TOURISTS IN FRANCE.
EXCESSIVE HOTEL CHARGE.
LANDLORD TO PAY DAMAGES
A case which is of great interest and at the same time conveys a warning to all tourists on the Continent has just been settled by the Court in Brittany. It arose out of the experience of an English visitor who, on arriving last November, booked rooms in a small hotel without asking the price. After staying for four days he was astonished to find that the hotel proprietor had charged him 260 francs (about £2 2s) a day for his room, and he had to pay before he could get his luggage away. Having tailed to induce his host to come to reason, the visitor brought a suit against him, contending that 25 francs (about 4s) was a maximum fair charge for such accommodation as he had, though he offered to settle at 30 francs a day. The hotelkeeper contended, however, that as he had made no arrangements as to price he was entitled to charge anything he liked. The Court has decided in favour of the tourist, fixing the charge at 30 francs a day. It has ordered the hotelkeeper to refund the overcharge and to pay his victim 300 francs damages and costs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19698, 26 July 1927, Page 10
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