Buenos Aires is the best value destination in the world for Australians for an overnight stay at a 4-star hotel including breakfast, according to a TripAdvisor cost comparison study.
TripIndex Breakfast compares the cost of an overnight stay in selected hotels with breakfast included, versus an overnight stay at the same hotel with breakfast eaten at a local restaurant, during the months of October and November in 37 key tourist cities around the world.
TripIndex Breakfast found that Sydney is the ninth most expensive destination for an overnight stay with breakfast at $367.33, and $312.33 for accommodation only.
TripIndex Breakfast found that an overnight stay with breakfast included in Buenos Aires will only set you back $99.81, more than seven times less than the price of a stay with breakfast in the most expensive hotel destination in this study, New York City which comes in at an average of $737.95
Hotel breakfast vs breakfast in a local restaurant
Breakfast in Warsaw is a cheap option
When it comes to the cost of a hotel breakfast versus the cost of eating breakfast in a local eatery, the cheapest hotel breakfast can be found in Istanbul (Turkey) at an average price of $8.59 while the most expensive, at an average price of $41.52, is in Zurich (Switzerland).
Warsaw (Poland) and Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) tie for the title of cheapest local restaurant breakfast, both come in at an average of $6.52.
Save money by venturing outside the hotel for breakfast
The biggest breakfast saving can be made in Kuala Lumpur
For those travellers who don’t mind leaving the confines of the hotel in the morning, the TripIndex Breakfast study shows that for most destinations, opting for an accommodation only package and heading to a local restaurant for breakfast can save precious dollars.
For travellers choosing this option, the biggest saving can be made in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), where travellers can save an average of $36.80 by opting for a hotel package without breakfast and then dining locally, versus an overnight stay with hotel breakfast included.
10 cheapest for overnight stay with breakfast:
| Rank | Destination | Hotel stay with breakfast included (per night) | Hotel stay with breakfast in a local restaurant
(per night) |
Savings made by eating breakfast locally |
| 1 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | $99.81 | $72.58 | $27.23 |
| 2 | Moscow, Russia | $122.72 | $113.71 | 9.01 |
| 3 | San Jose, Costa Rica | $125.57 | n/a | n/a |
| 4 | Warsaw, Poland | $126.27 | $113.92 | 12.35 |
| 5 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | $127.11 | n/a | n/a |
| 6 | Istanbul, Turkey | $160.44 | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | $165.40 | $128.60 | 36.80 |
| 8 | Manila, Philippines | $166.08 | n/a | n/a |
| 9 | Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt | $168.64 | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | $183.28 | $193.92 | -10.64 |
*n/a = hotel package without breakfast data not sufficient in that destination
10 most expensive for overnight stay with breakfast:
| Rank | Destination | Hotel stay with breakfast included (per night) | Hotel stay with breakfast in a local restaurant
(per night) |
Savings made by eating breakfast locally |
| 1 | New York City, USA | $737.95 | $713.94 | 24.01 |
| 2 | Tokyo, Japan | $554.92 | $568.08 | -13.16 |
| 3 | Paris, France | $554.48 | $543.28 | 11.20 |
| 4 | Dubai, UAE | $470.24 | $461.23 | 9.01 |
| 5 | London, UK | $462.22 | $461.48 | 0.74 |
| 6 | Toronto, Canada | $430.12 | $427.18 | 2.94 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $392.60 | $431.90 | -39.30 |
| 8 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | $384.47 | $363.89 | 20.58 |
| 9 | Sydney, Australia | $367.33 | $337.38 | 29.95 |
| 10 | Auckland, New Zealand | $345.00 | $359.62 | -14.62 |
*n/a = hotel package without breakfast data not sufficient in that destination
Research was conducted by Ipsos and prices were collected through telephone and online web search. Prices in each market were taken in local currencies between 7th September 2015 and 1st October 2015 and currency conversion rates were taken from xe.com on 1st October 2015.
