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Old Aug 10, 2018 | 7:11 pm
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jaymar01
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Originally Posted by escape4
The Turkish Lira is down 20% today. Given that many hotels quote prices in EUR there are no immediate savings, unlike what would be the case in other countries if a similar situation happened and where hotels charge in the local currency.

Is there anybody familiar with the Turkish hotel market who has some vague idea of how quickly/slowly the currency movement can make its way to hotel prices? I realize that different hotels will react differently so there is probably no single good answer, but I am just curious to hear about past experiences given that the TRL had hiccups not that long ago so some of you might remember what happened.
Real pricing will never get reflected in online hotel prices. Hotels price in either local currency or Euros.....but, it's the booking engines that always price in Euros/$. They'll just swallow up the savings.

It'll be no different than when the Mexican currency collapsed a few years ago. That never got reflected with online declines in price..

You might see something on the independent market like AirBnb.

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