Islands, towns and resort areas: which one to base yourself in?

These pages cover islands, towns, gateways and resort areas, including comparisons between one of those places and a city in the same country. Each page shows on-the-ground daily spending at three levels, recorded good months, stay areas and what would actually make you choose one. Figures are planning estimates; airfare and transfers between the two places — ferries and island access included — are excluded.