British fans supporting the England team in Germany next year, will get ripped off/charged incredible prices by German hotels for sure. So will the ther countries fans by the way.
In Frankfurt where he England squad face Paraguay, it is reported that hotels have hiked up the prices by 134 percent. One hotel is even charging £192 a night next June compared to this weeks rate of £31.
England Fans travelling to Cologne for the Sweden game can expect to pay an extra 38.5 percent if they book now.
In Hamburg, which hosts a quarter-final, German hotel bills have doubled. In Berlin, the venue for the final, it costs an extra 55 per cent already for a hotel room.
British football liason in Germany Andy Batson said
Transport will face a price hike. Aeroplane flights will be more expensive and so will the german train tickets.
England Blog Comment - There will be a lot of German beer drunk too, they will be stronger and more expensive to drink and buy than usual. Apparently there will be English police and English military police on German soil, so don't drink too much and do behave.
Posted at 6:45 AM, Wednesday, December 14, 2005