As UEFA Champions League Final is approaching, hotels near Cardiff, the UK, try to benefit from the event and skyrocket their daily rates. For example, Bath and Bristol hotels have already increased their rates by as much as 400% for the event days! Both the cities are located within 60 miles of the city that is hosting the final.
As the British Rail is launching a series of trains that are going to run until 2 am after the final game, quite many fans, who are visiting the UEFA final, are expected to book hotel rooms in the nearby cities. Hotels in Cardiff have been fully booked for many weeks already, so fans of Juventus and Real Madrid, the teams that are going to fight for the champion title, have nothing to do but to look for hotel rooms in cities like Bath or Bristol.
As the game date approaches, rates for the weekend of the final (June 2 4) become absolutely incredible. Currently, a room in a hotel in Bristol costs 178% more than on average. Some hotels already charge 400% more than usual. Even with such costly rates, football fans are recommended to make bookings faster as only 10% of hotels still have free rooms. A two-night stay at Hilton Bristol Airport would currently cost you £789 (250% more than the average room rate), and if you want to stay in a deluxe king room at DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol North, prepare to shed £1,258 (400% more than the regular price).
Hotels in Bath charge a little less than their Bristol colleagues. The average price increase is 123% with approximately 20% of hotel rooms still available.