Shawn Rosvold

Rob Meyer found that he do New York City on $44 a day.

Inspired by the recent Mercer HR study on the living costs of popular cities around the world, World’s Most Expensive Cities: June 2007, I decided to put together a similar study for budget travelers. The Mercer study looks at the cost of living for expats around the world, in order to determine which are the most expensive cities. I, on the other hand, was more interested in finding out how expensive various cities around the world are for budget travel. So, I made up a simple formula that I could then use to compare the cost of budget accommodation and inexpensive local meals of 94 different cities around the world. The formula is only based on these two variables, and provides a value that I call the “Budget Cost/Day” of a city.

From Go Budget Travel.com.

***UPDATE***

I left a comment for Rob on the website and he replied with some places I had never heard of.

Shawn in NYC September 3rd, 2007 11:41 am
I really like this. Thanks for all the work you’ve done. I’d be curious how you managed to find a place to sleep AND eat for $44 in NYC. I have friends who are always looking for budget accomodations. The cheapest I’ve ever been able to find is in a fleabag with a shared bathroom at $125.

Thanks again!

Rob Meyer September 3rd, 2007 1:16 pm
Shawn in NYC –

For cheap accommodations in NYC check out:

http://www.jazzhostels.com/jazzonthepark.html

http://www.wanderersinn.com/west/index.asp

http://www.hinewyork.org/rooms.shtml

As said before these hostels are certainly not top of the line, and will most will probably categorize them as “flea-bag”, but they offer a bed to sleep in and are cheap.

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