Welcome to a day in the life of your average football fan at the most extortionate World Cup in history.
Step one – you get up
You wake up in your fairly average but very expensive hotel room. You’re staying close to the city centre because you want to be around other supporters from your country. You have been reading news stories about hotel companies who are “disappointed” about the number of empty rooms and they did make you laugh. Weren’t so disappointed when they whacked the prices up in the days after the World Cup draw, were they? Karma is a bitch.
Step two – you check your flights
The cost of your international flights also went up, because the choice was either to fly earlier and cheaper and pay more for the accommodation or fly out two days before the first group game and pay more for the air travel. You’re going to all three group games, so you have spent plenty on domestic flights too because this tournament is massive.
