Ski holidays three times cheaper in first week after New Year's Eve

A five-day holiday in mountain resorts of Prahova Valley and Poiana Braşov around the New Year's Eve costs over 500 euros and can get as high as almost 800 euros at a three-star hotel, up to three times more than a holiday at the same hotel in the first week after the New Year, reveals a ZF survey.
"The price difference is accounted for by the fact that close to the New Year's Eve we're offering, besides accommodation and breakfast, dinner and a celebrating meal on the New Year's evening. In the first week of 2011, the 188-euro price for four nights includes only accommodation and breakfast," stated a representative of Pantex three-star hotel of Poiana Braşov.
"In Romanian mountain resorts, demand for New Year's Eve accommodation exceeds offers by far. There are also many Romanians willing to pay as much as it takes to spend their New Year's Eve at the mountain. Given these aspects, many hotel owners are able to ask for high, in some cases exaggerated prices," stated Mircea Vladu, owner of Prestige Tours travel agency that seals contracts with hotel owners.