Cheapest, and Priciest, City Breaks Are Named

Dublin is the second most expensive city in Europe for a city break, according to a new survey by a leading hotel booking site, coming behind Amsterdam, Europe’s priciest city for short stay

At the other end of the scale Istanbul (€80 per night) and Krakow (€90) were the cities with the cheapest hotel accommodation in Europe, according to the survey by Trivago.

Meanwhile, New York is the most expensive leading city break destination this autumn, according to the poll. 

In New York, the average ‘clicked’ price is €252 per room per night, said trivago. In Amsterdam, the average price is €193. Dublin, the next most expensive in Europe, costs an average of €182 per night for a room. Sydney also costs an average of €182 a night.

Paris, at an average of €169 a night, completes the list of the top five priciest popular autumn destinations, according to Trivago, which analysed online searches from September 1 to August 24 across all its major markets.

Outside Europe, Sochi in Russia was the cheapest of the 15 most popular destinations, coming in at €67 per room per night, just ahead of Istanbul and Krakow.

Sochi is also the top destination where travellers tend to spend the longes, with an average stay duration of eight nights, followed by New York City with an average of 5.4 night stay. In third place is Cancun, Mexico, where travellers stay 5.2 nights on average.

Popular travel destinations with the shortest average stay durations this season include Auckland, New Zealand, (2.6 nights); Dublin, Ireland, (2.9 nights); and Brussels (three nights).

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