Montreal Grand Prix fans gouged on inflated accommodation prices – Montreal [Video]

Paula Wadden has been a huge Formula One fan ever since she got hooked on the Netflix show “Drive to Survive” a few years ago.

But the Halifax-area health-care worker says watching the Grand Prix in Montreal this weekend comes with high-octane prices.

The Montreal hotel where she’s spending the first part of the week doubles in price for the weekend. Instead, she’ll spend the weekend at a hotel outside the city, near the airport, for about $600 a night.

“The tickets (prices) are OK, it’s the accommodation and the means that are getting expensive,” she said Tuesday in Old Montreal. “I don’t know how the average Joe can afford it.”

Wadden said the trip, which she’s taking with her daughter and her daughter’s partner, will cost $6,000 to $7,000. And that’s despite the switch in hotels and the decision to save money by driving the 12 hours from Halifax …