Survey shows Paris sells most expensive club sandwich in the world

The priciest city in the world to buy a club sandwich? Paris, says a new survey by Hotels.com. Picture courtesy of shutterstock.com

PARIS, May 10 Paris may be known as the most romantic city in the world, but its also the most expensive place to buy a club sandwich making it the priciest travel destination on the globe.

Thats the conclusion of online accommodation booking site Hotels.com which surveyed 750 hotels in three to five star categories across 26 countries and price-checked a standard club sandwich a staple on nearly every hotel menu against one another.

Dubbed the Club Sandwich Index or CSI, a triple-decker sandwich in Paris averages US$33.10 (RM99.30), followed by Geneva and Oslo, where ordering the all-American chicken, bacon, lettuce and mayonnaise club will set you back on average US$32.56 and US$30.50 respectively. Like The Economists Big Mac Index which uses the worldwide prices of McDonalds iconic sandwich to gauge the purchasing power parity between two currencies, Hotels.com says it created the CSI to help serve as a barometer of travel costs for globetrotters.

New Delhi sells the cheapest club sandwich at US$9.57, while Berlin and Brasilia landed in the middle at US$17.77.

Meanwhile, a club sandwich at a Tokyo hotel will set you back US$27.65; in Hong Kong it will cost US$18.35; in London US$18.71 and Toronto US$16.05.

Said Hotels.com spokesperson Alison Couper in a statement: Paris may well be the gastronomic capital of the world but at an average US$33.10, per club, travellers may be better off sticking to a Croque-Monsieur. AFP-Relaxnews

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