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Find the cheapest place to buy your luxury goods, worldwide!
We'll tell you the cheapest country, taking into account prices, real time exchange rates, and tax refunds!
HAVE US IN YOUR POCKET WHILE YOU SHOP AND TRAVEL. IT'S THE HANDY TOOL EVERY LUXURY SHOPPER NEEDS!
This is the country you live in. You must select the country you live in as a first step for the index to work properly.
2. Select a brand
Hit enter and wait for results to load. We’ve designed an index that works with multiple product lines in a brand.
The table will load showing all results for your home country. Select the countries you are travelling to and our data charts will show you real time stats of the cheapest destination to buy your luxury good.
4. Take advantage and save
We’ve developed a unique real time index which gives you the relative price of a brand in other countries compared to your home country. Our index takes into account prices, taxes and exchange rates.
Find the Cheapest Country to buy your Luxury Good with Luxury Hedge
Luxury Hedge tells you the cheapest country to buy your luxury good, taking into account prices, real time exchange rates and tax refunds. The index is personalised for your home country, comparing to what you can buy it for at home, with your home set to 0%.
1. Product Prices:
Luxury Hedge picks popular products across a range of lines within a brand. It then regularly researches and monitors the price of those products around the world. The index is based on the average of these product lines. We also give you the percentage differences for six products as well. Our results are shown in percentages to give you an overview of whether a brand is cheaper, or more expensive, in a country you are travelling to.
2. Exchange Rates:
We use live exchange rates that update throughout the day. Our index is real time. With so much exchange rate volatility, the prices of luxury goods can be dramatically cheaper, or more expensive, overseas.
3. Taxes and tax refunds:
We’ve researched the VAT, GST and sales taxes of all countries around the world! Shopping tax free is a real way to save when eligible. In some countries, the tax refund increases depending on the price of the good you buy. We’ve taken all this into consideration, where the luxury hedge index will show you the relative prices with and without tax. We’ve also taken into account the commission points that refund companies, such as Global Blue, usually take. For example, even though the VAT rate for some products in Greece might be as high as 24%, you never receive that much tax refund back. It’s not an exact science, but it will give you an indication of whether you will save when shopping overseas.
Select the home country where you live. For example, if you live in Australia the relevant country site is Australia. Do not select the country you are travelling to. Instead, you will be able to filter the results by countries. The following countries have specific websites. All other countries should select ‘International Site”.
We currently cover the following brands, and we are adding more on a regular basis. Suggest a brand here.
