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11.08.2023 - 01:51 / etcanada.com
It’s only been two days since tickets for Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” in Toronto have been released and it seems hotels in and around the city are already nearly sold out for November 2024 stays.
According to Expedia, the online travel agency has already seen a “stunning” increase in hotel and flight searches.
Amid the chaos of Swifties desperately trying to get access to tickets via mass waitlists and ludicrous resale prices, recent online searches provide a glimpse of what to expect when Canadian fans from near and far flock to Toronto for Swift’s six shows at the Rogers Centre next year.
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As per Expedia’s analysis of accommodation and flight searches done between August 3 to 8 (Swift announced Canadian “Eras” dates on Aug. 3), there was a “stunning percentage uptick in interest in travelling to Toronto.”
For Swift’s first weekend in the city (Nov. 14 to 16 in 2024), flight searches rose by more than 5,000 per cent. Meanwhile, hotel searches increased upwards 8,000 per cent in the first five days after her tour announcement, in comparison to 14 days prior.
As for Swift’s second round of Toronto shows (Nov. 21 to 23), there was an uptick in flight searches greater than 2,000 per cent and almost 2,700 per cent in hotel searches.
Although many Toronto hotels appear to be sold out online in November 2024, a spokesperson for Expedia notes that it isn’t necessarily due to insufficient availability.
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“Hotels in the region are still in the very early stages of loading their inventory. Typically, connectivity does not allow inventory to be pushed beyond the next year —
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