost/day is simply a variable that I used for comparison purposes.
Please DO NOT assume that a trip to any of these destinations will be as inexpensive as the budget cost/day variable my imply. In general, the most budget minded travelers will likely spend between 150%-200% of the budget cost/day for each destination listed below. Less budget minded travelers will probably spend even more.
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| # | City: | Country: | Budget Cost/Day: | Accom: | Meals: |
| 1 | Vangvieng | Laos | $4.25 | $3.25 | $0.50 |
| 2 | Goa | India | $4.50 | $3.50 | $0.50 |
| 3 | New Delhi | India | $5.50 | $4.50 | $0.50 |
| 4 | Bangalore | India | $6.00 | $5.00 | $0.50 |
| 5 | Bangkok | Thailand | $6.23 | $3.73 | $1.25 |
| 6 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | $6.86 | $5.00 | $0.93 |
| 7 | Quito | Ecuador | $7.00 | $5.00 | $1.00 |
| 8 | Phom Penh | Cambodia | $7.00 | $3.00 | $2.00 |
| 9 | Bali | Indonesia | $7.16 | $6.50 | $0.33 |
| 10 | Asuncion | Paraguay | $8.00 | $4.00 | $2.00 |
| 11 | Kathmandu | Nepal | $8.29 | $3.67 | $2.31 |
| 12 | Beijing | China | $8.50 | $6.50 | $1.00 |
| 13 | La Paz | Bolivia | $8.90 | $4.90 | $2.00 |
| 14 | Cairo | Egypt | $9.84 | $4.62 | $2.11 |
| 15 | Shanghai | China | $10.00 | $8.00 | $1.00 |
| 16 | Nairobi | Kenya | $10.38 | $8.00 | $1.19 |
| 17 | Accra | Ghana | $10.50 | $8.50 | $1.00 |
| 18 | Havana | Cuba | $11.32 | $7.00 | $2.16 |
| 19 | Bogota | Colombia | $11.97 | $9.97 | $1.00 |
| 20 | Lima | Peru | $12.00 | $8.00 | $2.00 |
| 21 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | $12.44 | $6.06 | $3.19 |
| 22 | Taipei | Taiwan | $12.46 | $9.42 | $1.52 |
| 23 | Sofia | Bulgaria | $12.53 | $9.77 | $1.38 |
| 24 | Panama City | Panama | $13.00 | $9.00 | $2.00 |
| 25 | Managua | Nicaragua | $14.00 | $11.00 | $1.50 |
| 26 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | $14.00 | $10.00 | $2.00 |
| 27 | Cusco | Peru | $14.00 | $10.00 | $2.00 |
| 28 | Santiago | Chile | $15.00 | $9.00 | $3.00 |
| 29 | Oaxaca | Mexico | $16.55 | $12.55 | $2.00 |
| 30 | San Jose | Costa Rica | $17.00 | $11.00 | $3.00 |
| 31 | Salvador | Brazil | $17.18 | $12.00 | $2.59 |
| 32 | Guadalajara | Mexico | $17.52 | $13.52 | $2.00 |
| 33 | Hong Kong | China | $17.95 | $15.95 | $1.00 |
| 34 | Jerusalem | Israel | $18.00 | $12.00 | $3.00 |
| 35 | Lusaka | Zambia | $18.50 | $16.50 | $1.00 |
| 36 | Mumbai | India | $18.84 | $17.84 | $0.50 |
| 37 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | $19.00 | $15.00 | $2.00 |
| 38 | Istanbul | Turkey | $19.56 | $15.00 | $2.28 |
| 39 | Prague | Czech Republic | $19.76 | $14.12 | $2.82 |
| 40 | Mexico City | Mexico | $20.09 | $16.09 | $2.00 |
| 41 | Cape Town | South Africa | $20.66 | $15.00 | $2.83 |
| 42 | Singapore | Singapore | $20.81 | $16.91 | $1.95 |
| 43 | Osaka | Japan | $21.13 | $12.63 | $4.25 |
| 44 | Minsk | Belarus | $22.00 | $20.00 | $1.00 |
| 45 | Toronto | Canada | $22.10 | $14.60 | $3.75 |
| 46 | Tokyo | Japan | $22.19 | $13.19 | $4.50 |
| 47 | Sao Paolo | Brazil | $22.66 | $17.48 | $2.59 |
| 48 | Kiev | Ukraine | $23.00 | $21.00 | $1.00 |
| 49 | Budapest | Hungary | $23.62 | $18.14 | $2.74 |
| 50 | Seoul | South Korea | $24.07 | $19.09 | $2.49 |
| 51 | Sarajevo | Bosnia-Hercegovina | $24.36 | $17.44 | $3.46 |
| 52 | Kyoto | Japan | $26.50 | $18.00 | $4.25 |
| 53 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | $27.07 | $21.89 | $2.59 |
