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IT MAY SOUND pointless, but there is (it’s compilers claim) a serious motivation behind the international Club Sandwich Index.
Using the classic staple of a chicken, bacon, egg, lettuce and mayonnaise sandwich, the people at Hotels.com calculate the average price for the meal in a city based on real prices paid by hotel guests.
The resulting index, which compares the prices in destinations worldwide, aims to give holidaymakers an indication of how expensive their trip might be.
So where does Ireland figure?
Well, the price for a club sandwich in Dublin came in at €11.69 in the 2014 survey — nine cents more expensive than last year, and 16th on the list.
That means we’re pricier than Madrid, Singapore, Beijing and Bangkok — but quite a bit less expensive than New York, Tokyo and Copenhagen.
The average price for the sandwich tops the €20 mark in two locations — Geneva and Paris.
€23.57 is the average price for the snack in the Swiss capital, in fact — a little alarming for most tourists maybe, but presumably no problem for the upper crust* travellers likely to holiday there.
*Sorry.
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Terrible.
Weren’t the Lebanese complaining about “Homeland” and the fact that Beirut, “The Paris Of The Middle East” was being portrayed as a bombed out shell of a city and a dangerous place. Heard this on BBC radio yesterday. Something to that effect anyway.
There are still quite a few bomb and bullet scarred buildings left in Beirut. There’s also a huge amount of sparkly and sterile norman-forsterized development in the downtown area. It’s an interesting place.
Very sad development.
Who are these two people? I see that they have twitter accounts. Are they over there tweeting about this? Are they journalists? Are they credible witnesses?
I believe Declan they have taken residence in the spare bedroom of the two bed terrace in Coventry already occupied by the the SOHR (Syrian Observatory Human Rights). All mod cons, bills included, close to all amenities….it was a no brainer…
Toorkeel, I gave you a green thumb for your comment. :)
Spent time there on business last year. Beautiful city and people. Such a shame to see this type of thing again. Horrible no matter where it’s happening.
Jasus I didn’t think there was anything left to blow up :)
Darren, what you don’t know would fill a large encyclopedia.
It might have also had the Phalange as a target as these Christian dislike Assad deeply, and not just the victim. I think all Levantine Christians are seeing that they have no friends there only people who use them, or they should be.
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