accommodation prices skyrocket in London

The crowd is increasingly dense in the district of Westminster where the remains of the queen will be transferred on Wednesday September 14. People came from all over the world. London is preparing to be full for the next few days. The atmosphere is special between mourning and extraordinary event. The number of hotel reservations has never been so high since the 2012 Olympics.

Accommodation price increases of up to 300%. Mélanie and her mother had planned this trip for a long time and bought their plane tickets from the Dordogne several weeks ago. They wanted to book their accommodation at the last minute but had a bad surprise.“I had looked, we could have 400 euros for three nights and when the queen died, I quickly booked because I told myself that a lot of people were going to come to London and we were at 650 euros”, she explains. Today, their nights at 650 euros are displayed at 1,000 euros. The management denies taking advantage of the situation, the market dictating its law. According to Aracelli Rius-Perez, commercial director at the Hotel Taj London, prices are set according to “the current situation”.