Are you as tired as I am of those hotel “best” lists where the average prices start at around $400 a night and go up from there? Do you wonder who really pays those rates? If you do, you’ll want to take a look at a new series of “best” lists based on data from TripAdvisor. That’s the leading online site for hotel reviews posted by real-world travelers on real-world budgets.

The most useful list is the 100 “Best Value” hotels around the world, which is based on TripAdvisor findings and published in Budget Travel, the nation’s leading budget travel magazine. For each hotel, the Best Value list includes its numerical score (on a scale of one to 100), contact information, price per night (as reported by TripAdvisor contributors), and a brief contributor comment. Here are some highlights, but I urge you to visit the complete set of lists. (more…)