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Geneva remains one of the most expensive cities to dine out in, according to an index of food and drink prices in 28 major global cities.
Switzerland’s second largest city sells the world’s most expensive club sandwich and burger set meal – at £19.94 and £19.39 respectively – while a glass of house red wine will set visitors back an average of £7.91. A typical cup of coffee in the city costs more than £4, and the report’s author has estimated that an all-day dining experience in a Geneva hotel will cost roughly £56.50.
The figures have been calculated using real prices that tourists paid for the four food items in 30 different hotels – spread across the three-, four- and five-star categories – and was compiled by accommodation booking site Hotels.com. It is the first time that the so-called Club Sandwich Index has considered all four food and drink items, providing its greatest ever breadth of insight into world food and drink prices.
The cheapest city was Bogotá, Colombia, where a club sandwich costs £6.84 and a cup of coffee sells for as little as £1.02. In contrast, the most expensive cup of coffee was to be found in Seoul, South Korea, reflecting a wider trend of expensive coffee prices in Asia as a whole.
A glass of house red wine in Paris was more expensive than a club sandwich in 19 of the 27 other cities surveyed – including New York, Sydney and Berlin. Hong Kong, where a standard glass of house red wine will cost £12.58, featured highly on this list as well.
The most dramatic differences between last year’s index were to be found in Rome, Italy – where a club sandwich fell in price by 32% – and 28%, where the cost rose by 28% to £7.53. However, the Indian capital was still one of the most affordable places to enjoy a club sandwich, the report found, in spite of its rising prices. The cheapest club sandwich was to be found in Mexico City.
Hotels.com’s Carolina Annand said: “Hotels.com continues to enhance our customers’ travel experience with the elevated Club Sandwich Index (CSI), by providing travellers with an insightful and comprehensive price comparison guide and giving them a more accurate overview of the costs associated with a full day of hotel dining. The findings from the CSI… allow travellers to easily locate a hotel that suits their budget – while some may indulge in a burger meal in a hotel in Geneva, other guests may opt to kick back with a glass of house red wine at less than six times the price in Bogotá!”
The cost of dining out in full:
Figures based on the accumulative cost of a burger, club sandwich, cup of coffee and glass of house red wine.
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