Here's where Canadians can book five-star hotels for less
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The hotel booking website just released its 2025 Hotel Price Index, which analyzes average daily hotel rates around the world to help travellers get the most bang for their buck. For the report, Hotels.com compared the average daily rates of three-, four- and five-star hotels in 2024 to the bookings made on its site in 2023.
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According to its findings, Canadians can stretch their travel dollars without sacrificing luxury when heading abroad. International five-star hotels were reported to be 17 per cent cheaper than five-star hotels in Canada.
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Some of the cheapest five-star stays in Canada can be found in Dildo and St. John's, Newfoundland at $179 and $205 a night respectively; Rustico, Prince Edward Island at $206 a night and Sauguenay, Quebec at $238 a night.
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Several Canadian cities saw their average hotel prices decline, including Whistler (down 11 per cent), Halifax (down seven per cent) and Toronto (down nine per cent). Other popular destinations experienced a slight increase, such as Edmonton (up seven per cent) and Vancouver (up five per cent).
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Abroad, beloved European destinations such as Dublin, Amsterdam and Paris all saw slight dips in their daily rates. Meanwhile, Tokyo (up 15 per cent), Kyoto (up 18 per cent) and Madrid (up 10 per cent) saw the biggest jumps in their average rates.
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Canadian travellers hoping to land a good deal should look to more affordable trending destinations, which often offer highly-rated accommodation at lower rates. For example, Bangkok, Thailand has an average daily rate of $137 and Osaka, Japan has an average rate of $168 a night.
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