"Safari Zone - All hotels in Dortmund booked out [German News Article]"

#PokemonGO: Article (German): https://ift.tt/2HtbGVA available hotel in Dortmund was booked on Monday - Total of 7500 hotel beds bookedMany hotels called tourist information wondering why suddenly so many foreign guests booked for that particuliar weekendHighest demand for hotel rooms in Dortmund since at least 2 yearsSurrounding cities (Bochum, Witten, Castrop-Rauxel, Lünen, Hagen, Herdecke) also mostly or completely booked outSome hotels increased their prices drastically, the most drastic increase being a hotel changing the normal price from 40€ to 323€ for the last few rooms. One hotel being quoted "When we found out the craze was because of Pokémon, we quickly increased our prices". (Pokémon fans must be rich?)Except for 3 overpriced offers, AirBnB is also booked outTLDR: If you plan on visiting the Safari Zone and haven't booked a hotel yet, you might be out of luck (Although Essen should still have space available and is only 25 minutes by train away) via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/2HrYa4G