But where will all these beautiful people house during the nine days of competition? If the hotel is often the number one choice for several families, some have made the choice to swap the luxury of a bedroom fully furnished for the trailer or the tent, head to the campsite.
“Even if we are always full every summer, we have had a lot of requests for people who participate in the Quebec Games. And in addition, they booked very early for the games, ”said the employee for the Domaine Au Grand R campsite, Guylaine Diamond.
Located about fifteen minutes from downtown Trifluvien, the Les Forges campsite also seems to know this same craze in anticipation of the Quebec Games.
“With us, from July 25 to August 2, all our campsite, our ready-to-camper and our chalets have been rented for a long time and it is really related to the games. Moreover, instead of reserving only two days as is often the case, several have booked for six or seven days. ”
— Guy Carbonneau, owner of the Les Forges campsite
The families of young athletes will also settle on the fields of the H2O campsite in the coming days, confirms her assistant director, Sophie Bellemare.
However, in this campsite in the Pointe-du-Lac sector, reservations in anticipation of the sporting event have also given way to a few cancellations in recent weeks.
“It remains that during the construction holidays, we have a lot of people, but we had many more cancellations of people who believed to participate in the games and who ultimately did not qualify.”
A less expensive alternative
One thing is however certain for those who have chosen to sleep at the campsite rather than in the hotel, it is a less expensive alternative.
“Coming home, families can stay and extend their stay without it costing them too much,” notes Guylaine Diamond of Camping Domaine au Grand R.
“It is probably an incentive, because with us, for example, a land costs $ 50 plus taxes per night, so it’s not bad less expensive than a night at the hotel,” adds his sister of the H20 campsite.
The hotel is still popular
But if several families have chosen the campsite, the fact remains that the hotel is still popular.
This is the case at the hotel yes go!, Located in downtown Trois-Rivières, which provides that its occupancy rate will be around 100 % during the sporting event.
“We had already filled the hotel well with the other tourist events, including the spectacle of the Cirque du Soleil, but we also see a good difference with the games of Quebec, because we have more long stays, then it’s also very full on weekdays. It’s really very interesting for hotels, ”admits the general manager, Laetitia Lozach.
To welcome all these beautiful people, additional preparation was also necessary, confirms Ms. Lozach
“We have doubled our teams at reception and maintenance and even at the restaurant, we will try to increase the staff.”
— Laetitia Lozach, Managing Director of the hotel yes Go!
A few steps from there, at the Delta hotel, we expect to welcome several families, but without being able to display complete.
“According to our most recent projections, we should go beyond what we usually do for this period. For example, last year, from July 25 to August 2, our average occupancy rate was around 52 % and what we are currently planning is an average rate 65 % for Quebec Games, “said the director general, Jacques-Philippe Morin.
“It is certain that we would have thought we had a little more traffic, but as the organization and young people are not accommodated in our hotel in delegation, it has a downward impact on what we thought, but we could be surprised with the last-minute reservations,” he adds.
On the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Trois-Rivières side, located in the District 55, reservations are also going well.
“We had several reservations made in advance in anticipation of the games, but also of the last minute because people did not know if they were going to participate in the games. In previous years, our hotel was extremely busy at all times, but with the games, we add reservations that we would not necessarily have had in the middle of the week in summer, “said the director general, Anthony Simard.
“I think all the hoteliers in the region expected that it has positive repercussions on the occupation and it is sure that it will take place. It just makes you even help the situation of Mauricie, ”he concludes.
