"Hotels across the United States, Canada and Mexico have hiked prices for rooms by hundreds of dollars per night during the FIFA World Cup in 2026, with an analysis by The Athletic revealing an average increase of more than 300 per cent around opening matches in the 16 host cities."
"Among the top-line findings is a hotel in Mexico City that costs $157 per night in late May, yet on June 10 and 11, around the World Cup opener between Mexico and South Africa, it is listed at $3,882 on the Marriott Bonvoy app, a 2,373 per cent increase."
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Hotels across the United States, Canada and Mexico increased room rates by hundreds of dollars per night during the FIFA World Cup 2026. Average increases exceeded 300 percent around opening matches in the 16 host cities. Some individual listings rose by thousands of dollars for match dates. One Mexico City property that cost $157 per night in late May appeared at $3,882 on June 10 and 11, a 2,373 percent increase, on the Marriott Bonvoy app. Price hikes concentrated around match dates generated extraordinary short-term costs for attendees and travelers in host cities.
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