Last week, the final draw for the World Cup groups made a lot of people happy, as they finally knew where their teams will play and, accordingly, what ticket they should buy.

But, the money spent on tickets is not the only investment necessary from you if you want to see the World Cup matches live in Germany (well, of course, that is if you don’t live in Germany): you have to buy yourself plane tickets or pay for the gas in your car and, more important, decide where you will sleep during the World Cup. This is the hardest part of all, since it seems the accomodation prices in Germany for the period of the World Cup have just gone to the roof: it is said that one hotel overpriced their rooms 10 times the usual price: from USD100 in February to USD1590 in June. And, on top of that, it seems that all the hotels are booked.

Some more options might be: room rentals and/motorhomes.

“The biggest problem is the hotels. All of the accommodation websites show sudden and steep increases, miraculously, right when the football is on.”

“Of course prices are higher than normal. If there is a trade fair in Germany, then the prices are higher. You cannot stop hotels from putting prices up.

“People will have to stay outside the cities. Accommodation is still available but it might not be next to the stadium. But Germany is all connected by train and public transport.”

Just hours after the World Cup draw was announced and finalised last Saturday, FIFA’s accommodation service claimed that most hotels were unavailable.

Source: theage.com.au