Hotel prices for Euro 2016 are up 161%

A hotel search website shows that Republic of Ireland fans will spend an average of €1,156 for three nights’ accommodation if they stay in the cities hosting the Boys in Green’s group stage matches in next month’s European Championships.

Trivago says that hotel prices during the group stages of Euro 2016 are up an average of 161% compared to the same period last year, and that the most expensive city to stay is Lille on the night it hosts the Republic of Ireland’s Group E match with Italy.

Hotel rooms on the nights of the matches against Sweden in Saint-Denis and Belgium in Bordeaux come in on average at €285 and €312, respectively.