“In March, my friends and I started looking for room V Patmos. Accustomed to what now seems like a distant past, years when we booked a room on the islands two weeks before and a month before holidaysI thought it was too soon. In addition, we are leaving on vacation in August, five months after we started looking for the cherished room. After all, we’re already too late. i started calling you rooms for rent in Chora Island. After dozens of phone calls, it became clear that they were all booked. There were no available rooms at the beginning of August. A friend was looking in other areas of the island, but it was either too far or not convenient Prices were also very expensive. accommodation In a bad condition. Finally we found one Airbnb, small but very beautiful, not far from Hora, of course, at a steep price. Before we booked it, we looked a bit to see if we could find something cheaper on other islands. We have telephones in Schinous, in Lipsi, nothing, everything is busy. In March. After we closed the house, we started an investigation into ship tickets. Should you buy a car or rent? A friend of the group started taking calls about cars on Patmos. Found only one available for the August days we were interested in. In March! “. M.’s experience, which tells today in “K”familiar to many, especially in recent years.

However, this year, things seem to be even worse with both the search for rooms on the islands, as well as rising prices for housing and ferry tickets. as they say in “K” future vacationers. A month ago businessman Hector Seilopoulos started looking for a triple room in Sifnos, the last weekend of July. “We don’t find” says “K”, “or we find something very expensive, basic rooms with more or something cheesy, which again are considered expensive, the price is about 150 euros per night.” He took phones in rooms and hotels, searched on Airbnb, but nothing. “It’s all weighing on me,” he says, emphasizing that it’s impossible not to go to the island these days because he’s invited to the wedding, “and I first bothered to find accommodation on the island so many months ago.”

They have been looking since March to book in August – Ferry tickets are expensive too – Typical reviews in “K”.

The private owner says the same. Mika Germanu. In recent years, Ms. Germanou has been spending her summers in Anafi. “4-5 years ago”, refers to “K”“On the same day I found a very economical room in Anafi.” This year, he started looking two weeks ago — “which is early for me,” he notes — and again for August, as in Anafi as in Donuss, he finds nothing. Prices have gone up since last year at Anafi, where he says a room cost 65-70 euros. “Both prices and bookings have gone up,” she emphasizes, adding that she intercepted more than 20 phone calls, looked through booking and Airbnb, and asked for a room from friends.

“If we don’t find him, I will either stay in the tent or we will have to change our destination and go to some big island,” he says. However, not only prices have changed her idea of ​​vacation. “The last 2-3 years have been a mess, which I don’t remember before,” she says, emphasizing that during her vacation last year she had to close all the restaurants she was going to eat at while she was on vacation. teno, three weeks before his departure. “You can’t do anything spontaneously” explains “K”. She is also a private employee Athena Katsari says “K” how to go on vacation Spetses in July he booked a room in February. “Even at the beginning of June when he was looking, 80% were booked,” he says, pointing out that there too he noticed a big increase in prices compared to the last time he was on the island in 2020. “Half affordable accommodation was 100 euros per night, grandparents’ room – again ladies 150, so in advance,” he notes. “Everything was done too expensive, it is now noticeable everywhere, I didn’t study on such holidays,” he says.

And on the other hand, some summed up the new data and decided that they would not go to the islands this year. “I looked at prices for rooms and cruises a bit and did not even delve into the process”, – says the head of the “K” family.who didn’t want to be named. After a short search, he realized that a family of four with a regular car needed 780 euros to get to Apple Alle Retour. “According to rough estimates, two and a half thousand euros are needed for one week,” he says. “I’m afraid soon” says “K”“we will see them Cyclades only on the map.