Hotel rates rising
According to figures released in 6th March by Trivago, Europe’s hotel prices in March are 7 per cent cheaper than a year ago.
The average price of a night in a European hotel now will cost about €102, or the same as in February 2010. However, rising prices in Southern and Central Europe have risen, cancelling out the lower prices in the North.
According to the research, to spend a night in Rome costs 12 per cent more than in February and prices have also risen in Athens and Barcelona. On the bright side, hotel rooms in Copenhagen and Stockholm have fallen in price by 6 per cent since last month and 13 and 10 per cent respectively since the same time last year.
Geneva remains Europe’s most expensive European capital, at €195 a night. Eastern Europe remains the cheapest area, at €64 a night on average for Krakow and €68 a night for Prague.
Prices have remained stable in the UK, with the exception of Ireland. Major cities across the United Kingdom experienced only minor fluctuations in accommodation prices over the past month. The average nightly cost increased two percent in London (126 pounds) and rose one percent in Birmingham (88 pounds), York (104 pounds) and Glasgow (79 pounds).
No change was recorded in Nottingham (73 pounds), while costs in Manchester dropped two percent to 87 pounds. In Dublin, on the other hand, the average overnight price climbed steeply to 103 pounds – eighteen percent higher than in February – in anticipation of the RBS Six Nations Championship and several upcoming cultural events and festivals. A higher-than-average increase of six percent was also registered in Edinburgh (108 pounds), and stands in sharp contrast to March 2009, when the average stay cost only 94 pounds.
The Press Release was written by: Juliet Smithson who is an expert in Smithson