Despite traveling fairly frequently, I've never been away from home for Christmas.
28.12.2023 - 14:33 / forbes.com
New Year’s Eve can be an expensive affair if you plan on traveling—even, as it turns out, if you plan on doing a staycation stateside. In a recent study conducted by TravelMag.com, New Orleans was found to be the priciest city in the world to book a hotel room on New Year’s Eve.
The survey compared accommodation rates across 60 major global cities while looking at the most affordable double room for a 3-night stay from December 30 to January 2. It only looked at hotels with a central location and accommodations rated three stars or more.
The cheapest room available in New Orleans came with a rate of $1190/night which was 182% more expensive than regular rates throughout the month of January. The survey also found that Miami Beach and New York City were only slightly more affordable, which rates of $1184 and $1164, respectively, for 3-night stays.
Sydney, Australia and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were the most expensive non-US destinations with minimum hotel rates of $1089 and $1087/night.
Out of the U.S. cities considered, Boston and Chicago were the most affordable options with rates of around $500/night for a 3-night stay. The least expensive destinations globally to spend New Year’s Eve, according to the survey, were Hanoi, Vietnam, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where hotel rooms were available for less than $40 per night in both cities.
Despite traveling fairly frequently, I've never been away from home for Christmas.
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