It comes after bookings to Rome surged 400 per cent in the 24 hours following the Pope’s death on Monday, according to data from On the Beach.
The Pope died at his home in the Vatican on Monday aged 88 after a stroke. He had been recovering from double pneumonia for which he was hospitalised for five weeks.
HotelPlanner, which keeps close tabs on price fluctuations around major events, has found hotel room prices are more expensive this weekend than in just two weeks’ time.
Pope Francis’ funeral will take place on Saturday morning (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)People gather in St Peter’s Square on the day of the translation of Pope Francis’ body (Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)“A one night stay this Saturday at the Orange Hotel, which is an 11-minute walk from St Peter’s Basilica, is going for £540. The same room is available for £350 just two weeks later.”
“The former is genuine demand for supply, and the latter is hoteliers hedging their bets on increased demand and hiking up the rates to chance their luck,” he said.
A spokesperson for travel company KAYAK said: “According to KAYAK, the world’s leading travel search engine, flight searches made on 21st April for travel from the UK to Rome rose by 28 per cent week on week, and by 38 per cent globally.”
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On the Beach said in addition to the 400 per cent spike in bookings in the 24 hours following Pope Francis’s death, bookings from Ireland to Rome saw a 100 per cent uplift on Tuesday.
Prices for travel to Italy were already up for 2025 because it is a Jubilee Year, a special year of forgiveness and reconciliation in the Catholic Church.
Mr Jenkins said: “The prices won’t be cheap, but we’re dealing with the high season anyway.
“If there’s a new pope being elected, you’re not going to find too many cheap rooms in Rome, but you weren’t going to find too many cheap ones in Rome at this time of year anyway.”
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