Originally Posted by iahphx

My general impression is that Argentina is twice as expensive as it was in December 2023. The saving grace is accommodation cost, which is still low. I don't know about BA (where I use a small amount of Wyndham points, the same as in 2023). But when I travel around the country, I use booking.com and Airbnb and average less than US$50/night for very comfortable accommodations. They'd be 3x the cost in the US, easily. But everyone I talk to, including many expats, complains how expensive Argentina is now. Frankly, I think they exaggerate. But the country does feel more expensive than it should be. Like they are ridiculously taxing foreigners to visit the national parks, charging like 45,000 pesos a day for Perito Moreno. And, honestly, Argentina is not a fully developed country. This is not America or Western Europe -- or even many Asian nations that, a few years ago, I might consider equivalent on the development scale. So I would naturally expect Argentina to get a bit cheaper again, unless Milei truly transforms the economy. For value, now is probably not the best time for foreigners to come. I have seen this cost cycle now for more than 35 years, and it goes up and down repeatedly in Argentina.