Geneva has retained the top spot as the most expensive city in the world to order a Club Sandwich.
If you’re headed to Geneva, expect to pony up $32.60 USD for a hotel club sandwich. Sandwich index, a barometer of the most affordable/most expensive cities, names again Geneva the most expensive city in the world. Geneva is followed by Paris, where tourists can expect to shell out an average of $29.36 for a double-decker sandwich, according to the research released by Hotels.com.
The French Capital is followed by Helsinki (previously number 11) which knocked Oslo out of the top three with $24.35 following an increase on the 2013 average cost in the Finnish capital.
India’s New Delhi remained the cheapest destination for a Club Sandwich, with an average of just $8.78, although several other holiday favorites also appeared within the $10 threshold, including Mexico City ($9.78) and Buenos Aires ($10.37). Meanwhile, Sydney experienced the greatest decrease in its Club Sandwich price, falling from $20.53 in 2013 to $16.93 in 2014.
Sandwich index for 2014:
1. Geneva $32.60
2. Paris $29.36
3. Helsinki $24.35
4. Stockholm 24.05
5. Oslo $23.80
6. London $22.60
7. Tokyo $22.11
8. Hong Kong $21.26
9. Rome $21.24
10. Copenhagen $20.95;
11. South Korea – Seoul $20.23;
12. Netherlands – Amsterdam $18.16;
13. USA – New York $17.99;
14. Germany – Berlin $17.24;
15. Sydney $16.93;
16. Dublin – $16.16;
17. Madrid – $15.93;
18. Singapore $15.36;
19. Moscow – $15.31;
20. Rio de Janeiro – $14.64;
21. Toronto – $14.05;
22. Beijing – $13.55;
23. Bogota – $13.55;
24. Taiwan – Taipei $12.41;
25. Thailand – Bangkok $11.98;
26. Buenos Aires $10.37;
27. Mexico City $9.78;
28. India – New Delhi $8.78;
Using the classic hotel staple of a chicken, bacon, egg, lettuce and mayonnaise sandwich as a barometer of affordability, the Hotels.com Club Sandwich Index (CSI) offers travelers an indication of the costs associated with their destination of choice.
Now in its third year, the Index reflects not only changes in the actual price of a Club Sandwich across the globe but also the effect of currency fluctuations between cities. The CSI average price is calculated from the real prices paid by guests for a Club Sandwich in 30 hotels in either the capital or an important tourist city in the 28 countries surveyed, across five, four and three-star categories. In total, 840 hotels were canvassed globally.
