TravelBudget exists because most trip-cost advice is anecdotal. We translate public market data into daily numbers you can plan against — and we show our work.
We pull from accommodation rate aggregators, restaurant price indexes, public transit fares, and attraction pricing — all sources you could cross-check.
Each city has a budget, mid-range, and luxury daily figure. The multipliers between them are roughly 1, 2.5, and 6 — calibrated against thousands of real itineraries.
Low, shoulder and peak multipliers reflect actual rate variation by destination. Lisbon's swing is wider than Tokyo's; the model accounts for that.
Disagree with our Paris number? Good. The model is transparent: five line items, three styles, three seasons. Replace any input with your own and the answer updates.
Not a booking engine. Not affiliate-monetised hotel rankings. Not "average traveller spend" self-reports from internet forums. Just a clean cost model, run consistently across 68 cities.