Travellers can save money by venturing outside the hotel for breakfast
Ipsos have conducted TripAdvisor's inaugural TripIndex Breakfast, a cost comparison study.
TripIndex Breakfast compares the cost of an overnight stay in selected hotels with breakfast included, versus an overnight stay at the same hotel with breakfast eaten at a local restaurant.
It found:
- An overnight stay with breakfast included in Buenos Aires costs £46.38, more than seven times less than the price of a stay with breakfast in the most expensive hotel destination in this study, New York City which comes in at an average of £342.90
- London is the 5th most expensive destination for an overnight stay with breakfast at £214.78 and 4th most expensive for accommodation at £204.55
- Opting for an accommodation only package and heading to a local restaurant for breakfast can save money. For travellers choosing this option, the biggest saving can be made in Kuala Lumpur, where travellers can save an average of £17.10 by opting for a hotel package without breakfast and dining locally. This is followed by Sydney where travellers can save an average of £13.92.
- The cheapest hotel breakfast can be found in Istanbul at an average price of £3.99 while the most expensive, at an average price of £19.29, is in Zurich
- Warsaw and Sharm el Sheikh share the title of cheapest local restaurant breakfast, both come in at an average of £3.03, while Hong Kong offers the most expensive local restaurant breakfast at an average of £23.95.
10 cheapest destinations for overnight stay with breakfast
| Rank | Destination | Hotel Stay with breakfast included (per night) | Hotel stay with breakfast in a local restaurant (per night) | Savings made by eating breakfast locally |
| 1 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | £46.38 | £33.73 | £12.65 |
| 2 | Moscow, Russia | £57.03 | £52.84 | £4.19 |
| 3 | San Jose, Costa Rica | £58.35 | n/a | n/a |
| 4 | Warsaw, Poland | £58.67 | £52.93 | £5.74 |
| 5 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | £59.06 | n/a | n/a |
| 6 | Istanbul, Turkey | £74.55 | n/a | n/a |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | £76.85 | £59.75 | £17.10 |
| 8 | Manila, Phillippines | £77.17 | n/a | n/a |
| 9 | Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt | £78.36 | n/a | n/a |
| 10 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | £85.16 | £90.11 | -£4.95 |
n/a = hotel package without breakfast data not sufficient for that destination
10 most expensive destinations for overnight stay with breakfast
| Rank | Destination | Hotel Stay with breakfast included (per night) | Hotel stay with breakfast in a local restaurant (per night) | Savings made by eating breakfast locally |
| 1 | New York City, USA | £342.90 | £331. 74 | £11.16 |
| 2 | Tokyo, Japan | £257.85 | £263.97 | -£6.12 |
| 3 | Paris, France | £257.65 | £252.44 | £5.21 |
| 4 | Dubai, UAE | £218.51 | £214.32 | £4.19 |
| 5 | London, UK | £214.78 | £214.43 | £0.35 |
| 6 | Toronto, Canada | £199.86 | £198.50 | £1,36 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | £182.43 | £200.68 | -£18.25 |
| 8 | Amsterdam | £178.65 | £169.08 | £9.57 |
| 9 | Sydney, Australia | £170.69 | £156.77 | £13.92 |
| 10 | Auckland, New Zealand | £160.31 | £167.10 | -£6.79 |
Technical note:
The TripIndex Breakfast 2015 destination list is comprised of 37 key cities within the top 37 most searched for countries by global TripAdvisor users over the past 12 months.
TripIndex Breakfast compares the cost of an overnight stay with breakfast versus an overnight stay at a hotel with breakfast eaten outside of the hotel at a local restaurant prices in each destination. Within each establishment selected to the study and where the item was available, the prices of the following were identified by telephoning the establishment:
- An overnight stay with breakfast
- An overnight stay without breakfast
- Cost of the hotel breakfast separately
- Cost of breakfast at a local eatery
Prices were collected by telephone and online web search. Prices in each market were taken in local currencies between 7th September 2015 and 1st October 2015 and currency conversion rates were taken from xe.com on 1st October 2015.
- An overnight stay with breakfast: Prices were gathered from up to 6 of the best rated 4* hotels according to the TripAdvisor Popularity Index, cheapest available price for overnight stay with breakfast. An average based on the prices for the following three dates 31st October, 7th November and 14th November was taken.
- An overnight stay without breakfast: Prices were gathered from up to 6 of the best rated 4* hotels according to the TripAdvisor Popularity Index, cheapest available price for overnight stay. An average based on the prices for the following three dates 31st October, 7th November and 14th November was taken.
- Cost of the hotel breakfast separately: Prices were gathered from up to 6 of the best rated 4* hotels according to the TripAdvisor Popularity Index.
- Cost of breakfast at a local eatery: Prices were gathered from up to 6 of the best rated restaurants according to the TripAdvisor Popularity Index, filtered by ‘breakfast’ ‘café’ and ‘mid-range’, when possible.
