Vancouver ranks as the 11th priciest place to stay in a hotel out of 158 cities that Berlin-based travel consultancy Campsy studied, according to a report that Campsy released June 8.
The report found that the three priciest places to stay were Monte-Carlo in Monaco, St. Tropez in France and Reykjavik in Iceland whereas the cheapest places to stay were Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Skopje in Macedonia and Tirana in Albania.
Many cities, however, were not on the list.
Indeed, Vancouver was not originally included in the study.
Business in Vancouver obtained a copy of the report prior to its official unveiling and asked Campsy why Vancouver was not on the list and where Vancouver would rank if it were included.
Campsy then ran the numbers and determined that Vancouver would be No. 11. That is higher than the only other Canadian cities in the survey. Toronto would rank No. 18 if Vancouver had been included in the survey, while Montreal would have ranked No. 38 had Vancouver been included in the survey.
Campsy determined that prices for a three-night Vancouver hotel stay were:
•US$35.53 for a shared dorm (No. 18);
•US$128 for a one-star hotel (No. 100);
•US$321.31 for a two-star hotel (No. 22);
•US$778.83 for a three-star hotel (No. 5);
•US$1,052.02 for a four-star hotel (No. 4); and
•US$1,284.48 for a five-star hotel (No. 11).
Vancouver’s overall No. 11 ranking was based on a basket of those different accommodation classes.
Switzerland’s St. Moritz was the priciest city among the 158 cities in the world to rent a hostel for three nights, at US$56.93 whereas New York City was the priciest place in the study for the same time at a one-star hotel, at US$446.70.
Those who want to stay three nights in a two-star hotel will find San Francisco as the priciest place that Campsy studied, at US$555.09.
For three nights at a three-star hotel, Boston came in at No. 1 at $901.07.
Monte-Carlo was the priciest place in the study for those seeking luxury, or anything better than a three-star hotel. A three-night stay in a four-star hotel will put you back US$1,324.78 in the city-state. The same time at a five star hotel in Monte-Carlo costs US$2,742.62, according to Campsy.
For each of the destinations that Campsy studied, the firm researched the price of a three-night stay in a hotel room for two people over a period of 12 months and then standardized the cost to the total cost per night.
For hostels, this figure was found via the same method: for two people in a shared dormitory.
The study was heavily weighted in favour of Europe. Eight cities in the relatively small country of Belgium were included in the study and 20 cities were in Germany. In contrast, only six U.S. cities were included in the survey: San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington D.C. and Miami. All of those U.S. cities, except for Miami, ranked higher than Vancouver so if more U.S. cities had been included in the study, it is likely that Vancouver would fall down the list.
“We hope that our research empowers readers to gain more from their holiday budget this summer, and perhaps encourage camping as their accommodation of choice,” said Campsy CEO Philipp Hillenbrand.
For a full look at the survey, click here.
