Restaurants in Mallorca will be adopting a general practice of requiring a credit card when reservations are made in order to try and guarantee that customers show up. If they do not, restaurants will apply a 20% charge per diner and take this from the credit card.
Restaurants to charge customers who book but don't turn up
A similar system to that used by hotels
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a great idea should have done it years ago
We all know Stan is tight. He doesn't book restaurants because Macdonalds don't take reservations!
If you can be bothered to book then why can’t you be bothered to cancel? It’s not rocket science. Lazy and disrespectful.
Do not book. Just turn up. If full. Move on. To another place.
Dont blame them for doing this...For excample....it happen's when you make a Reservation for a Hoilday...when i book for my Holday in mallorca at a regualr hotel they always tell me...and i already know....that if i dont cancel early enough...wat ever reason ...they will charge for the 1st Night...so..i see no probem with the Resturant doing a % charge if the Customer does a NO SHOW...
This is not just a problem for Mallorca, but possibly world wide, for no shows. It is not just for the restaurant industry, but many service industries including medical appointments. No show charges are long overdue, and more now with rising costs. A real genuine emergency for a no show, perhaps that can be proven, could be perhaps, a let off. But anything else, there should be a charge.