: Likewise, a reasonable three-star hotel in Rome: perhaps $350 last year, more like $275 this, according to The Guardian. Or three courses for two – plus a few beers – in one of an Amsterdam eetcafe: about $100 just 18 months ago but $75 now. Today the same ticket will set them back barely $13. Europe feels like it on sale this year for Americans, said Barrie Seidenberg, CEO of Viator, a US-based company that allows tourists to pre-book entrance tickets to the big attractions and small-group jump the queue tours before leaving home. Although for some of the old world more popular attractions, that could cause problems. As the euro currency sinks ever closer to parity with the dollar, the fact that a European vacation is now about 25% cheaper than it was last year has not escaped the attention of US holidaymakers.
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