Argentina a cheap vacation destination?

[PhilipDT]

it's not even "ch" it's more like "zhe"

Woah thats cool. I learned a new word today. Not to mention it would appear to be a rather kick-ass scrabble play.

 

[PhilipDT]

Damn it, not a scrabblable word.

 

[El Duderino]

This post caught my attention because I am helping a friend to figure out if he would be better off by taking a 10 day vacation to NYC or to BsAs. I dont live in BsAs but I've been there on business (trips paid by my employer). Considering he wants to limit himself to the main metro area we made a checklist.

1. Air ticket: NYC wins (around $500 vs $1200 for BsAs)
2. Accomodations: $50/day apt rental in BsAs vs at least $150/day (if lucky in NYC and upper streets)? BsAs wins but risk of being ripped off for the deposit.
3.Public transportation: BsAs probably cheaper but we are considering this a tie for practical purposes.
4. Attractions (museums, etc): tie (sans theater shows)
5. Eating out: BsAs wins but I guess you can get creative in NYC?
6.Shopping: geez, I think he wont be tempted in BsAs but could go crazy in NYC (electronics).

Please let me if this makes sense!

Where is your friend from? I don't understand why you'd choose between the two cities based on price.

NYC can be pretty cheap for food. I've eaten at awesome vegetarian and thai places for around $10. The only thing you can get in bsas for $10 or less is crappy pizza and empanadas.

 

[argsteve]

SO many of these travel or retirement stories are all B.S.-- my father finally was so upset at the lies in an article and the writer finally wrote back....finally confessed yes he had never even been to the country and he was just writing this stuff from the USA- Virginia and had never even been to the countries he is hired to write about... so always read everything with doubt and you have to research it yourself!!
Got to love all these the best 10 places to live overseas and stuff like that...... always about 80% B.S.

 

[citygirl]

And every year, people (usually kids) read those articles, think they have discovered a cheap paradise and come down only to discover that it's not cheap and they will be scrimping and saving and have to leave a lot earlier than expected.

Funny sidenote - just did a bunch of holiday shopping in Europe. Why? B/C even at a 6 or so peso to the Euro rate, it's still a lot cheaper to shop there than here. You know what else was cheaper - my hotels. Most of my meals. drinks. transportation.

 

[elclandestino]

Aye, fella must have smoked something bad

Buenos Aires is not cheap by any means. It's more expensive than most of mainland European cities except Paris and Zurich. In Budapest, Wien or Berlin you can rent a studio flat in downtown for about EUR250-300 a month! Daily rentals in Budapest and Wien are at about 30-50 euros

 

[Lucas]

To the unsuspecting victims as some of the ones already here....

by ladyfrontbottom

This is abysmal, totally out-of-date journalism. When was this article written? And when was the 'Lonely Planet' sourced price guide published?
I really hope that none of your readers travel to Argentina based on the information included in this article.
Massive inflation (over the past 5 years) has rendered the information above completely false. A bus ride to Bariloche is between 500-600 pesos for a basic ticket. $15 US$ won't get you anywhere. http://www.omnilineas.com/argentina/bus/retiro/bariloche/
The budget sleeping prices are about right for a shared room in a hostel...the mid-range and high-end sleeping prices are way off (just google 'hotels in buenos Aires' for more information). A low-range evening meal out, with wine, will cost around 40/50 pesos per person. This goes up to around 400 pesos per person for a high-end place.
This is a poorly researched and highly misleading article!
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by lw12345

Does your paper employ fact checkers? If so put one to work on this totally irresponsible piece of 'journalism' before hoards of innocent victims from Ill hop the next flight to Argentina. The prices in this story and completely made up. I'm guessing the 10 year old who wrote this never set foot in Argentina. Or has had amnesia for 10 years. But I don't think things were that cheap even after the 2001/2002 crisis.

Prices in Argentina today are pretty close to US prices. Wine is still a bargain, but this story is pure fantasy.
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This is going to prove that you can't believe all you read in any place or media and least this country main newspapers.