NerdWallet: This is how much it’s costing travelers to get to the Super Bowl

Round-trip air travel to Phoenix recently was balancing $375, according to Hopper, a travel scheduling platform, while hotels were running approximately $575 a night. That indicates a tourist aiming to make a three-day weekend journey might invest $2,100 on the bare travel requirements.

And those expenditures will overdo top of the ticket rate for the Feb. 12 video game. The typical expense of a ticket was $8,100 since Jan. 31, according to Vivid Seats, a ticket sales service. That may seem like a lot, however put in another point of view, $8,100 would just purchase 35 milliseconds of telecasted advertisement time at the reported rate of $7 million per 30 seconds.

See: Here’s whatever you require to understand ahead of the greatest U.S. sporting occasion of the year

Flights

Given how the expense of tickets have actually recuperated from pandemic lows, paying $375 for round-trip air travel isn’t particularly outrageous. Those rates might get much greater as the video game techniques.

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Hopper approximates that tickets will max out at $500, however costs will not be uniformly dispersed throughout the week around the video game. Those attempting to show up in Phoenix on Thursday, Feb. 9, and leave on Monday, Feb. 13, will pay the most, while those ready to risk it and fly in at the last minute on Saturday and leave on Tuesday might share as much.

Availability for peak dates might in fact vanish as aircrafts fill, so anybody still holding back on buying tickets need to snap to it– and think about flying on off-peak days.

What can airline tickets patterns inform us about the relative rabidness of the Chiefs and Eagles fandoms? According to Hopper, flight searches from Philadelphia to Phoenix rose by 169% after the Eagles protected their berth, while searches from Kansas City to Phoenix increased by just 61%.

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Vacation leasings and hotels

Prices on getaway leasings such as Airbnb and Vrbo are– naturally– meteoric, with typical day-to-day rates that are peaking at about 83% greater year over year, according to AirDNA, a holiday rental information platform. That exercises to a $340 typical day-to-day markup on the expense of leasing a house.

Renting a house from Friday, Feb. 10, through Sunday, Feb. 13, costs $2,302 usually in 2023 compared to $1,400 in 2015, though costs rapidly change themselves back to standard in the days prior to and after the occasion.

Vacation rental hosts appear to be benefiting from these high rates, as they have actually included over 400 listings in neighboring Glendale, Arizona, considering that December 2022, according to AirDNA.

What does this mean for tourists? Trip leasing rates may not increase as high, reasonably, as other travel expenditures, because the supply of readily available systems is rather flexible. On the other hand, brand-new hotel spaces can’t be included at the last minute, so supply will be more constrained and costs might go higher.

Hopper approximates that Phoenix hotel spaces are balancing $575 per night over the Super Bowl weekend. That may be lower than the $700 approximately nighttime rates for getaway leasings, however keep in mind that some getaway leasings have the ability to house more individuals than a hotel space.

When will rates touch pull back?

Much like Thanksgiving weekend, when travel rates surge due to big need fulfilling a minimal supply of flights and accommodations, rates need to go back to Earth by the following weekend. “Normal” visitors to Phoenix this month should not be alarmed unless they had the unbelievable misery of scheduling their journey throughout the greatest sporting occasion of the year.

Read: Phoenix anticipates $600 million windfall from Eagles-Chiefs Super Bowl

Last-minute football fans still seeking to protect a flight or space may think about one last Hail Mary: utilizing points and miles Some travel programs, specifically those couple of that still provide award charts instead of vibrant rates, might use terrific worth when utilizing points and miles in this method, presuming you can discover schedule.

And, stopping working that, you might constantly drive. Simply make certain it’s not a leasing– they’re costly that weekend, too.

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Sam Kemmis composes for NerdWallet. Email: skemmis@nerdwallet.com. Twitter: @samsambutdif.