Who pays the price when claiming that local events "drastically affect" travel prices and availability?
For families with modest income or seniors on a fixed budget, it is not a matter of avoiding crowds, but of being able to travel at all.
A major event can make a destination entirely inaccessible, like a Super Bowl that turns an affordable trip into an unattainable luxury for those with no interest in football.
The impact is conditional on the financial capacity of the traveler, a factor often overlooked in these general analyses.