Baedeker travel books were revolutionary and a staple among travelers between 1827 to the 1960s because of its maps and detailed information on routes, prices, accommodations, entertainment, and more

Founded by Karl Baedeker in Germany, these books were key to traveling anywhere from Great Britain, Germany, France, Austria, the US, Mexico, Greece, Egypt, and much more.

Baedeker Travel Guides were used to pinpoint significant cultural sites during WW2 (April-May 1942) in London specifically. They were known as “Baedeker Blitz” with raids primarily at 5 cities – Exeter, Bath, Canterbury, Norwich, and York.

Understanding the implications of real exchange rates among international cities over time

Price variation across international cities and their goods

Possibly analyze deviations from the Law of One Price due to trade barriers

Cleaned Vienna data using Stata to make it uniform with Berlin, Paris, and London

Collected all English language Baedeker books I could find online and organizing them to match the main Baedeker catalogue for easier access

Began entering new London data from missing year using book for Great Britain

Graphed and analyzed price data with Vienna coordinates in present day

Main goal to create complete dataset of hotel, theater, travel, etc. price information that covers timeline of all Baedeker guides

Creating dataset of hotels that still exist in the same location

How has the price of a hotel room at a place like Hotel Bristol in Vienna compare to current times?

*See document for visualizations