Boston's Hotel Rates Ranked Highest In North America
BOSTON (CBS) -- If you're already from the Boston area, consider yourself lucky: a new survey of hotel rates claims travelers will pay more to book a room in the Hub than anywhere else in North America.
The report from CheapHotels.org ranked Boston No. 1 for priciest lodgings out of 30 popular metropolitan destinations in the U.S. and Canada. A night's stay in Boston will set tourists back about $214 per night, CheapHotels.org said.
That's a whopping $59 more than the next most expensive city, which is Chicago with average hotel rates at $155 a night. Right behind the Windy City is New York at $154 per night.
The website said it compared hotel rates during the month of October, when many leaf-peepers are drawn to Boston and New England for foliage viewing.
Planning a trip to Canada? CheapHotels.org said Montreal is the cheapest destination up north, with rooms averaging $49 a night, but you'll pay more than twice that in Calgary, where $103 per night is the going rate in October.
Cities with the most expensive hotel rooms
1. Boston $214
2. Chicago $155
3. New York $154
4. San Francisco $133
5. Nashville $132
Cities with the least expensive hotel rooms
26. San Diego $61
27. Phoenix $57
28. Vancouver $54
29. Las Vegas $51
30. Montreal $49
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