The problem of housing that ravages Spain with astronomical rentals while many young people – and not so young – cannot be independent or are trapped in abusive price without savings capacity does not affect our country only. In Italy the phenomenon is similar and, as in Spain, It aggravates the holiday rentalswhose figures are also in the clouds.
Going on vacation to Italy is expensive, but not as expensive as the price at which they have put a luxury attic in the Piazza Delle Erbe de Verona: A week from August 23 to 30 listed on Booking.com for a price of almost 300,000 euros. This exorbitant figure caused great indignation and the owner was forced to explain.
Verona’s cobbled streets among Renaissance buildings invite us to dream of a young woman named Julieta and her beloved Romeo, but as the work of adolescent lovers of English William Shakespeare, the story of looking for housing in this Italian city does not have a happy ending for the majority, and less if something is sought in her oldest square.
The attic’s offer with a room for two people, next to the Torre del Lamberti and with partial views to the Piazza Delle Erbe is located on the website of the reservation platform, although as explained by the media , The portal does not allow the accommodation to be reserved.
Before the stir formed by the price, the Property Administrator assured the ANSA news agency on the phone that “that high price for a week of stay It is completely illogical and is due to an error of Booking.com “.
“We are working hard to solve these discrepancies. Unfortunately, lately we have had problems with Booking.com, including prices discrepancies and, in some cases, even reservation cancellations, “he explained.
The initial complaint came from Codacons, the Association of Italian consumers, which, despite the administrator’s explanations, said that The same apartment for individual use is offered in specialized sites for 267,809 eurosa figure not much lower than the incorrect Booking.
