ACCOMMODATION has been hard to come by on the Border in the past week after motels were booked out by an influx of tourists.
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From Chryslers on the Murray last weekend to the Ulysses annual general meeting during the week, thousands flocked to the Twin Cities, filling almost every vacancy.
Moteliers are hoping business will to continue to boom with Easter and Albury’s first NRL match next weekend.
President of the Alb- ury Wodonga Moteliers Association and Stagecoach Motel owner Damien Robinson said people booked as far as six months in advance to secure a bed on the Border for this week.
“We expected it to be fairly busy when we heard Ulysses was coming a year ago, with so many thousands of people on top of our normal clients who stay anyway,” he said.
“March is usually pretty good because you’ve got Chryslers, the long weekend and then Easter, it’s usually one of the best months of the year, but it has been exceptional this year.
“Most of the motels in Wodonga have been booked out all week.”
A search on wotif.com yesterday for a room for two adults overnight showed there was just one place in Albury left with vacancies, in East Albury.
The next closest accommodation centres were at Bowna and Barnawartha, each with one vacancy, then Howlong, Beechworth and Yackandandah.
Easter Saturday is shaping up to be have a similar demand, with just 16 hotels out of 58 listed in Albury showing vacancies.
Wodonga also has just 16 accommodation providers with vacancies out of 79.
Mr Robinson said although the NRL was north of the Border, the event would still benefit moteliers in Wodonga.
“When Albury fills up it spills over to Wod- onga, and vice versa, so the two cities compliment each other well,” he said.