Hotels raise prices up to 5000% during the World Cup

Rostourism has compiled a list of 41 hotels that inflate prices for accommodation during the World Cup. Most of them - in the Rostov region (14 pieces), and in Moscow there are 12 such hotels. Exceeding the price limits set by the government - up to 5000%, and the prices for rooms in a hotel with one star - up to 35 thousand rubles.

• In Moscow, the record was set in the one-star hotel "Petrovka, 17": with the price limit set for such hotels of 6,970 rubles for a double room, the cost reached 34,800 rubles (exceeding the standard by 399%). However, the hotel manager Olga Lavrova denied the information about the increase and stressed that no one would buy a room for such an amount even during the World Cup. “We closed sales <...> more than a month ago. You can only book on request <...> Standard rooms cost 8,500 rubles, economy class - 6,500 rubles, ”she explained.
• The highest cost in the country is in the Kaliningrad hotel without stars "Agora". It exceeded the norm by 5283%: 129.2 thousand rubles per room with a maximum of 2400 rubles.
• According to the vice-president of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia Vadim Prasov, the number of hotels that violated the government decree is "less than 1%". “This is a small number of the total number of hotels. There can be both an arithmetic error and erroneous data entered by the hotel manager. I wouldn't make a tragedy out of it," he said.
• The maximum penalty for such hotels is a fine of twice the amount of excessively received revenue. At the same time, getting into the "black list" does not guarantee a fine - Rostourism must first apply with the corresponding requirement to the FAS and Rospotrebnadzor. However, Rospotrebnadzor has already begun checking.
• During the World Cup, prices have soared not only in hotels (where there are almost no rooms left): prices for private apartments reach 3 million rubles per night. is similar The situation with air tickets.

What do I get from this?

If you were suddenly going to do domestic tourism during the World Cup, then it is better not to do this. Or, remembering the Olympics, waiting for government intervention is closer to the point.

Artem Gubenko, The Bell