Using data from a recent TripAdvisor report on room service costs, a Washington Post blogger produced a graphic illustrating the cost of five basic items common to all hotels in either their room service and mini-bar service: a standard club sandwich, a bottle of water, a bag/container of peanuts, a bottle/can of soda, and an individual serving of vodka. We’ve put the information in this table :
|
Destination
|
Club Sandwich
|
Water
|
Peanuts
|
Soda
|
Vodka
|
Total
|
|
NYC
|
$24.20
|
$3.90
|
$7.10
|
$16.80
|
$15.80
|
$55.80
|
|
Las Vegas
|
$16.70
|
$6.70
|
$12.00
|
$12.70
|
$12.70
|
$53.30
|
|
Honolulu
|
$16.30
|
$6.00
|
$11.50
|
$10.70
|
$10.70
|
$50.50
|
|
Los Angeles
|
$17.30
|
$6.80
|
$10.80
|
$10.70
|
$10.70
|
$49.70
|
|
Atlanta
|
$14.00
|
$4.70
|
$10.10
|
$15.20
|
$15.20
|
$48.90
|
|
Boston
|
$14.70
|
$5.30
|
$12.80
|
$11.10
|
$11.10
|
$48.30
|
|
Washington, D.C.
|
$19.00
|
$5.00
|
$7.30
|
$9.30
|
$9.30
|
$48.00
|
|
New Orleans
|
$16.30
|
$5.20
|
$10.20
|
$9.20
|
$9.20
|
$45.10
|
|
Chicago
|
$14.30
|
$4.80
|
$9.80
|
$9.70
|
$9.70
|
$42.60
|
|
Orlando
|
$14.00
|
$4.30
|
$9.50
|
$9.70
|
$9.70
|
$41.20
|
|
San Francisco
|
$17.00
|
$4.80
|
$6.00
|
$8.80
|
$8.80
|
$41.20
|
|
Dallas
|
$12.30
|
$4.20
|
$8.90
|
$10.70
|
$10.70
|
$39.30
|
|
Minneapolis
|
$12.00
|
$3.50
|
$8.40
|
$9.10
|
$9.10
|
$36.60
|
|
Seattle
|
$13.00
|
$4.00
|
$5.90
|
$8.30
|
$8.30
|
$34.40
|
|
Denver
|
$11.70
|
$4.50
|
$6.30
|
$7.20
|
$7.20
|
$32.90
|
About the Author
Marc Atchison is a veteran journalist and a seasoned traveller with more than 20 years of travel writing experience. As the former Travel Editor of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper, and now Editor-in-Chief and Senior Writer for TraveLife magazine (Canada) and travelife.ca, Marc has been to over 100 countries in the world. Japan is one of his favorite destinations and he's been there on numerous occasions.