Let's create a BnA World City Cost Index for Travelers

by **Stoo** » August 26th, 2006

coke: i went for the convieance store price. more than a market, but much less than a pub.

t-shirt: yes, touristy souvenir. Like with a flag or city name on it, will fall apart in two months, etc.

transport: are there not even daily passes?

Airport: brussels makes sense to me.

by **seraphim** » August 26th, 2006

quote:
Originally posted by Stoo:
transport: are there not even daily passes?

Nope. So I counted 1 10-ride pass and 4 rides paid to the driver.

Another thing: do the meals include a drink?

by **Stoo** » August 27th, 2006

I had one mineral water with my meal. Booz is to problematic.

Sounds like a fair enough transportation estimate.

Looking forward to your Antwerp numbers...going there in December.

by **seraphim** » August 27th, 2006

I only need to figure out laundry and T-shirt and then I'm done.

I guess I could do Krakow when I go there in october, too.

by **Stoo** » September 7th, 2006

Latest and greatest: bna-wccit-v6.xls

We have ten cities now, so I thought I'd post the results for all to see.


City                  Currency   Basket    Conv Rate   USD Cost  Index

London, England            GBP   298.00    1.8900     563.22   1.08

Toronto, Canada            CDN   406.00    0.8870     360.12   0.69

Zurich, Switzerland        CHF   790.52    0.8060     637.16   1.22

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia MYR   522.20    0.2710     141.52   0.27

Manila, Philippines        PHP 9,830.00    0.0194     190.70   0.37

Copenhagen, Denmark        DKK 3,121.00    0.1720     536.81   1.03

Lisbon, Portugal           EUR   305.50    1.2800     391.04   0.75

New York City, USA         USD   579.73    1.0000     579.73   1.11

Vancouver, Canada          CDN   555.41    0.8870     492.65   0.95

Vienna, Austria            EUR   386.60    1.2800     494.85   0.95

							

Average                                               520.17   1.00

(Elis gets brownie points for explaining 'why' on half her entries.

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by **Sky Annie** » September 7th, 2006

If Vancouver is $555, Toronto's numbers sound really low.

by **seraphim** » September 11th, 2006

I sent in Antwerp last weekend. Somewhere between Lisbon and Vienna, as was to be expected. I didn't explain why anywhere, though I could if anyone wants to know.

by **Stoo** » September 11th, 2006

Got it, put the numbers in to the master spreadsheet (v7) today...but was distracted. Will post tomorrow.

Stoo

by **Stoo** » September 12th, 2006

Now with Antwerp and Lima! bna-wccit-v7.xls

City                               Basket Conv Rate USD Cost     Index

London, England             GBP    298.00    1.8900   563.22      1.36

Toronto, Canada             CDN    406.00    0.8870   360.12      0.87

Zurich, Switzerland         CHF    790.52    0.8060   637.16      1.54

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia  MYR    522.20    0.2710   141.52      0.34

Manila, Philippines         PHP  9,830.00    0.0194   190.70      0.46

Copenhagen, Denmark         DKK  3,121.00    0.1720   536.81      1.29

Lisbon, Portugal            EUR    305.50    1.2800   391.04      0.94

New York City, USA          USD    579.73    1.0000   579.73      1.40

Vancouver, Canada           CDN    555.41    0.8870   492.65      1.19

Vienna, Austria             EUR    386.60    1.2800   494.85      1.19

Antwerp, Belgium            EUR    314.02    1.2800   401.95      0.97

Lima, Peru                  PEN    626.00    0.3050   190.93      0.46

                            

Average                                               520.17

by **Elis** » September 12th, 2006

that's starting to look really good! (but I think you need to recalculate the average when new cities are added...)

by **Stoo** » September 12th, 2006

Good catch. That error has been there since v2.

by **michey_b** » September 13th, 2006

Ok Paris all done - figures are high so im hoping that I did it properly. I was expecting it to be similar to London but its come out way more - although beer is expensive in this city! drink wine in Paris its cheaper!

Michelle

by **christina-in-brooklyn** » September 13th, 2006

Hi Michelle, Stoo, everyone...

should Michelle sub wine for beer, for Paris? 7 glasses of wine?

I think the point of our picking beer is that it's the cheap alcohol. But if wine is the cheapie alcohol in a region, it should be priced that way, I think.

by **Stoo** » September 13th, 2006

Paris is in! bna-wccit-v8.xls Michelle gets brownie points for detailed item explanations.

City                               Basket     Rate     USD  Index

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia  MYR    522.20   0.2710  141.52   0.33

Manila, Philippines         PHP  9,830.00   0.0194  190.70   0.44

Lima, Peru                  PEN    626.00   0.3050  190.93   0.44

Toronto, Canada             CDN    406.00   0.8870  360.12   0.83

Lisbon, Portugal            EUR    305.50   1.2800  391.04   0.91

Antwerp, Belgium            EUR    314.02   1.2800  401.95   0.93

Vancouver, Canada           CDN    555.41   0.8870  492.65   1.14

Vienna, Austria             EUR    386.60   1.2800  494.85   1.15

Copenhagen, Denmark         DKK  3,121.00   0.1720  536.81   1.24

London, England             GBP    298.00   1.8900  563.22   1.30

New York City, USA          USD    579.73   1.0000  579.73   1.34

Paris, France               EUR    493.50   1.2800  631.68   1.46

Zurich, Switzerland         CHF    790.52   0.8060  637.16   1.48

                            

Average                                             431.72   1.00

And I did a little graph too:

by **Stoo** » September 13th, 2006

quote:
Originally posted by christina-in-brooklyn:
Hi Michelle, Stoo, everyone...

should Michelle sub wine for beer, for Paris? 7 glasses of wine?

I think the point of our picking beer is that it's the cheap alcohol. But if wine is the cheapie alcohol in a region, it should be priced that way, I think.

I've always thought the London numbers were a bit low, but since I've never been there *as a tourist* I kept my mouth shut. Me thinks we should leave beer in. If the item was 'get drunk cheap' then we could be talking about hard booz, a single box of wine to go the week, etc.

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