The price of luxury accommodation: Where Canadians splurge and save

• Warsaw, Berlin and Mumbai offered the most affordable five-star accommodation in the first half of 2015
• Los Angeles was where Canadians paid the most for five-star hotels and Montreal placed second
• Moscow offered the best value for Canadian travellers

TORONTO, Oct. 7, 2015 /CNW/ - In Canada or the United States, staying exclusively in five-star accommodation isn't the most economical option. But don't fret, budget-conscious travellers can experience luxurious hotels frequented by the rich and famous without breaking the bank when travelling outside of North America.

For less than $200 a night, Canadian travellers could stay in five-star hotels in Warsaw, Berlin and Mumbai in the first half of 2015, according to the latest Hotel Price Index™ (HPI™) from Hotels.com™. Four-star hotels in the Polish capital also offered travellers great value, reporting the fourth largest decrease (17 per cent) as compared to the first half of 2014 in the average price paid of $97.

Cities where Canadians paid* the least for 5-star hotels per night in the first six months of 2015

Rank	City	Price
1	Warsaw	$148
2	Berlin	$193
3	Mumbai	$198
4	Bangkok	$202
5	Moscow	$202
6	Istanbul	$204
7	Jakarta	$207
8	Delhi	$207
9	Lisbon	$209
10	Brussels	$210

Deal Destinations: Cities where high-end hotel price paid per night fell the most for Canadian travellers in the first half of 2015

Rank	City	Star rating	Price	% change
1	Moscow	4	$134	-41%
2	Sao Paulo	4	$152	-30%
3	Moscow	5	$202	-24%
4	Warsaw	4	$97	-17%
5	Nice	4	$237	-16%
6	Istanbul	4	$120	-16%
7	Rio de Janeiro	4	$233	-16%
8	Paris	4	$250	-13%
9	Rome	5	$392	-13%
10	Dubai	5	$300	-12%

Los Angeles, Montreal, Tokyo, Honolulu and Miami, were on the other end of the spectrum. In these cities, Canadian travellers dropped the most coin on high-end accommodation, with prices paid reported at upwards of $600 a night.

Cities where Canadians paid the most per night for 5-star hotels in the first half of 2015

Rank	City	Price
1	Los Angeles	$730
2	Montreal	$629
3	Tokyo	$607
4	Honolulu	$606
5	Miami	$601
6	Venice	$572
7	Cancun	$540
8	San Francisco	$529
9	Paris	$519
10	London	$518

The HPI is a regular report of hotel prices in major destinations across the world, tracking the movement in prices that people actually paid* for their accommodation and providing valuable insight into the reasons behind these changes. The data is drawn from bookings made on the hundreds of thousands of hotels on the Hotels.com websites worldwide.

Please visit http://hpi.hotels.com/ for more information and to view reports in additional currencies. Follow the conversation and get more HPI pricing insights on Twitter at #HotelExperts.

*All prices in Canadian currency. Average prices paid per night inclusive of taxes and fees from January 1 – June 30, 2015.

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