Expensive Australia October 8, 2007
Posted by Amanda in Australia, Observations, Travel Diary.trackback
Whenever I return to Australia from overseas or look at travelling in Australia, it strikes me just how expensive this country is. One good example is walking tours.
Chris and I are going to Melbourne in December* and I wanted to do a walking tour of the art and grafitti of Melbourne- it is $55 per person for three hours, and that is the cheap tour. Some of the others are up to $95. I couldn’t believe how this differs from the walking tours we have taken overseas. That is the great thing about walking tours- the overheads are low so they are usually affordable. But not in Australia apparently. See the list below for a comparison
Berlin €12=$18 AUD and this walk was more than seven hours long! The tours are all conducted by people who have degrees in German history.
London £6 = $14.00 AUD
New York $15 US = $16 AUD
At least two of these cities also run free walks- why is it so expensive here?
*ok the one thing that is not expensive about this trip is the flights. We are going with Tiger for $40 each return including taxes!
Totally agreed!
Travelling in Australia is ridiculously expensive.
I recently travel there by myself for 5 night, and it cost me
more than $1K for just 2/3 stars hotels there.
This price is equal or exceeding the price of hotel in Manhattan.
Had it been in Las Vegas, I would be staying luxuriously in 5 stars resort with this price!!!
We’ve been considering going to Australia for a long trip since two years ago. Now we’re thinking of just doing a quick tour of Sydney and Brisbane.
New Zealand seems to be more affordable since our US dollar buys more there compared to the nearly 1:1 exchange rate in Australia.
We’ll probably end up spending 4-5 months in Auckland rather than in Sydney or Brisbane as originally planned.
Overpriced and overrated by…. surprise surprise…the locals.
Get much better value for your money and go to NZ and Pacific Islands.
Australia is a fairly generic tourist destination…albeit at a premium price.