The Latest In Extra Travel Fees: Pre-Reserving Lounge Chairs

Where: Germany

August 7, 2009 at 9:14 AM | by Omri | 0 Comments

Hey, hidden and extra fees are keeping the airline industry afloat. So why not resorts as well? Here's the newest extra fee scheme, coming straight out of Germany:

The travel firm Thomas Cook is giving Germans the option of pre-booking their loungers. Reserving a lounger and beach umbrella in advance will cost about three euros ($4.30) a day. One of the firm's managers, Peter Fankhauser, said that 'with this we're relieving our clients of early morning stress.' He said he too found it "really tiresome" on holiday to be sent out by his wife early in the morning to place beach towels on the desired poolside loungers, Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported.

Yeah, we're sure that's exactly why they're doing it, to help ease the stress of customers who fight each other over lounge chairs. Because there's actually an epidemic of lounge chair-induced tension that's been sweeping the travel world, triggering a seemingly unending series of these so-called "beach towel wars." Kudos to the Thomas Cook firm for being so sensitive and aware.

Whatever; we're being facetious. If these fees encourage travelers to leave the pool and actually visit the places they're supposed to be visiting, we suppose it's all for the better. Though seriously: "beach towel wars?" When did the BBC start republishing press releases as news articles?

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