| 54 | Belgrade | Serbia | $29.02 | $23.02 | $3.00 |
| 55 | Warsaw | Poland | $29.26 | $22.08 | $3.59 |
| 56 | Melbourne | Australia | $29.63 | $21.13 | $4.25 |
| 57 | Auckland | New Zealand | $30.61 | $19.77 | $5.42 |
| 58 | Lisbon | Portugal | $32.54 | $24.42 | $4.06 |
| 59 | San Francisco | United States | $33.00 | $25.00 | $4.00 |
| 60 | Montreal | Canada | $33.50 | $26.00 | $3.75 |
| 61 | Rome | Italy | $33.84 | $20.30 | $6.77 |
| 62 | St. Petersburg | Russia | $33.90 | $27.90 | $3.00 |
| 63 | Los Angeles | United States | $34.00 | $26.00 | $4.00 |
| 64 | Marrekech | Morocco | $34.04 | $28.00 | $3.02 |
| 65 | Sydney | Australia | $34.91 | $26.41 | $4.25 |
| 66 | Florence | Italy | $35.16 | $21.62 | $6.77 |
| 67 | Bratislava | Slovakia | $35.47 | $29.03 | $3.22 |
| 68 | Quebec City | Canada | $35.50 | $28.00 | $3.75 |
| 69 | Chicago | United States | $36.50 | $28.50 | $4.00 |
| 70 | Berlin | Germany | $36.53 | $25.71 | $5.41 |
| 71 | Athens | Greece | $37.26 | $23.72 | $6.77 |
| 72 | Paris | France | $37.89 | $27.07 | $5.41 |
| 73 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | $38.72 | $36.00 | $1.36 |
| 74 | Moscow | Russia | $38.99 | $30.99 | $4.00 |
| 75 | Vienna | Austria | $39.82 | $29.00 | $5.41 |
| 76 | Madrid | Spain | $39.98 | $29.16 | $5.41 |
| 77 | Manchester | England | $42.16 | $30.12 | $6.02 |
| 78 | Nice | France | $42.32 | $31.50 | $5.41 |
| 79 | Boston | United States | $43.00 | $35.00 | $4.00 |
| 80 | Washington DC | United States | $43.00 | $35.00 | $4.00 |
| 81 | Stockholm | Sweden | $43.14 | $32.90 | $5.12 |
| 82 | New York | United States | $44.00 | $35.00 | $4.50 |
| 83 | Marseille | France | $44.65 | $33.83 | $5.41 |
| 84 | Milan | Italy | $46.02 | $32.48 | $6.77 |
| 85 | Brussels | Belgium | $46.54 | $33.00 | $6.77 |
| 86 | Helsinki | Finland | $48.04 | $37.22 | $5.41 |
| 87 | Barcelona | Spain | $48.42 | $34.88 | $6.77 |
| 88 | Munich | Germany | $48.71 | $37.89 | $5.41 |
| 89 | Edinburgh | Scotland | $53.35 | $41.31 | $6.02 |
| 90 | Oslo | Norway | $55.12 | $44.94 | $5.09 |
| 91 | Dublin | Ireland | $56.25 | $48.13 | $4.06 |
| 92 | Copenhagen | Denmark | $62.79 | $50.05 | $6.37 |
| 93 | London | England | $63.67 | $51.62 | $6.02 |
| 94 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | $67.67 | $54.13 | $6.77 |
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Excellent overview - you have a nose for a bargain! From what I can see, it’s right on the money (excuse the pun…)
Goodluck, and I look forward to checking out more of these articles
Hi Nath, thanks for your kind words. I am glad you found the article useful!
Fantastic overview, has given me a few ideas on where to go next!
So Mosco is on the most expensive AND the least expensive lists? Both lists suck if that’s the case.
Costas -
As I stated in the introduction to the survey, the Mercer HR study looks at cost of living for expat workers living around the world.
My list is an overview of all popular cities around the world for travel, and their associated budget travel costs. Moscow ranked 74th on my list which does make it one of the more expensive on the list. However, it is not the most expensive as it is in the Mercer HR study, because I looked at different factors than the Mercer HR does. I looked at the cost of “budget travel” while the Mercer HR looked at the cost of “living” (at an internationally high standard).
