The cost of travel is not cheap. The average daily cost of 100 U.S. cities is 314.78! This daily cost consists of hotel, 3 meals, and car rental. Below are the 10 most expensive cities in the United States. Included is the average per diem needed. Note that the per diem does not include airfare and parking fees.
1. New York $564.24
2. Washington DC $463.41
3. Boston $433.12
4. Newark $422.74
5. Detroit $416.94
6. San Francisco $410.33
7. Chicago $406.62
8. Honolulu $399.84
9. White Plains $398.19
10. Baltimore $397.45
44. Milwaukee $308.68
62. Madison $293.19
International travel isn't much cheaper. Using a cross section of 100 cities the daily per diem needed is $314.08 (US dollars). Although this is .70 cheaper than the average in the United States, one can see from the numbers below that the 10 most expensive international cities are much more pricey that their US counterparts.
1. Paris $528
2. Amsterdam $506
3. Moscow $505
4. Stockholm $498
5. London (Central) $480
6. Oslo $478
7. Rome $454
8. Brussels $452
9. Kiev $450
10. Lyon $448
