Singapore hotel room prices are falling due to decreased number of tourist arrivals and increasing number of hotel rooms coming in Singapore market. This price fall is reflected in a study by online travel site TripAdvisor. The study found out that Singapore 4-Star hotel prices are now the 11th more expensive in the world, improved from 9th position of last year.
TripAdvisor Annual TripIndex Room Service report, released in April 2015, compared the hotel room service items (a club sandwich, dry cleaning one shirt and refreshments from the mini bar) and a one-night, four star hotel stays across 48 destinations.
According to the findings, a club sandwich costs $25.91 in a 4-Star Singapore hotel. A bottle of water from the mini bar costs $8.01 and a mini bottle of vodka costs $18.36. A can of cola costs $7.05 and a packet of peanuts costs $6.7. And on average, dry cleaning a shirt costs $16.96. (All these costs can be minimized by staying in a hotel near a shopping mall or at least a 7-11 outlet).
And on average, a 4-Star Singapore hotel room price is $264.35 for a one-night stay (you can always find cheaper on a room price comparison site like hotelscombined).
According to the survey, the best value for money destination is Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. An average total cost of above in a 4-Star Sofia hotel room price is only $133.86. The most expensive destination is New York in USA where the same items in total costs $580.51!
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| A 4-Star Hotel in Singapore (Bay Hotel Singapore) |
