Prices for accommodation in hotels are constantly changing, depending on the number of tourists. Everyone knows that hotels can raise prices during the peak of the tourist season and offer discounts on accommodation on those days when tourists are few.
(This is quite understandable: hotels are not created that we can afford to spend an inexpensive night in comfortable conditions, they are created in order for hotel owners to earn money.)
How do prices change? When is it most profitable time to go to the city you would like to visit? (The cost of living was checked using the hotels online booking website.)
St. Petersburg
Oktyabrskaya Hotel (4 stars) is conveniently located in the center of St. Petersburg, near Nevsky Prospekt, Moskovsky railway station and metro stations Ploshchad Vosstaniya and Mayakovskaya. There are also located nearby: shopping center Gallery, shopping center Nevsky Center, a concert hall Oktyabrsky.
Standard double room with 1 bed or 2 separate beds.
Date of arrival: Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Departure date: Thursday, March 29, 2018. This is the spring break time for schoolchildren.
Cost of reservation: 3800 rubles.
Date of arrival: Tuesday, May 1, 2018. Departure date: Wednesday, May 2, 2018. A popular spring holiday, a weekend.
Reservation fee: 6460 rubles.
Date of arrival: Saturday, May 26, 2018. Departure date: Sunday, May 27, 2018. City day is a popular holiday in Saint Petersburg.
The cost of reservation: 11020 rubles.
Date of arrival: Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Departure date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018. This day is scheduled for holding the 1/2 finals of the World Cup.
The cost of reservation: 12160 rubles.
Dates: June 23 - 24. These days the popular holiday of Scarlet Sails will be held in St. Petersburg.
The last standard double room on the booking site is sold for 10 861 rubles.
Other rooms in this hotel are available for booking at a price from 9450 to 23200 rubles.
Check-in: Wednesday, 8 August. Departure date: Thursday, August 9th. An ordinary weekday in August.
Booking cost: 4560 rubles.
Check-in: Saturday, August 11, 2018. Departure date: Sunday, August 12.
Booking cost: 4560 rubles.
Date of arrival: Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Departure date: Thursday, October 11, 2018. An ordinary weekday outside the peak of the tourist season.
The cost of booking: 3800 rubles.
Moscow
The Matryoshka Hotel (3 stars) is located in the heart of Moscow, a 5-minute walk from the Bolshoi Theater and the shopping center TsUM and a 10-minute walk from the Kremlin.
Date of arrival: Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Departure date: Thursday, July 12, 2018. The match of the World Cup will be held this day in Moscow.
Budget single room without windows in this hotel can be booked at a price of 12241 rubles.
The last double suite was sold for 22,064 rubles.
A budget double room with 1 bed or 2 separate beds without a window is not available in the booking system.
Dates of stay: 8 August (Wednesday) - 9 August (Thursday).
Budget double room can be booked at a price of 4443 rubles per night.
Dates of stay: August 11 (Saturday) - August 12 (Sunday).
The cost of booking: 3834 rubles.
The same prices for booking at this hotel are shown in mid-October.