79 sats \ 12 replies \ @Coinsreporter 26 Sep \ on: Consumer Spending Warning Signs: Restaurants & Retail Hit the Skids econ
I see it as Americans getting more health conscious and trying to avoid pizzas and burgers. They also need to keep the obesity rates down.
Sorry, but that's not it. Eating out is too expensive now for many families. Americans are still the same lazy lard-asses they've always been.
reply
No, I was watching a video recently where someone was travelling in Utah. When she told the prices for staying and eating, I couldn't actually imagine these here gor te same things. $170 for 1 day stay, $30 for 1 meal. The same things we can get here in $10 to $15.
reply
reply
Really, I was shocked. She was in a small town where only 2 or 3 hotels exist. 1 had no vacancy and the other one charged like nuts.
I don't know much about hotel rents in America. $170 is okay or way too much in a town like Ogden and Moab.
reply
I'm also shocked. I think most of the Indians will be shocked. In this amount a family of 4 people can easily eat good and healthy food for a month here. So many people don't even get as much salary. India is different. The costs of living are way too less than the West.
reply
When a small town taps into international tourist demand, prices can go nuts.
reply
Sir, I understand that but @coinsreporter was right. There's a huge difference between India and US on this. For tourist destinations in India prices are higher on season but not as nuts as there. The charges in hotels with every facility, you won't pay more than 30 or 40 dollars in season. But it's okay, I've clms to know that the difference in wages is also huge.
reply
The difference in labor costs and other inputs will play a role. I'm from a fairly remote place, with no significant nearby labor pool and shipping building/maintenance materials is quite expensive, as are food and other supplies. There's also no viable location for a competitor to enter the market.
It's kind of a perfect storm that leads to crazy prices.
Utah is a tourist destination, so I'm not surprised to see prices like that. I'm from a small town with only one hotel and it charges like $600 a night during tourist season, but in the offseason they can barely give the rooms away.
reply
$600!!!
Comparing to the prices for the same facilities and similar places here in India, it's like 50x to 100x. I'm more surprised for people afford such costly facilities there. That's fine, people are very rich there.
reply