The New York herald., 1922-04-18
GERMANS PREPARE
FOR AMERICAN HOST
Hotels Hoarding Foodstuffs
and Doubling Prices for
Coming Tourists.

Special Cable 10 THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, oy THE New. YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin, April IL.
Following a wild report that 800, ,000
Americans were planning to visit Ger
many this summer, the Germans imme-
diately began to make calculations in
higher mathematics how many rooms
and meals. three per day. and how many
extra railroad cars would be necessary
to transport the American invasion. The
hotels began to hoard foodstuffs, specu-
lators sought to corner stocks Of trinkets
and housewives who lid not see any
profits to be made from the tourists
feared they would be eaten out of house
and home.
There are some $4,000 registered for a
visit to Oberammergau. Cooks esti-
mates that $4,000 is the outside figure
for the numper of tourists who will cross
the Atlantic tn the available ship space
this summer. Shipping companies say
that all return cabin space on returning
ships has been filed for August and Sep
tember.
Hotels Double Prices.
Practically all first class hotels
charge double room prices to foreigners.
Some distinguish between foreigners
from countries with high and low cur
rencies. This is done in different ways.
Frankfort hotels give native guests re-
bate. Berlin hotels include a double
price on the bill. while some add q
supplementary bill.
The manager Of the Adion Hotel says
that Americans occupy so per cent. OF
his rooms and that he gives Americans
priority. He thinks the extra price for
foreigners is right because of their
ability TO pay more and because OF the
difficulty of asking old permanent Ger
man guests to vacate. He says he has
no reason for complaint. Indeed, the
Aldon receives daily from so to 100
more requests for rooms than it can
meet
The head of the official Berlin tourist
agency says that the upkeep of Berlin
hotels had risen considerably. especially
in those where the comforts which for
eign visitors demand arc supplied. He
thinks that the foreigners should bear
this extra burden. He says that there
is not sufficient room In Berlin hotels
for the tourists who already are flock
ing here. but that there are many good
second class hotels where luxuries are
missing but which ara clean and COM
Portable. In these prices are not half
as high as at the large hotels. the
average being so cents to 81 a day.
BfIIeting system introduced.
Berlin is organizing a hilieting system
along the lines which proved successful
at the Frankfort and Leipzig fairs.
Families with spare rooms are urged
to register at the central bureau. Here
rooms are classified according TO the
conveniences and comforts provided and
priced accordingly. Tourists coming TO
Berlin will find sandwich men indicating
where the rooming agencies are located.
Many Berliners hesitate to register
their rooms for fear compulsory room
ing commission might requisition their
extra rooms and All them with unde-
eirable guests The tourist agency pro-
poses to circumvent this by promising
professional secrecy. These rooms are
particularly recommended to Americans
with moderate means and all who have
not made advance reservations during
the rush season.
The Baltic watering places are en-
tirely rented out for the summer season,
mostly to Swedish visitors. who are
coming to enjoy the low exchange.