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Where Does the Dollar Do Best? Frommers.com Global Price Index for September 2005

The specific rates described in this article have now passed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.

Getting from point A to point B is only part of the equation now. In the face of the dollar's declining value worldwide against foreign currencies, there can be a bit of a sticker shock while traveling. To demonstrate where you can get the most bang for your buck, this monthly index compares the costs of common consumer goods around the globe. Conversions are calculated using www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi.

Austin, Texas (Source: Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau; www.austintexas.org)

  • Movie ticket: $7.50 Bus/subway fare: 50¢
  • Cup of regular coffee: $1.50
  • Bottle of local beer in bar: Shiner Bock $3.75
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $120.00
  • Moderate, three-course meal for one, without alcohol or tip: $24.
  • $1=$1

Calgary, Alberta (Source: Tourism Calgary; www.tourismcalgary.com)

  • Movie ticket: $8.42
  • Bus/subway fare: $1.68
  • Cup of regular coffee: $1.26
  • Pint of local beer in a bar: Big Rock Grasshopper, $3.79
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $100.25
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $21.06
  • $1=$1.18 CA

Cardiff, Wales (Source: Cardiff Visitors Center; www.visitcardiff.com)

  • Movie Ticket: $9.50
  • Bus Fare: $1.36
  • Cup of coffee: $2.72
  • Local beer: Brains SA $3.62
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $108
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $24.50
  • $1= £.55

Christchurch, New Zealand (Source: Tourism New Zealand; www.newzealand.com)

  • Movie ticket: $8.39
  • Bus fare: $1.39
  • Cup of regular coffee: $2.44
  • Bottle of local beer in bar: Canterbury, $3.14
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $69-$90.93
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $25.18
  • $1=$1.43 NZ

Minneapolis, MN (Source: Greater Minneapolis Convention & Visitors Association; www.minneapolis.org)

  • Movie ticket: $8.50
  • Bus/light rail: $1.75
  • Cup of regular coffee: $1.45
  • Pint of local beer in a bar: James Page, $3.75
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $103
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $29
  • $1=$1

Santiago, Chile (Source: Tourism Promotion Corporation of Chile; www.visitchile.org)

  • Movie ticket: $3.88=$5.92
  • Bus/subway fare: 61¢
  • Cup of regular coffee: $1
  • Pint of local beer in a bar: Cristal, $2.22
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $60-70
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $11
  • $1=540 Chile pesos

Seoul, South Korea (Source: Korean National Tourism Organization; http://english.tour2korea.com)

  • Movie ticket: $7.99
  • Bus/subway fare: 69¢-99¢
  • Cup of regular coffee: $2.97
  • Bottle of local beer in a bar: OB, $1.48
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $99
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $9.92
  • $1=1,036 South Korea Won

St. George, Grenada (Source: Grenada Board of Tourism; www.grenadagrenadines.com)

  • Movie ticket: $4.49
  • Bus fare: 75¢
  • Cup of regular coffee: $1.87
  • Bottle of local beer in bar: Carib, $1.87
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $76.40
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $20.59
  • $1=$2.67 Eastern Caribbean Dollars

Tunis, Tunisia (Source: Tunisian National Tourism Office; www.tourismtunisia.com)

  • Movie ticket: $2.29
  • Bus/subway fare: 76¢
  • Cup of regular coffee: 26¢
  • Bottle of local beer in a bar: Celtia, $1.91
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $42.12
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $15.31
  • $1=1.30 Tunisia Dinars

Vienna, Austria (Source: Vienna Convention Bureau; www1.vienna.convention.at)

  • Movie ticket: $8.68-$12.40 Bus/subway fare: $1.86
  • Cup of regular coffee: $2.48-$2.72
  • Pint of local beer in bar: Ottakringer, $3.96
  • Moderate, three-star hotel room for two: $186
  • Moderate, three-course dinner for one, without alcohol or tip: $24.80-$31.
  • $1= €.80

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