#Microblog Monday 572: Cost of Travel
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The kids have a week off where they align this summer, and I thought it would be fun for all of us to go to Venice. I got out the journal I kept the last time I was in Venice to get the name of the hotel. There was a long entry where I stressed over the cost of the place. My friend had made the reservation for us, and it would cost each of us $60 per night. I lamented that I was paying triple what we’d pay per night for the rest of the trip.
I looked up the hotel today to see the cost per night. Remember, it was $120 per night for a very nice hotel in Venice. That same hotel today? $1,132 per night. Yes, it has been 25 or so years, but that seems excessive, no?
In Rome, it was $40 per night for a whole apartment in Trastevere. A quick search on VRBO shows it will be about $540 per night for a comparable apartment.
I can’t tell if the price difference is normal inflation, supply and demand, or priced to curb tourism. In any case, we’re not going to Italy this year.
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Yes, Venice is expensive! And we last went in 2011. I remember though our first trip in 1998 – there was about a 30% difference in costs between going in October, and in November! Venice is the most beautiful place though. I’m sorry you’re not going. Just had an idea though. Vittorio Veneto is just an hour north, and is absolutely gorgeous, AND you can take the train directly to Venice. We stayed there for two weeks, in reasonably priced accommodation, back in 2013. Also lots of other gorgeous less expensive places in Italy. I loved VV, but also Puglia in the south too.
if you google “CPI inflator”, that will inflate for you in US dollars if you know the years so you can see how much is inflation and how much is “other”
Italy in the summer seems price prohibitive for us. My in-laws are going on a full tour in April which is costing them about 12K for the two of them for two weeks. I think ideally we’d go over Spring Break but DC1 wouldn’t be able to join us. Of course he’ll be graduating in a year and a half and who knows what will come next. He wants to do a masters degree in Europe, which would be ideal for us visiting, but not so ideal for getting to see him on a regular basis.
I was trying to book a quick 3 day getaway for spring break, but I couldn’t find anywhere I wanted to go where everything lined up. Oh well, I guess we could do a road trip or something…