I’m sorry you were confused.
I would remark that Lima and Cuzco Peru prices are more than you have listed here… That is, that you can find accomodations and food at those prices you’ve listed, but you will do so only in very poor barrios of the city, and thus significantly dangerious places for most people to go.
As well, in many places in South America you will automatically be charged double or triple what local prices are simply because because you are a gringo tourist… I have experience living in Cuzco and Lima and traveling all over Peru, Bolivia and Argentina since 1999… I can tell you that Cuzco has gotten rediculous and more expensive every year, I won’t live there any more. The costs of everything just keep going up - especially the tours and transportation. You can still get better deals during the slow/rainy season but over all your budget ( hostel/dorm type )accomodations in scary places will run you 10 to 12 usd.
With alot of searching, or knowing someone there you may be able to find something better. Same goes for Lima, you can find places at these prices, but is it worth risking having all your stuff stolen?
Bill -
Thanks for the tip, I will look into this and try to update the survey with more accurate information for Lima and Cuzco. I very much appreciate the help!
about : number 83 “Mersailles”
Either it is :
- Versailles (close to Paris)
- Marseille (South East of France)
Very nice website anyway - and please go on with more articles !
Romz
Romz -
Good eye, thank you. #83 is meant to be Marseille, in Southern France. I made the change on the list.
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It might have been possible to get a cheap meal in Buenos Aires for $2 a few years ago after the crash (and when the Lonely Planet Guide was, I think, last updated), but not remotely possible anymore, unless you’re talking about grabbing a ham and cheese sandwich on the run - figure you’re looking at more like $4-5 minimum at lunch and $6-7 at dinner - and that’s really pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel for food. Cheapest hotel I know in the city with actual private rooms charges about $20 a night - even the hostels with dorm rooms here charge more than $10 a night these days. And, like Bill noted above, sometimes you get charged more here just based on that you look like you should have more money, or based on where your passport is from…
Funny, because I was just in both Bombay and Delhi and I was surprised that the prices were so high when it came to accommodation. It was possible to stay in a seedy hostel with a single room for about $10 - $25 a night, but if you wanted anything remotely secure and clean it was closer to $35 a night. Forget 4 and 5 star hotels, they are as expensive as they are in the US.
Dan and Jerad -
Thank you for your comments, but I think you may have missed the real budget opportunities on your recent trips. As I try to point out as much as possible on this site, traveling in developing countries is not as easy as just logging onto the internet or opening a guidebook to find the best deals. You have to talk to the locals, and really learn about the place you are visiting.
This survey looks at the budget cost of travel, for travelers who live at the local level. Accommodations in basic (though safe), family-run, backpacker hostels, and basic (though sanitary) meals from local eateries.
For Buenos Aires, the original figure of $6.50/night for accommodation is a little low. However, it is still possible to find a room for $10 a night (probably a little less), check out Alkimista Hostel (website quotes $8.50/person for a double room, though current prices are now closer to $10/person). Meals can also be found in local eateries for around $2, nothing special, just rice, veggies, and meat. I cannot provide a website, but this is based on information given to me from friends I have living there (I am currently based in Quito, Ecuador, so it is not very far away). I will change the list to reflect the new price of accommodation for Buenos Aires
In India much like China, despite it’s recent prosperity, the vast majority of Indians still survive on a couple of dollars a day. This means that cities such as Delhi are still quite capable of supporting travelers at an extremely low cost. See the Smyle Inn in Delhi, which offers private, double rooms for 220 Rupees, a little over $5.00 per night.
List has been updated with increased costs for:
#20 Lima, Peru: $12.00 (daily), $8.00 (accom), $2.00 (meal)
#26 Buenos Aires, Argentina: $14.00 (daily), $10.00 (accom), $2.00 (meal)
#27 Cusco, Peru: $14.00 (daily), $10.00 (accom), $2.00 (meal)
That’s a good list, though as you’ve noted, transport costs can play havoc with a budget, so the above is a little deceptive about what it would really cost to spend long in any of the above. As a side I’d say your food cost for Phnom Penh is high — especially when compared to Bangkok and/or Ho Chi Minh City.
Nice blog!
Good point Stuart, there certainly are many other factors that will drive prices up for each of these locations. The hope with the list is that additional expenses such as transport will be proportionate to the costs of accommodation and food. In other words, if accommodation and meals are cheap, I expect that transportation will also be cheap.
