bangalore travellers from mangalore agra amritsar and dehradun are willing to pay 50 more for a hotel room than travellers from delhi and bangalore while domestic holidayers from amritsar are willing to spend on an average rs 4710 per night for a hotel room those from delhi can pay rs 3272 per night on a hotel room bangalore travellers are ready to pay rs 3095 against mangalore travellers budget of rs 4037 per night of the top ten cities in india based on budget per person per night only two metro cities feature in the list delhi at 7 and bangalore at 10 the rest of the seven comprise of tier 1 and tier 2 cities in india with no metro city making it to the top five of the list travelplanning website holidayiqcom which receives 5 million visits from travellers per month also rates the states punjabis have the highest budget for a hotel room at rs 3807 per night and bengalis the lowest at rs 1737 per night the average budget per person for a hotel room this summer was rs 2690 as against rs 1654 last summer the 62 rise in budget allocation for a hotel room by travellers has taken place despite the fact that all economic growth drivers have slowed down in that period if you take any luxury product the traction is seen more in tier 1 and tier 2 cities it is this trend reflecting in the travel industry now said hari nair founder and ceo of holidayiqcom that said tier 1 and tier 2 cities have a much smaller traveller base than the metro cities also metro cities have travellers spread across the price spectrum on account of the large base hence the average budget per night per person comes down the trend among the neorich is to earn in their respective smaller cities but splurge regularly in the other cities where they may be frequenting for business or leisure said taposh chakraborty founder of boutique hospitality consultants he added that travellers have a higher budget for hotel rooms when on leisure travel for reasons including giving the family a luxury feel while the evolved travellers from the metros are opting for newer accommodations like homestays breadandbreakfast lodges and guest houses travellers from tier 1 and 2 cities still prefer the branded star accommodations while 50 of travellers from metros opt for newer accommodations just a little over 40 of travellers from smaller cities opt for the same it is a fact that travellers from smaller towns are willing to pay more for a hotel room and there is a noticeable trend of how such travellers are upgrading from three and fourstar to fivestar properties said a ceo of a leading budget hospitality chain in india hari nair believes that the lowercost structure for people living in tier 1 and 2 cities allows them to have a greater spending power than their counterparts living in the metros our internal research shows