MAn charged extra €20 for drinking his own wine in his own hotel room...

JohnCleary

For shame, I was listening to Joe Duffy earlier today (Wasn't my fault, was on in the place I was eating)

Fella on the radio, had stayed in the Regency Hotel in Dublin (Is that the one in Drumcondra?) with his wife and 2 young kids. They couldn't go to the bar because that would be illegal, so he brought 2 of his own bottles and drank them in the room (He left the empties behind him)

Few days later (he paid leaving with his credit card) he was charged an extra 20euro (seperate bill). He emailed, got a reply 13 days later saying that it was because he consumed his own alcohol in the room.

What a fcuking disgrace (imho) - What they've made in that 20euro I reckon they'll lose in future business. Let this be a lesson, take your empties with you! I often bring a cheeky bottle of vodka when staying in a hotel for a drink before/after I go out... bit shocked tbh

The questions:
Has this ever happened anyone here?
Anyone ever hear of it happening before?

Latchy

He should have left the empty wine bottles outside next doors room .

Miss Lockhart

Do they routinely send bills for empty coke/fanta bottles found lying around as well? :rolleyes:

JohnCleary

Latchy wrote: »

He should have left the empty wine bottles outside next doors room .

That's what Joe said!

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

Do they routinely send bills for empty coke/fanta bottles found lying around as well? :rolleyes:

It's obviously just a way to try and crawl some money back from less business lately


Here's another question:
Is it not illegal to charge (from saved credit card details) someones card without the owner authorising it?

TheInquisitor

Rip off ireland is well and truely alive. I think im coming to the conclusion some people out there are riping people off more now to make up for the fact that less people want to be ripped off. They have to make up the difference....

Latchy

JohnCleary wrote: »

That's what Joe said!

Oldest trick in da buke

jimi_t

Latchy wrote: »

He should have left the empty wine bottles outside next doors room .

He should've put them through the ****ing window tbh

Corkfeen

I've stayed in jurys with friends a fair few times and we had alot of drink in our hotel room.:D Just threw them in plastic bags when we were leaving and left them in the room, had no issues.

biko

Their T&C

Alcohol purchased off-premises is prohibited within the hotel at all times.

Feckers

JohnCleary

Magnus wrote: »

Their T&C
Feckers

Touché.

Dirty stingy feckers. Oh well, lesson learned... i'll never stay there!

Latchy

jimi_t wrote: »

He should've put them through the ****ing window tbh

As long as the windows were open ......''oi... lookout below''

_Kooli_

JohnCleary wrote: »

For shame, I was listening to Joe Duffy earlier today (Wasn't my fault, was on in the place I was eating)

Fella on the radio, had stayed in the Regency Hotel in Dublin (Is that the one in Drumcondra?) with his wife and 2 young kids. They couldn't go to the bar because that would be illegal, so he brought 2 of his own bottles and drank them in the room (He left the empties behind him)

Few days later (he paid leaving with his credit card) he was charged an extra 20euro (seperate bill). He emailed, got a reply 13 days later saying that it was because he consumed his own alcohol in the room.

What a fcuking disgrace (imho) - What they've made in that 20euro I reckon they'll lose in future business. Let this be a lesson, take your empties with you! I often bring a cheeky bottle of vodka when staying in a hotel for a drink before/after I go out... bit shocked tbh

The questions:
Has this ever happened anyone here?
Anyone ever hear of it happening before?

Thats Illegal.
He is perfectly entitle to drink whatever he wants inside his hotel room.
He should make a complaint to the cops and his CC company too.

Orla K

I've left a hotel room with loads of empty bottles, wrappers and half eaten food, I even took one of the bottles down to the foyer(if that's what it's called) and drank it there. I never got charged anything extra.

I would say it's just the hotel being chancers or getting píssed off that everybody does it.

The guy

Is anyone else reading this thread in Joe Duffys voice?

Latchy

The guy wrote: »

Is anyone else reading this thread in Joe Duffys voice?

back after this break ....

Gummy Panda

He should do a chargeback to them.

That hotel is a kip anyway.

humanji

He should of just said he didn't drink them, that he found them outside the room and wanted to keep them out of the way in case anyone tripped on them. They can't prove he drank them.