The overall point of this list is more to provide a guide as to which cities are the cheapest, and which are the most expensive, not to calculate exact costs of travel for each city, as that would be a much more complicated task. Perhaps a task that we, the budget traveling community, could take on in the future, but not one that I can accomplish on my own.
Excellent job you have done compiling this list and working to keep it accurate. Best of all things in your travels.
$4.00 for 2 meals in Los Angeles? Only if you consider dirt and a soda a meal!
YOU’RE INSANE - The figure is $4.00 per meal. Two meals would be $4 + $4 = $8.00. Which is quite doable in LA.
Nice review. However, you might want to check your geography as Bogota is in Colombia not in Cuba
Thanks JC, I think that was a typo made when I recently did a little reorganization of the list after modifying the costs for Lima, Peru. Thanks for the heads up, I’ve changed it back to Colombia.
with the recent changes in the exchange rate for the thai baht, your figures are incorrect for bangkok. you need to add about 25% to the figures for bangkok. a year ago, the exchange rate was 42 to 1. it is now about 30 to 1.
7.00 usd accomodation in havana??? You must be joking…. it would be nice to know where about.
Jerry - I had actually suspected that my figures for Bangkok are too low… I will look into this further, and will probably raise the figures for Bangkok slightly.
Juncal - As I conceded in my description of the survey, I cannot guarantee that every figure and every cost in this survey is dead-on. If you feel that a piece of information is inaccurate a much more HELPFUL comment would be to say “I have a lot of experience traveling in Havana, and have never found accommodation for less than $____ as in hostel ____.” That way I can check the information and make the survey more accurate for yourself and other users.
Isn’t it too bad that all people seem to notice are any mistakes or shortcomings of your work? I bet these people have never done any of the work associated with a project even comparable to this, and for them to criticize is simply absurd. I found your list helpful.
Jennifer - Haha, yes, I suppose it’s the unfortunate price of fame… Thanks for your words of encouragement, they ARE nice to hear on occasion!
May you share with us what you ate in Singapore?
Sounds quite incredible with that amount of $$!!
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Can you or someone give me opinions which is the lowest cost of living to study (in university) but still get the good quality of education especially in Information Technology? I’m considering Adelaide in Australia, Wellington in New Zealand ot Ottawa in Canada. Pls help me give some suggestions. Thank you so much.
Great list as a reference. But perhaps adding a “seedy factor” would make it more useful. While under $10 a night is amazing these days, but only if you live long enough to actually walk to and from your “discount” hotel.
I really like this. Thanks for all the work you’ve done. I’d be curious how you managed to find a place to sleep AND eat for $44 in NYC. I have friends who are always lookinf for budget accomodations. The cheapest I’ve ever been able to find is in a fleabag with a shared bathroom at $125.
Thanks again!
What a great page! Thanks for putting this together.
I don’t know how you’ve figured some of these costs. Some seem extremely low. I travel to Prague qute often and I doubt seriously that one can spend only $14.12/night on a room and $2.82/meal! The average running price for a hotel in Prague in LOW season is 120-140 euros/night. Food can be inexpensive if you stick to street vendors or cheap bistros/pubs, but generally expect to pay upwards of $15.00 for dinner. Breakfast/lunch can always cost less because many travelers don’t bother (big mistake IMO)! One might be able to find a less costly appartment for rent and then shop for their own food…but that takes some of the fun out of getting out and mixing it up with the local populace. Still, Prague is a greta place to visit - you just need to shop around first.
Shawn in NYC -
For cheap accommodations in NYC check out:
http://www.jazzhostels.com/jazzonthepark.html
http://www.wanderersinn.com/west/index.asp
http://www.hinewyork.org/rooms.shtml
As said before these hostels are certainly not top of the line, and will most will probably categorize them as “flea-bag”, but they offer a bed to sleep in and are cheap.
MikeKam -
For cheap accommodations in Prague check out:
http://www.applehostel.cz/index.html
http://www.hostelmarabou.com/
Having just come back from Copenhagen and Oslo, I would be interested how one person could get anywhere near 2000 calories a day at the prices stated. A Big Mac w/o anything else was over $6.
I stayed @ that Wanderer’s Inn in NYC last winter when I was looking for a job. OMG what a dump. You can only stay five nights or something in NYC hostels so I had to keep schlepping my pack all over town on the subway. Luckily, I found a job in Boston and saved every penny.. Now I’m off again, hoping to leave the US for good and live in a civilized country.
