The upcoming Presidential inauguration is sparking some serious price increases at DC hotels.
Rates in Washington, D.C., are on average 927% higher for the time of year, says travel search site Trivago.
It claims rates have surged to an average $2,071 per night for a standard double room.
Central DC hotel rates are usually a little more than $200 on average per night during January.
There were fears the Trump Inauguration was likely to be more muted than previous first term Presidential Inaugurations but an additional 200,000 people are expected for the ‘Women’s March on Washington’ anti-Trump rally on Saturday.
Meanwhile home sharing platform Airbnb says it has already taken bookings for more than 15,000 guests for the Inauguration.
It had originally targeted about 10,000 between January 19 and 21, 2017.
Airbnb says average nightly rate is $129 per night which is ‘especially reasonable when compared with some current hotel rates’ the company said.
