IF pricey hotels put you off travel, China, South Africa and Florida might be more attractive destinations for your next vacation than Europe.

Moscow, New York, Venice and London have the most expensive average hotel prices, while Cape Town, Guangzhou in China and Orlando in Florida have the cheapest, a survey released on Tuesday by internet booking site Hotels.com said.

"We're finding the traditional weekend breakers who used to go to Paris, Venice, Rome are now looking further afield," Hotels.com spokeswoman Alison Couper said.

She said one of the trends in Europe was a growing interest in low-budget eastern European destinations such as Budapest.