http://www.triporati.com/blog/2008/09/03/buenos-aires-is-cheap/ Sharing stories about the world and travel Sat, 25 May 2013 17:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.triporati.com/blog/2008/09/03/buenos-aires-is-cheap/#comment-40 nc Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:50:37 +0000 http://www.triporati.com/blog/?p=354#comment-40 ummm. are you crazy? Buenos Aires is dirt cheap if you compare it to Santiago. I live in Santiago but travel quite frequently to Buenos Aires. Going out to a semi-nice place to eat in Santiago will cost you at least US$100 for two people. There's also the cost of energy. You guys in Argentina get power and natural gas for free, basically. Everything in Santiago is terrible expensive. If I go to Buenos Aires for the weekend, what I save from a weekend in Santiago is more than the cost of the flight. ummm. are you crazy? Buenos Aires is dirt cheap if you compare it to Santiago. I live in Santiago but travel quite frequently to Buenos Aires. Going out to a semi-nice place to eat in Santiago will cost you at least US$100 for two people. There’s also the cost of energy. You guys in Argentina get power and natural gas for free, basically. Everything in Santiago is terrible expensive. If I go to Buenos Aires for the weekend, what I save from a weekend in Santiago is more than the cost of the flight.

]]> http://www.triporati.com/blog/2008/09/03/buenos-aires-is-cheap/#comment-35 David Stanley Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:06:55 +0000 http://www.triporati.com/blog/?p=354#comment-35 Wayne, can you provide some sample Buenos Aires prices of standard items? For example, a liter of gasoline, a bottle of beer at a supermarket/ordinary bar, an average meal at a local restaurant, a basic hotel room with shared/private bathroom, a "big mac", a one-zone public transportation fare, adult admission to the national museum, cinema admission, etc. Wayne, can you provide some sample Buenos Aires prices of standard items? For example, a liter of gasoline, a bottle of beer at a supermarket/ordinary bar, an average meal at a local restaurant, a basic hotel room with shared/private bathroom, a “big mac”, a one-zone public transportation fare, adult admission to the national museum, cinema admission, etc.

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