State compensation will not cover the cost of empty barracks from December 18. “We spend almost a quarter of a million crowns a month with our own money. The turning point will be spring, “says Daniel Eliáš from Pec pod Sněžkou in the Krkonoše Mountains.
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The owner of a pub in Pec and a pair of boarding houses in neighboring Velká Úpa draw on almost all state covid programs. “It simply came to our notice then. But compared to tenants who have to pay rent, we are still good at it, “Elijah compares.
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Although tenants can draw 100% rent compensation along with other help, they must first pay the owners and wait to see if they receive the promised money from the state.
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Hardly a loan
“If they don’t have to rent, they have to borrow, which is perhaps only possible with a moneylender,” says the owner of the Aurora cottage, Zdeněk Janouch. He holds the hut above Pec pod Sněžkou with sixteen beds in five rooms only thanks to the cable carer’s salary and his girlfriend’s salary.
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“The covid program missed me because I am not organized in a professional guild. We subsidize the operation of the empty shed together with a friend from the salaries of employees, “says Janouch, who lost about 110 thousand crowns in sales during the winter holidays. “As far as I heard, the tenants of the bud pair have already ended up in Pec,” Janouch added.
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The crash of mountain guesthouses is beginning to be used by investors who have nowhere to invest the accumulated funds.
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“The situation may force entrepreneurs to sell real estate below cost. They will lose everything they built for years, where they lived and what they lived on. They will either leave or the new owners will use them as tenants, “outlined the possible development of Klára Sovová, co-owner of the Luční bouda ridge, which has about a hundred hectoliters of Paroháč beer and millions of crowns in stock left in the tanks of the highest brewery in the Czech Republic.
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“If they do not allow us to open, we will have to pour out the beer in the spring,” predicts Sovová, who is seeking an exception, at least for ridge huts, which are a point of reference for tourists in need.
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