Yikes! If you are travelling to Bilbao between mid to late June 2020 be prepared for major sticker shock with accommodations! Bilbao is a host city for the upcoming Euros and hotel prices are through the roof - one place I checked that lists 85 Euros per night in May is showing over 600 Euros per night in June! Game days in Bilbao are June 15/20/24/28. If you find something reasonable during this period book it now and be prepared for crowds....
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Or flip your itinerary to visit at less expensive nights. We have had to do that several times when planning a trip. Sporting events and Fashion Weeks escalate prices.
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Right; flip your itinerary. We did that with Paris and Amsterdam when a big trade show in Amsterdam - I believe it was IBC - pushed hotel prices through the roof, and made finding available, suitable rooms in the city center AT ALL nearly impossible. I guess attendees for this annual Sept. show book rooms a year or more in advance, and many hotels set a large % of their rooms aside for the RAI attendee/exhibitor booking service. Anyway, to get around it we flipped our weeks: Paris first and then Amsterdam instead of the other way around.
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So it’s like Madrid was the end of September when a normally €90 room was going for €300 due to a world medical congress.
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Within the last year or so someone here ran into a similar problem in Madrid, I think--a city with a much larger supply of hotel rooms. In that case I think it was a play-off game, so the schedule probably wasn't set very far in advance.
Also beware bike races in France (it doesn't have to be the Tour de France to have a significant impact), classic-car rallies, and the like. That sort of thing can throw a monkey wrench into the itinerary of those of us who like to plan on the road and typically don't look at availability and rates until a few days before we plan to arrive.