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Average priceGoing rate for 43 cities, Airbnb vs hotel (Bogotá: Airbnb only) Build your own itineraryType your stay, flight and car prices, add extras

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Estimates for planning, not a quote. Real prices, fees and taxes come from the booking site.

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Average price

The going rate for a city: a budget-end price (the 25th percentile) with the median beside it.

    Pick a city and type the nights.Guests is optional (we assume 2).

    Estimate for trip planning, not a quote.

    Budget-end price per night, before taxes

    Hotel
    Airbnb

    Airbnb price is for an entire home or apartment, sized to your group. It's not a private room, a room in a shared house, or a guesthouse. Those usually cost less.

    Your total

    HotelAirbnb

    Most Airbnb listings now show one all-in nightly price with cleaning and fees included. A few still add their own cleaning fee at checkout, so your final total can differ.

    These are typical year-round averages. Off-season can run lower, and holidays and peak season usually cost more.

    Other costs to think about
    • Cleaning fee (if the listing adds its own)
    • Resort or destination fees
    • Parking
    • Food and kitchen
    • Transport
    • Cancellation terms

    Where these numbers come from
      See hotels on Expedia ↗

      Live deals can come in below the average, so check current prices.

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      Your total trip guestimate

      Estimate for trip planning, not a quote.

      Lodging to count

      Optional lodging fees rough guesses. Tick any fee to add a rough guess to your total. All are off until you tick them. Change an amount to use your own number.

      per stay
      per night
      per day

      These are rough guesses of common charges, not sourced averages, and are the same for every city. Parking is counted for every night of the stay (days = nights). Extras are not taxed here. Check your booking for the real amounts.

      Flight optional

        Start typing a city or airport and pick from the list, or type the 3-letter code. These boxes are not saved.

        Typical flight fare

        Type the total fare including taxes. Bag and seat fees aren't included.

        Travelers left blank = your Guests number (2 if none). The fare box is filled in only when we show a labeled ballpark; you can change it.

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        Rental car optional
        Which car?

        Rental companies bill per 24 hours, so days = your nights unless you change it.

        Rental car estimate

        Rental fees rough guesses, all off until you tick them

        of car cost
        per day
        per day
        per rental
        per rental
        per rental

        These are rough guesses of common charges, the same for every rental, not sourced averages and not taxed here. Tolls themselves are extra: type them as an extra amount yourself if you know them. The average price may already include taxes and airport fees, so tick Airport fee only if your price leaves it out. Turo also charges its own protection plan and a young driver fee of at least $30 a day (under 25); check the Turo checkout.

        Watch for these rental fees
        • Photograph the car all the way around, plus the fuel gauge and odometer, before you drive off and again when you return it.
        • Return it with the fuel level the contract asks for and keep the refuel receipt. A refill done by the company costs far more than the pump.
        • Check whether you are paying now or at pickup, and what the counter adds (taxes, airport fees, the insurance upsell).
        • Read the rules on cleaning, smoking, pets, mileage limits and late return.
        • Tolls: the company bills a daily program fee on top of the tolls. Bring your own transponder or pay cash if you can. Those bills can arrive weeks after you return the car.
        • Check the cover you already have (your own policy or credit card) before paying for a waiver.
        • Keep your return receipt or closed contract, and check your card statement afterwards. Turo refunds its deposit 80 hours after the trip if nothing is reported.
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        Meals optional

        Food per person, per day. The three amounts are filled in for your city when we have them. Change any box to use your own number.

        Breakfastper person a day
        Lunchper person a day
        Dinnerper person a day

        Days = your nights + 1, because you eat on both your arrival day and your departure day (3 nights = 4 days). Type your own Days to change it. Travelers left blank = your Guests number (2 if none). Nothing is counted until there are days.

        Meals estimate

        Type your nights and a nightly price above to see your lodging total. Add a flight, rental car, meals or fees below and a running “trip total so far” shows here, with lodging marked as not included.

        Lodging total

        Food, transport and other costs are not included. See “Other costs to think about” above.

        Every number here is an estimate from public data, not a live price. Your hotel or host may charge more or less.

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        Build your own itinerary

        Build one trip from the numbers you see: your stay below, then your flight fare, then optional pet, resort or parking fees under your stay, then an optional rental car, then the total. Every price box starts blank. Only the city tax is filled in, and you can change it. Type the all-in nightly price Airbnb shows (it already includes the cleaning and service fees) and the tax is added for you.

          Airbnb

          Hotel

          Type the hotel price per room per night (for two rooms, type the total for both). Tax is added to the nightly price and any other fees you type. Resort fee, parking and pet fee are optional fees you can add under “Lodging to count” in the trip guestimate below. Use the same money (for example dollars) in every box. $ and commas are fine.

          Result

          Your totals show up here.Type the nights and a nightly price for Airbnb and the hotel.

          Estimate for trip planning, not a quote.

          Hotel total
          Airbnb total
          See the breakdown
          HotelAirbnb
          Other costs to think about
          • Cleaning fee (if the listing adds its own)
          • Resort or destination fees
          • Parking
          • Food and kitchen
          • Transport
          • Cancellation terms
          See hotels on Expedia ↗

          Live deals can come in below the average, so check current prices.

          Affiliate link: we may earn a commission at no cost to you.

          Open real Airbnb listings ↗

          Plain link, not an affiliate link. Opens Airbnb in a new tab. Type the prices you see back here.

          Totals are only as accurate as the numbers you type. Check the final price on the booking page before you pay.

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