'Staycationers' told to shop around to avoid high prices

With quarantining-lifting measures looking increasingly precarious this summer, Irish holidaymakers want to support the indigenous industry, but pricing is making many think twice

Hotel and industry bodies have urged domestic holidaymakers to "shop around and not rely on one source", following mounting criticism online of eye-popping prices for family holidays in the likes of Kerry or Galway.Social media users have reacted with fury at "ripoff" prices, highlighting a week's stay in the West or Southwest between €2,000 and €3,000 in some hotels on popular hotel stay aggregating websites such as Booking.com or Trivago.ie.