Hotels.com's Christmas shopping basket uncovers cheapest destinations for Christmas shopping

Gift prices calculated as the average cost from three local retailers in each country, then converted to NZD – apart from items with one global figure (1 USD = 1.215 NZD).

AUCKLAND – Hotels.com has taken its Christmas shopping basket around the globe to find which destinations offer the best-value-for-money Christmas gifts!

Hotels.com’s Christmas Shopping Basket looks at the price of 13 of the most popular, and world-wide available, presents across 29 countries, to produce a Christmas Global Gift Guide Index, with gifts ranging from iPads to Barbie’s Dreamhouse.

Taiwan is top of the pops for bargain hunters this Christmas, on average, returning a combined shopping basket of $1,781.70, followed by Japan ($2,505.91) and Argentina ($2,515.56) in second and third place.

Justifying a shop till you drop holiday, New Zealand ranked 20th on the Index, returning a price tag of $3,836.85, a huge $2055 more than Taiwan’s total!

At the other end of the spectrum, Brazil was the country with the most expensive shopping basket at $5,797.76, $2,243.73 more than the global average of $3,554.03.

The Hotels.com Christmas Shopping Basket consists of:

iPad Air
iPad with retina display
Ladies real leather gloves
Jean Paul Gaultier ‘Le Male’ Eau de Toilette 75ml
Calvin Klein socks
iPhone 5S
Chloe by Chloe Perfume 75ml
Spiderman lunch box
Susan Boyle Home for Christmas album
Barbie Dreamhouse
How I Met Your Mother season 7
Levis 501s (men’s straight leg jeans)
Harry Potter box set (all books)

Katherine Cole, Regional Marketing Director, Hotels.com, Australia and New Zealand said, “Combing Christmas shopping and a trip overseas provides the perfect opportunity to squeeze in a break and escape the stress that can sometimes come with the festive season. Our shopping basket is a great guide for people wanting to indulge in shopping and travel at the one time.”

The total costs per country for the entirety of the Hotels.com Christmas shopping basket:

                                     Average price of
    Rank    Country               basket (NZ)
          1 Taiwan                    $1,781.70
          2 Japan                      $2,505.91
          3 Argentina                 $2,515.56
          4 Korea                      $2,537.64
          5 Thailand                  $2,600.80
          6 Switzerland              $2,739.10
          7 Hong Kong               $3,094.62
          8 Canada                   $3,201.66
          9 India                       $3,285.66
         10 Singapore                $3,331.23
         11 Russia                   $3,336.27
         12 Sweden                   $3,368.96
         13 USA                        $3,405.52
         14 Australia                  $3,520.98
         15 Colombia                  $3,543.54
         16 The Netherlands        $3,691.83
         17 China                      $3,716.60
         18 France                  $3,796.46
         19 Ireland                    $3,812.57
         20 New Zealand            $3,836.85
         21 Spain                      $3,912.11
         22 UK                          $3,921.19
         23 Germany                  $3,948.91
         24 Mexico                     $3,990.81
         25 Denmark                   $4,209.96
         26 Italy                  $4,416.56
         27 Finland                     $4,574.37
         28 Norway                    $4,671.80
         29 Brazil                   $5,797.76

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