The summer months are decisive for tourism and, every year, controversy with new ways of charging visitors emerge. A tourist reported on social networks that charged him 12 euros at a sushi restaurant in Ibiza for hanging the bag in a table hook. According to the Spanish newspaper As, the case became viral and rekindled the debate on price transparency and the limits of “extra rates” in very tourist destinations.
In the report published on X/Twitter, Laura Cunei describes that the employee suggested placing the bags in a small support. The client refused, but eventually accepted after a new insistence. “The employee offered, with cordiality, to put our bags in a witch on the table. We refused the offer, but, in the face of the insistence, we accepted.” The surprise has come to pay: four euros for each bag, totaling 12 euros. Faced with the defense, the restaurant will have proposed that customers would be used with the “hook” used.
Reactions and doubt about legality
The episode generated hundreds of comments and requests for clarification about the legality of this type of collection. In publications, references to consumer protection entities and restoration sector accounts have multiplied in an attempt to understand whether the practice is acceptable and properly communicated to the customer.
It is not a single case in Europe
According to the same source, similar situations have been reported in other countries. In Austria, a client said he paid a euro for asking a pizza to be served in two dishes. In another restaurant, next to WörtherSee Lake, a cost of eight euros was pointed out for each requested empty dish. These reports feed the discussion about to what extent some establishments are testing limits to get additional revenues.
Mass Tourism and Transparency
Among tired residents of mass tourism and entrepreneurs who claim high costs and lack of labor, tension is visible in several European destinations, according to the newspaper. For consumers, the essentials is that conditions and eventual supplements are clearly communicated before service, avoiding unpleasant surprises at the end of the meal.
What remains from this case
Ibiza’s story has become a symbol of a broader problem: the need for transparent rules and honest communication with the client. Without this, controversies multiply, staining the image of destinations and undermining the confidence between those who visit and who receives.
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