TotallyOz Posted May 13, 2012 Posted May 13, 2012 With travel getting more and more expensive, esp for those of us that use the USD, hotels are one major expense. I noticed on my last trip to Brazil the average room was 400 USD for Rio and Sao Paulo. I have to admit that Firecat was right, Rio is now too expensive to enjoy. (don't tell him I said that) Here is an interesting article from the Telegraph: The average cost of a night in the Brazilian city during the first three months of 2012 was £192.88, nearly 50 per cent more expensive than during the same period last year. The cheapest destinations to feature in the study were Bangkok, Prague and Beijing, where a hotel typically cost just under £50 a night. Budapest, at £52, provided similarly good value, while rooms in Vienna were £74 on average. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/9260072/Rio-hotels-are-the-worlds-most-expensive.html Quote
Guest Posted May 13, 2012 Posted May 13, 2012 Well, if the Brazilian economy is functioning properly, more hotels will be built and prices should come down. There's no reason why hotels should stay so expensive in a country with GDP per capita of approx $12800 per capita. That's less than 1/3 the GDP per capita of (say) Germany, yet in Berlin some accommodation can be had for less than $100 a night. From a tourist perspective, ideally there would be some speculative hotel building prior to the world cup. Quote
