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 report is one dated entry — a forum thread, a catalog listing, a field note. The counter on a city page is how many of them we hold for that location.

Freshness

Every figure carries the date of its freshest underlying report; the city page shows the latest one. Older reports remain available. A recent report does not mean all figures on the page are equally recent.

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 reported price, and a price reaches the page only when at least two reports back it. A lone price never appears alone.

Why dollars, and why rounded

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

What we never publish

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