With the withdrawal of the Corona travel restrictions, the demand for vacation travel is increasing.
That also drives up prices, especially on Mallorca.
Munich - After a long corona and weather-related dry spell, many Germans are now drawn into the distance - even though summer is finally arriving in Germany.
However, if you are looking for a vacation, you have to
calculate
with rising prices in many regions
.
According to an evaluation by the
Check24
booking
portal
, return flights to the ten most popular
destinations booked
in May cost an
average of 16 percent more than in 2019.
Holidays in Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands: prices are rising
Prices for flights to the Netherlands (plus 114 percent), but also Switzerland (101 percent) and Austria (81 percent) rose sharply.
But airlines also added an average of 22 percent for connections to Spain, for example.
After the long compulsory break, that doesn't seem surprising either.
"One of the main reasons for the rising airfares is that the airlines have planned more cautiously in the corona pandemic," said Sebastian Sager, Managing Director of Flights at Check24.
“As a result, there are generally less capacities available than in previous years.
At the same time, providers are less forced to grant discounts when demand increases. "
Lufthansa takes out the big plane for Mallorca vacationers
However: The airlines are increasing their quota again.
Lufthansa, for example, also wants to significantly expand its offer in view of the steep rise in bookings.
At the start of the summer holidays in Bavaria and Hesse, the airline wants to significantly increase its number of seats, especially to Mallorca.
At the beginning of the summer vacation in Bavaria on July 31st, the group wants to add the A350 on the route from Munich to the Balearic Island and thus get the big birds from the hangar.
That should also be necessary, because package tours to the Mediterranean, for example to Spain or Portugal, are particularly in demand.
There is also great demand for Greece.
“The Greeks said very early on when they would open again and they issued very clear rules,” said Dirk Inger, General Manager of the German Travel Association (DRV).
Mallorca trip: prices explode here
Greece fans can breathe a sigh of relief.
A return flight to Greece in the summer of 2021 cost an average of just two percent more in May than in 2019. Flights to Turkey (minus 9 percent) and Italy (minus 2 percent) were recently even cheaper than then.
In contrast, price differences can be seen elsewhere. If you want to rent a car at your holiday destination, you have to dig much deeper into your pocket than in the year before the pandemic. According to
Check24's
observation, rental car prices have
risen sharply
recently,
especially on popular holiday islands
- by an average of around a quarter (23 percent). In Ibiza, for example, travelers paid an average of three times as much per day as in 2019. On Mallorca, a rental car costs almost 200 percent more than before the pandemic, while in Sicily it is a good double. Many landlords apparently cannot replenish their rental car fleets that were reduced during the pandemic in the short term. (dpa / mke)