You should have done much much much more research before posting this survey. All of your defenses are excuses for mis-information and I knew this list was bogus as soon as I saw San Francisco, LA, and NYC up there. My boyfriend has traveled to more than half of the cities on your list and is a minimalist when it comes to accommodations and food. He stopped reading your list about 1/4 through due to lack of credibility. In my opinion, if you’re going to publish something like this as a valid resource for travelers you need to do much more research, include many more variables, and personally check out as many as possible, if not all. You should re-evaluate your list and re-post if you come up with a more credible and valuable evaluation method.
As someone who has spent the last 10 years living the vagabonding lifestyle, I have to say that this survey is pretty dead-on. Thank you very much for going to all the work to put it together, any please don’t pay attention to all the “nay-saying” commentators that honestly don’t know what they are talking about.
Evan Jackson: You should be able to find $5-$6 meals in Copenhagen and Oslo. Stay out of McDonalds and check out more locally run establishments / cafes.
Big Sheikh: Good luck on your quest to find a “civilized country”
Natalie: Why don’t you tell me the particular destinations you think are inaccurate. The survey was quite “well-researched” and in general is very accurate and credible.
James: Thanks very much! I’ll keep you words in mind!
I agree, great report!
Thanks for all the hard work!
Thanks so much. Your report is invaluable. I really appreciate it because it gives me a general “feel” for the cost of staying in different cities, etc. I was wondering if you have any information on Myanmar/Burma. I will be traveling there soon and am wondering how cheap/expensive it might be? Thanks!
Dolores:
I did not include Myanmar/Burma on the survey as I basically couldn’t get any reliable, up-to-date information on travel costs. As you may know Burma has been plagued by heavy inflation over the last decade as well as chronic mismanagement by it’s military government. The country is making (and has made) some VERY questionable human rights and political moves, which makes their economic future hard to predict.
In the past, Burma has been on par (cost-wise) with other SE Asian countries like Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. I would expect them to continue at roughly the same cost-level, perhaps a little more expensive to account for lack of efficiency, foreign investment, and trading partners.
Again, this is just an educated guess, but I would expect them to fall in around the 10-15 spots.
Hope this helps!
Thanks for the general info. I was surprised not to see any cities in Honduras listed. I have traveled to many cities there on under $20/day– and that includes everything: sightseeing, food, lodging, transportation, even drinks. You can find beautiful Caribbean-side lodging for under $5 and delicious local food for under a dollar. If you get the chance, it is a beautiful and affordable country to visit.
Angelina: You are very right, Honduras is a beautiful and inexpensive country. The only reason it wasn’t included in the survey is that I had a hard time finding up to date information on cheapest accommodations. However, I will definitely include it in the next release of this survey. Thanks for your comment!
what kind of meal u eat in Kuala lumpur that costs over $3 ?
a 3piece KFC is just about $2.50
imagine hawkers’ prices.
i really hope you have more time to travel so you’ll do even better survey, while other ppl often sell ‘books’ for these kind of tips.
great job !
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4 bucks for 2 meals in melbourne?
Well, if 4 small pizza slices constitute your daily
food intake, then okay….
Your list is quite interesting. In the past year I have been to several of the cities you mentioned. I find your numbers for accommodation to be a bit high and for food to be a bit low. For example, you have Amsterdam at $54 for a room and about $7 for two meals. In March 2007 I found a room for $30 but was paying at very least $9 for one basic meal (I admit that $9 means a meal in a restaurant; I mostly eat by going to a grocer and buying fresh fruit, cheese, salami, bread, etc (it is sooo much cheaper and actually better!)… In Goa India (which isn’t a city, but a state!) your accommodation prices are about right but your meals for 50 cents are ridiculous! I was there in April 2007 (went to India directly from Europe) and a meal was at least two dollars. A really good, large meal at a nice, clean place was 9 dollars (that includes a couple bottles of beer though)… As another example, your prices for Managua, Nicaragua also seem to follow the same pattern. You have $11 for accommodation and $1.50 for meals. It has been 3 years since I have been there, but I had a very nice room for $6 while meals were at least double what you say ($3 for a filling meal of basic stuff; $9 for some really excellent food at a nicer place). Sorry if you think I am being nitpicky, I just wanted to share what my personal experiences have been. I encourage everyone to go travel the world, and not worry if you don’t have much money. I have met many people who spend hundreds of dollars per night to stay in a upscale resort while I was just a few blocks away paying five dollars per night and having a better time!
