‘Ek kaam karo, 4 lakh per night he rakhdo’ – Fans react to absurd hotel prices in Ahmedabad for Ind vs Pak World Cup clash on October 15
When the apex cricket council and the Indian Cricket Board on Tuesday released the schedule for the ODI World Cup and revealed that India and Pakistan would play on October 15 in Ahmedabad, hotel costs here have increased drastically and nearly tenfold in some cases. According to the prices on several hotel booking services, there may have been an unusually high demand for rooms on October 15, when the arch-rivals would be competing at the Narendra Modi stadium in this city.
The cost of renting a room has increased by almost ten times, with certain lodging establishments charging close to one lakh rupees while most are already booked for that day. Luxury hotel room rates in the city typically range from 5,000 to 8,000 rupees per night. For October 15, it has increased to 40,000 and, in certain locations, 1 lakh.
Unrealistic prices of hotels in Ahmedabad!
According to Booking.com, the deluxe suite at the city’s Welcome Hotel by ITC Hotels will cost you 5,699 rupees on July 2. However, a similar hotel will charge 71,999 for a single day of accommodations on October 15. The per-day room rent at the Renaissance Ahmedabad Hotel on the SG Highway, which presently is 8,000 for a day, is displayed as 90,679 on the day of the match in October.
Similarly, the Pride Plaza Hotel on SG Highway has increased its daily rental to 36,180. The Cama Hotel on the Sabarmati Riverfront, which would typically charge less than 3,000 for the following Sunday, has increased its rental to 27,233.
Rooms at the city’s five-star hotels ITC Narmada, Courtyard by Marriott, Hyatt, and Taj Skyline Ahmedabad are all sold out for October 15 due to the exceptional demand. Hotels raised their prices in response to demand, which came primarily from upper-middle-class cricket enthusiasts living in other states and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), according to office-holders of the Hotels and Restaurants Association (HRA) – Gujarat.
Look at how the fans reacted to absurd hotel prices in Ahmedabad:
Several 5 Star hotels are fully booked on 15th October in Ahmedabad due to India vs Pakistan World Cup Match. (TOI)
ITC Hotel charging 6,000 now is charging 72,000 on 15th October. pic.twitter.com/FEf9GxkEG1
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 28, 2023
One night price of hotel lemon tree pic.twitter.com/Cg84C5qYRq
— Tirth Shah (@TirthSh02344760) June 29, 2023
Is ITC hotel that cheap? Don’t think any 5 star hotel charges less than 10k even today.
— Sourav Sinha (@sourav_sinha) June 29, 2023
Imagine a week before match it will be 2 lakhs per nite
— Stiffmeister (@chico91617929) June 28, 2023
https://twitter.com/vaibhav06p/status/1674247847494156288?s=20
Imagine Fully Booked Hotels and 1 week before match they say it has been shifted to Chennai or Kolkata
— A.Hanan Khan (@hanan_khan3) June 29, 2023
All this hype just for an easy India win as always
— Rohit Sharma (@RohitG0AT264) June 28, 2023
Unreal Craze to see Babar play live
— Mudassar (@MudasarRehman15) June 29, 2023
Time to find distant to distant relatives in Ahmedabad for a stay
— Raspreet Singh (@raspreet3) June 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/HarshPa59342821/status/1674131842751156226?s=20
We will be watching at home on phone like this 👉🤳 not much expensive at least 1usd may be for the data pkg
— Zaheer Ahmed (@ImZaheerAhmed) June 28, 2023
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