(MONEY Magazine) – If the weakened U.S. dollar has dashed your dreams of a foreign vacation, take heart. Our survey of hotel, transportation and dining costs in a dozen foreign cities and New York City shows that European prices have skyrocketed. The same Munich hotel room that cost about $80 last year now fetches $175. And some dinners for two in Paris have leaped from $20 to $75. But bargains can still be found in Sydney, where last year's $60 hotel room now goes for only $5 more. In overbuilt Singapore, the room is still $60. The catch: air fares to these faraway countries can easily top $1,000 round trip. One barometer of foreign bargains is the Big Mac. A McDonald's lunch of a Big Mac, fries and shake, which goes for only $2.25 or less in Rio, Hong Kong and Sydney, is still around $4 to $6 in pricey Paris, Tokyo, Zurich and New York City. So no matter where you head, you'll at least be able to afford lunch.

CHART: What one U.S. dollar buys now . . . Month % Year % Late Month change of Year change of Inflation Currency February ago U.S. dollar ago U.S. dollar rate

Australian dollar 1.48 1.29 14.7% 1.43+ 3.5% 9.8% Brazilian cruzado 19.69 16.45 19.7 13.84- 42.3 71.0 British pound 0.65 0.66 -1.5 0.69 -5.8 3.7 Canadian dollar 1.33 1.34 -0.8 1.42 -6.3 4.2 French franc 6.08 6.10 -0.3 6.86 -11.4 2.4 Hong Kong dollar 7.79 7.76 0.4 7.80 -0.1 3.8 Italian lira 1,298 1,301 -0.2 1,513 -14.2 4.5 Japanese yen 153.20 153.50 -0.2 180.15 -15.0 -0.3 Mexican peso 1,044 975 7.14 69.00 +122.6 105.0 Singapore dollar 2.13 2.14 -0.5 2.15 -0.9 -1.4 Swiss franc 1.54 1.54 -0.0 1.88 -18.1 0.0 West German mark 1.83 1.83 -0.0 2.23 -17.9 -0.8

Notes: In February 1986, Brazil's anti-inflationary Cruzado Plan chopped three zeros off the cruzeiro and renamed it the cruzado. CREDIT: NO CREDIT CAPTION: NO CAPTION DESCRIPTION: See above.

CHART: NOT AVAILABLE , CREDIT: NO CREDIT CAPTION: . . . and how to spend it DESCRIPTION: Cost of first-class hotel double room, three-mile taxi ride, bus tour of city, rental car per week, dinner for two with wine, Big Mac, fries and shake; and what one can buy for $50 in Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, London, Toronto, Paris, Hong Kong, Rome, Tokyo, Mexico City, Singapore, Zurich, Munich and New York City.