The final of this year’s Champions League risks becoming a major letdown due to hoteliers exponentially raising their prices.
According to Trivago, hotels in Lisbon are charging more than 4 times what English hotels charged when the final was played at Wembley stadium.
On the night of the game, a three-star room in the center of the Portuguese city could cost up to €5000, which is an enormity, considering equivalent hotels in London would charge approximately €350.
This year's Champions League final to be played at Lisbon
Hotel prices on the day of the final and in the vicinity of the stadium have risen by more than 13 times what was charged in the previous months.
Some outraged people vented in the Twitter-sphere
@lonelyplanet travel news for Tuesday, including soaring hotel prices for Champions League final in Lisbon: http://t.co/950GRokxTs
— Joanna Cooke (@JoannaCooke1) May 13, 2014
#insane 2-star hotel in Lisbon charging 3,500 euros night of Champions League final... "doesn't include breakfast!" http://t.co/6Sj5BcyUSM
— Andre Tartar (@andretartar) May 13, 2014
A room in a hotel in Lisbon on the day of the Champions League final has reached an average price of €1.428. Highest: €6.250.
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) May 10, 2014
A scenic view of the Portuguese capital that will host the Champions League final
This greedy attitude of most hoteliers in Lisbon has caused an outcry, especially since the Portuguese capital thrives on tourism and risks loosing its reputation as a “wallet-friendly” destination in Europe.
The last final played in Lisbon was in 1967
