After arriving in Accra from Nairobi, we paid $18 for a single budget hotel room a 10 minute taxi ride from the airport. However, we drove past Holiday Inn and learned that if you are a high roller, you could stay at the Holiday Inn for upwards of $350 a night; the most expensive hotel in Accra supposedly.
Seriously, WTF is that all about? I guess Holiday Inn being a luxury in Ghana is no different than McDonald’s being viewed as a luxury brand in Europe whereas in the United States it hovers near the very bottom of the luxury brand hierarchy just above WalMart.
Drew Meyers is the co-founder of <a href="http://www.horizonapp.co">Horizon</a> & Oh Hey World. He worked for Zillow from September of 2005 to January of 2010 on the marketing team managing Zillow’s API program and various online partnerships. Founder of <a href="http://www.geekestateblog.com">Geek Estate Blog</a>, a multi-author blog focused on real estate technology for real estate professionals, and <a href="http://mykro.org">myKRO.org</a>, a blog devoted to exploring the world of microfinance. As passionate as you get about travel.
