If you’re looking for the cheapest place in the U.S. to get a cheese pizza and a dry martini and then jump into a taxi ride to a four-star hotel for the night, Las Vegas is your destination. The Sin City topped the list of value vacations Americans can find this summer among 15 hot U.S. tourist spots tracked by TripAdvisor’s inaugural TripIndex, a cost-comparison of key tourist cities throughout the world. The most expensive? New York City, of course. At $367, a similar pizza, drink and cab ride will set you back more than double the $164 it would cost you in Vegas. The cost comparison, however, doesn’t tally in what you might lose gambling in Vegas.

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