How we rate the data

Confidence = independent sources

• Low · 1 sourceA single report. Good for orientation — treat it as a lead, not a fact.
• Medium · 2 sourcesTwo independent reports agree. Solid enough for budgeting.
• High · 3+ sourcesThree or more independent reports agree. Reliable enough to plan on.

Independent means a different platform or a different author. Two posts by the same person on the same forum count as one source, not two.

What “N reports” means

Each observation is one dated report — a forum thread, a catalog listing, a field note. The counter on a city page is how many of them sit in our base for that location.

Freshness

Every figure carries the date of its freshest underlying report; the city page shows the latest one. Reports older than about 18 months are retired from the published picture.

Why ranges, not exact prices

The same service prices differently by district, venue tier, season and format — a single “exact” number would lie. We publish the span from the lowest to the highest verified observation, and a price reaches the page only when at least two observations back it. A lone price never appears alone.

Why dollars, and why rounded

Local prices are converted to US dollars and rounded coarsely (the rate date is on every price page) — enough to compare cities and plan. Exact local-currency ranges, district breakdowns and dates come from the bot.

What we never publish

Raw sources, links, quotes and author names stay in the internal base — they never reach the site. You see the verified result, not a wall of links.