How we price

Last updated 3 November 2026

Every budget is worked out from public data. Here’s how.

Daily costs

• Big cities (Bali, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Paris, London, New York, Barcelona and others) use published 2026 daily budgets from travel guides, dated on each result.
• Everywhere else uses World Bank price levels for the country (International Comparison Program), calibrated against published traveller budgets.
• We split the day into stay, food, transport and activities, and adjust for budget, mid-range or luxury style and group size (one room per two people).

Flights

A distance-based estimate between the two cities, checked against published fares. Tap “Check live fares” for the real price on the day.

The range

Real trips vary, so we show a likely range around the total as well as one number.

Entry rules

UK passports: GOV.UK foreign travel advice. US passports: US State Department. Other passports: the open Passport Index dataset, marked as unofficial.

Exchange rates

Live rates for 160+ currencies from Exchange Rate API.

Places, events and photos

Places from Wikivoyage, Wikidata and OpenStreetMap (via Geoapify); public holidays from Nager.Date plus festivals we research; photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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