A few months before the Paris 2024 Olympics, UFC-Que Choisir compared the prices of several Parisian hotels on the day of the opening ceremony and two weeks before. According to France Inter, which consulted this document on Tuesday, prices more than triple.
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In a study published on its site Wednesday, December 27, UFC-Que Choisir denounces the sales practices of certain hotels during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, France Inter learned, which was able to consult the document on Tuesday, December 26. According to the consumer defense association, average prices have jumped by 226% and some establishments force customers to book several nights.
For its study, UFC-Que Choisir randomly targeted 80 hotels, from 2 to 5 stars, within a radius of one kilometer around the Seine where the opening ceremony will take place (Notre-Dame, Tuileries, Orsay to ‘at the Trocadéro) scheduled for Friday July 26, 2024. To compare prices, the association took the lowest rate for a classic double room on July 26. The room prices recorded were compared to those in effect two weeks before, at the start of the month.
The result is clear: they more than triple. “The average cost per night was 317 euros”says Arnaud De Blauwe, editor-in-chief at UFC-Que Choisir. “When we come back 15 days later for the opening ceremony, the night costs 1,033 euros on average”.
A call to raise awareness among Parisian hoteliers
Another practice implemented by 30% of the hotels studied: impossible to reserve a single night. “They require you to take two to four nights, that’s what we observed”notes Arnaud De Blauwe. “We had a hotel that offers four obligatory nights, or nothing, and each night costs 8,380 euros”. The overall level of prices charged is, according to the association, “probably at least twice as expensive as in the Champions League final”in May 2022.
Faced with these “unbelievable prices”UFC-Que Choisir calls on hotel professionals “to return to some reason” and asks “to the authorities to raise awareness” Parisian hotels. The association promises in any case that it will continue to collect prices in hotels until this summer.