Piriz

outrageous carry on!
it seems the Regency Hotel is part of The Regency Hotel Group which also includes Regency Hotel Leisure Centre & Spa - Dublin, North Star Hotel & Suites - Dublin City Centre, Royal Hotel & Leisure Centre - Co. Wicklow & Cavendish Hotel - Eastbourne, England. Surely the group has shared policies across all its hotels.. best advised to avoid the lot of them!

The regency hotel is the ugliest building in Dublin too... F*ck you Regency! haha

rubadub

Magnus wrote: »

Their T&C

Alcohol purchased off-premises is prohibited within the hotel at all times.

Feckers

The T&C's make no mention of a charge.
http://www.regencyhotels.com/hotels/content.asp~PageID=146&cache=11~25~2009+9:11:49+AM
So is this €20 considered a fine, or some sort of corkage, of which there was no mention. Why only €20, why not €2,000? if they can legally charge €20 then why not go for €2,000?

What proof have they that he drank it too? If they do get the law involved he could have brought in empty bottles and so not have had alcohol on the premises.

I know where to visit with my empties after xmas

toiletduck

I think illicting the ire of the listeners of LiveLine is punishment enough for the establishment.

Mrmoe

He should have urinated in the bottles before he vacated the room a la dumb and dumber.

mikemac

JohnCleary wrote: »

For shame, I was listening to Joe Duffy earlier today (Wasn't my fault, was on in the place I was eating)

Fella on the radio, had stayed in the Regency Hotel in Dublin (Is that the one in Drumcondra?) with his wife and 2 young kids. They couldn't go to the bar because that would be illegal, so he brought 2 of his own bottles and drank them in the room (He left the empties behind him)

You heard the start of it, I missed that but heard the end

He was there with his children so couldn't head to the bar. They were watching X Factor in the room and the guy had two bottles of wine with the wife.
The wife tidied up the room next day and put the bottles in the bin.

Anyways, the manager came on to say they have huge issues with concert goers having parties in rooms and then the hotel had to refund people who got disturbed with noise.
So they starting charging.

But it's no issue for people to have drinks in their room, just as long as it's not a party.
The caller scored a free weekend back at the hotel

Joe Duffy solves yet another problem

mikemac

rubadub wrote: »

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So is this €20 considered a fine, or some sort of corkage, of which there was no mention. Why only €20, why not €2,000? if they can legally charge €20 then why not go for €2,000?

Yeah, corkage. €10 per bottle and there were two bottles of wine involved

pebbles21

JohnCleary wrote: »

I often bring a cheeky bottle of vodka when staying in a hotel for a drink before/after I go out... bit shocked

Few years ago i booked a suite in the Westbury to suprise the wife on our first anniversary

So trying to be smart i brought in my own drink ,took all the drink out of the mini bar and replaced it with mine to keep it cold

I didnt know the fcuking mini bar had sensors in it ! cost me a fortune :mad:

eth0_

Magnus wrote: »

Their T&C
Feckers

Perhaps they've had a lot of problems with people causing trouble after getting sh1tfaced in their rooms on takeaway booze?
It only takes a few instances of this to ruin it for everyone else.

GLaDOS

Haha, a friend of mine's cousin was over from america 2 year ago and was staying in the regency. Load of us went over and got pissed (with our own drink obviosly ) Didn't charge us

Oh to be 17 again...

partyatmygaff

_Kooli_ wrote: »

Thats Illegal.
He is perfectly entitle to drink whatever he wants inside his hotel room.
He should make a complaint to the cops and his CC company too.

Em no he is not entitled to do what he wants inside his hotel room. The hotel owns the building, of course its legal for them to set any rules they want.

orourkeda

The guy wrote: »

Is anyone else reading this thread in Joe Duffys voice?

Have to take a break bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

orourkeda

Can you get charged for **** in the shower of your hotel room?

El Weirdo

Orla K wrote: »

I've left a hotel room with loads of empty bottles, wrappers and half eaten food, I even took one of the bottles down to the foyer(if that's what it's called) and drank it there. I never got charged anything extra.

I would say it's just the hotel being chancers or getting píssed off that everybody does it.

If it was the bit where you check-in and stuff, then yes, that's the foyer. If it was the bit where men come in and piss into a white yoke attached to the wall, then that was the gents'.

corglass

Well done El Weirdo!