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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

German tourist awarded €1,000 after losing out on sunloungers at Greek hotel

A line of sunloungers with parasols over the top of them on a lawn
No law covers the rules around reserving loungers but reservations are generally considered to be unacceptable. Photograph: HaiGala/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A German holidaymaker has won a payout of almost €1,000 after being unable to find a sunlounger for himself and his family because other guests had got there first.

The man, whose identity is not known, holidayed on the island of Kos, in Greece, with his family in 2024. He said that, despite waking up at the crack of dawn every morning to carry out a 20-minute search, he had not been able to lay claim to a lounger.

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