German tourist, unable to find loungers on Kos, is awarded €1,000 compensation

A German tourist has been awarded astir €1,000 aft a tribunal successful his state ruled that changeless contention for poolside loungers ruined his household vacation successful Greece.

The lawsuit centered connected a 2024 bundle vacation to the land of Kos, successful the Dodecanese, where the traveler said guests regularly claimed sunbeds earlier sunrise by leaving towels connected them for hours.

According to his testimony, helium woke up astatine 6 a.m. each greeting and still spent astir 20 minutes searching for available loungers.

He besides told the tribunal his children sometimes had to sit oregon prevarication connected the crushed due to the fact that nary seats were free.

The man, whose individuality was not released, had paid €7,186 for the package.

After returning home, helium filed a suit against the tour operator, arguing that the resort’s excavation facilities were practically unusable due to the fact that towel reservations were allowed to proceed unchecked.

The institution initially refunded €350, but judges astatine a territory tribunal successful Hanover decided the compensation was insufficient.

The tribunal ruled that the household should person €986.70 and described the vacation bundle arsenic defective.

[Euronews]