Holy crap, I have been look for information like this for sometime. I always wondered how much it would really cost in many cities that I want to visit. I just found your site and have been soaking up all your great posts. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for putting together this great list. Obviously many people who’ve commented on your work after kinda-sorta reading it have missed the point entirely. There’s not much point in getting hung up on whether a meal in Goa costs 50 cents or 2 dollars. Just like anywhere else, some places in Goa will be more expensive than others and some people will be better at finding (and negotiating) bargains than others. What’s more, prices always rise, even in (indeed, especially in) developing countries.
The real value in this list is to give an idea of the *relative* costs of these cities, so that people who are traveling can say to themselves: “I’m currently in Country X, but thinking about going to Country Y; I wonder how much more/less I’ll have to budget for my largest daily expenditures (lodging and food) once I get there…” For that purpose, even if this list was nothing more than compilation of costs out of Lonely Planet (and it clearly is much more than that), it would be valuable.
The key is to keep it updated, using constructive comments/observations/corrections from people who are actually out in the field right now (not comments along the lines of “well, I was in Country Y ten years ago, and hotels were twice as expensive then, but of course, I have to sleep between satin sheets every night, so my figures may be a little high…”). Keep up the good work!
Great job!
Thanks
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As someone who has lived/traveled in Greece for 10 years and knows a few things about finding a bargain with inside connections (I’ve authored a travel guide), there’s no way one can find a room for less than 50 euros, unless staying in a remote village. Seriously, that figure is unrealistic.
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what an amazing list. just what i was looking for. thank you SO much for your hard work.
I am sort of shocked where Toronto is on the list. Being from Canada and having been to many cites on your list I can tell you right away that Montreal is WAY cheaper than Toronto, just type it in google what place is cheaper.
I wouldn’t at all agree with that Toronto is affordable, its very expensive to travel there.
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I’m curious about Auckland and to a lesser extent Melbourne. Food in Auckland is pretty damn overpriced and I hate to imagine what kind of food you’d get at that price. Bar a bowl of home cooked rice I doubt it could be done.
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I found it very Interesting and informative site .Very useful for budget travellers too.I really appreciate you for your efforts put into a survey to such extent which surely would benefit budget travellers worldwide.Pls. carry on your good job.I have a trip plan with my family to France and britain in a few months.it would be immensely helpful for me if u make a further survey in your next blog about cheap airtickets,hotels and fähre tickets of fähre england
HOw could those that compiled this list ignore the great cities
of the Philippines? They are fun and MUCH cheaper than most listed
here….and VERY CHEAP and wonderful beach resorts are nearby.
Hello Rob Myers,
I cannot believe how ’smart ass’ people are? Is it an american thing or all people around the world infected?
Anyway, I would like to thank you for your excellent blog!! I think it ties in well, since many people have observed that the traditional low cost travel books are drying up. This is amazing, since more people travel now, but we seem to have less information. We end up relying on these 3 party agents, such as hostel world, hostel.com, etc… whose information is not as accurate or nearly accurate as yours.
I hope that like minded people join your effort and have a team like spirit, where they can get along with you, instead of relying on smart assed comments.
Thanks for the Argentinian Hostel info above! I really, really appreciate it, since doing the random internet search was not working!
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i leave in london, and there is no way you could get a meal for £6, even a low cost mcdonalds witll cost more than £5 which is about $8.
This is an invaluable tool for anyone planning on taking an extended international holiday. It will be great to see this list revised and updated every couple of years. Cant thank you enough.
Althought the list sounds good, at least to get ideas for travel.. It can be deceiving.. Oaxaca by no means is cheaper than Guatemala City, Guatemala.. I do think that the locations listed here may be cheap in the most dangerous of places, but the reality is that most people may not want to go to the places, if they know the dangers there.. no matter how much they want to save..
man I’ve been to 60 countries off this list and I’d say you did your homework way to go man this list is tip top and i only have 4 scars from knives and 2 from gunshots lol but the travel is so worth it with so much out there to see and taste
Hi, I enjoyed your article but wondered about Manila, Philippines? I also live in Lusaka, Zambia and would think that it is slightly more expensive than on your website.
Luxuryapartments.se is an amazing Apartment Hotel in Stockholm with a really nice and spacious luxury apartment centrally in Stockholm. More apartments will come and this offers space and comfort which you can not compare to a normal hotel room.
I have been in Rome last year and definitly the quotes listed above per day in Rome: $33.84
accommodation: $20.30
meal: $6.77
seems quite doubtful.