After Uruguay’s victory in the U20 World Cup semifinal against Israel and the team’s arrival in the final, a sky-blue madness broke out. Fans seek transfers, tickets and accommodation in Argentina to see the final in the world together with the Uruguayan team, and that has made the travel agencies sell almost all their offer on the first day.
Toc Toc Viajes was one of the agencies that sold out its ticket packages this Thursday, after the match ended, but, as confirmed to Coffee and Business Andrés Gil, CEO of the agency, the company got 100 more vacancies, which went on sale this Friday. These are packages that include entrance to the audience and a hotel night, but not transfers, and cost US$275.
HiperViajes has also sold all its packages, but, according to Fernando Riva, general manager, some more tickets have been obtained. The options offered by this agency are two: with one night’s accommodation and admission for US$250 and with two nights’ accommodation and entrance for US$290. The minimum packages include entry and accommodation, but others are also offered that include plane or boat transfers.
The price of sailing to go see the final of the world under 20
There are various transfer options, among them, one of the ones that takes less time is the fluvial one. In the case of Buquebús, leaving on Saturday the 10th and returning on Sunday the 12th of June, the options that go through Colonia—which are the cheapest— are already sold out both in tourist class and business and first. This is repeated both in the morning schedule (which departs at 7:00 from Montevideo) and in the afternoon (which leaves at 1:46 p.m.). There are few places left on the frequency that leaves at 5:15 p.m. and arrives in Buenos Aires at 9:46 p.m. The price of this trip starts from $2,880 and reaches $3,798 per person.
Yes, there are options to travel the same Sunday through Cologne at 7:00. In this case, if it is returned during the day, the price is reduced to $1,712 and the return remains at $1,897.
In Buquebús there are also transfers available in the direct ship, which leaves at 11 on Saturday the 10th and arrives at 1:45 p.m. in the Argentine capital. Its price starts from $5,601 to $6,079 per person.
In this company there are some places left to return the same Sunday of the World Cup final at 23:30 (and arrive in Montevideo at 03:30). The return is worth between $1,990 and $2,829.
Tania Rodriguez
Uruguayan fans in La Plata.
Tickets by agency
Getting tickets is one of the problems that Uruguayan fans face. Several travel agencies include them in their packages. Jetmar, for example, has a package that includes accommodation and transfers, but not tickets, and one that includes Popular or Platea tickets, always with the possibility of adding a boat or plane ticket to Buenos Aires.
The package that includes entry, two-night accommodation, transfer from the port to the hotel and from the hotel to the stadium, costs US$360 per person based on doubles. To this can be added the boat or plane ticket “which is quoted at the time of confirmation, since prices vary because there is a lot of demand,” reported Analía de Castro, Product Manager at Jetmar Viajes.
After the Uruguay game the company sold all the packages it had available, and late Thursday he managed to get more options, packages with a stay in Buenos Aires plus tickets, or tickets alone, said de Castro. The best-selling package was the one that included accommodation, transfers and tickets to the game.
