England Fans Win World Cup!

Data has revealed that the English team will be rallying more support on the ground this World Cup than their European rivals. UK flight searches to Brazil are up 697% compared to 2013 and far more English fans are looking into flights than German, Spanish, French and Italian supporters. English fans also top the table when it comes to securing the best prices, paying 9.3% less than German foes.

Travel search engine, KAYAK, processes over one billion queries for travel information annually and World Cup data has been drawn from these searches. Prices and demand for flights and hotels to see the action in Brazil this summer were collected from UK, French, German, Spanish and Italian searches.

The data reveals that Brazil should not only prepare itself for the football but for the hordes of English fans descending. The UK site saw the largest overall spike in demand for flights to Brazil this summer, with a year-on-year increase of 697%. By comparison Italian fans have shown a lack of faith in their team’s likely performance, with flights increasing a comparatively small 147% year-on-year.

European football rivalry hasn’t just been reserved for the pitch, but also in the securing of the best deals on flights and hotels. English fans come out with the trophy, paying on average £630.67 for their flights while German, French, Spanish and Italian fans have to fork out more to support their teams. The German fans are left on the bench, paying an average of £700.96 for their flights. Let’s hope their bad luck in travel costs follows them onto the pitch!

Comparing hotel costs in Brazil’s five main cities, KAYAK calculated fans will have to pay more for a bed if they want to watch the first or final matches, based in Rio de Janerio. Rio’s average hotel costs £236 per night, closely followed by Fortaleza at £220. English fans who planning to watch the match against Costa Rica on 24^th June should be rest assured; Belo Horizonte has the cheapest hotels averaging £195 per night.