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London’s Coronation Countdown:to leave quickly to avoid an

Travelers Arrive, Others Flee unpleasant situation.


to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear.
While hundreds of thousands are expected
to arrive in London ahead of the crowning
the third
of King Charles III, others are making plans
to get out of town. After the invasion, we fled to London.
I live on the fourth floor.

Areas around Buckingham Palace and the


central route known as the Mall are already
packed*
“crammed with people. There’s a real
interest”. many people in a specific space.
The conference was packed!
The movie theatre was crammed.
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U.S. travelers — Britain’s biggest inbound
market — are expected to lead next week’s
quick/drastic increase in #
swell of arrivals. Flight bookings from the
United States to Britain are about 10
percent higher in May compared to in May
2019, before the pandemic, according to
VisitBritain. According to Hopper, the
booking app, they are also more expensive
one-way airfare/ticket
— round-trip airfares from the United States
to London over coronation weekend
averaged $733 in mid-April, 21 percent
higher than a year earlier.
The price of milk surged.
After the coronation dates were announced,
searches for Airbnb rentals in London
increased quickly
during the coronation weekend surged,
according to the company, which reported
U.S. travelers among the top guests in
London around the coronation dates, along
with travelers from Britain, France, Australia
and Germany.

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But not all travelers headed to London over
coronation weekend are thrilled.
I wasn’t thrilled when my boss
to be thrilled - to be very happy
told me I had to work late.
Laura Aveidi, a youth fitness instructor living
in Houston, was disappointed to find out
that her family vacation to London, which
to appear at or near the same time
she booked last July, coincided with the
festivities. “The city is going to be packed
and it’s not ideal,” Ms. Aveidi said. “It really
I hope our trips coincide.
doesn’t interest us.” If our trips coincide, we’ll have to get
She’s not interested in together.
the coronation.
Despite booking early, two separate Airbnb
hosts canceled Ms. Aveidi’s reservations in
central London, leaving her scrambling.
a hurried attempt to get something.
She paid almost double her budget for a
third Airbnb at the last minute. Though the
company reimbursed her for some of her
unexpected costs, Ms. Aveidi said planning
the trip was a nightmare.
After our flight was cancelled, we scrambled to find a new one.

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Even some royal fans who attended the
Platinum Jubilee are staying home, in what
may be a reflection of Charles historically
being less popular than his mother, Queen
Elizabeth. “They just don’t have the interest
this year,” said Ralph Iantosca, a Texas-
based travel adviser, who only has one
client visiting London that weekend. “The
ones that did have the interest don’t want
crowds.” I don’t like crowds because I don’t like
being in packed spaces.

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