Brits heading to Majorca on holidays could find themselves fined if they fall asleep by the pool and turn up late for a meal.
Restaurant owners on the Spanish island say they are fed up with "no shows" which are leaving them out of pocket.
They're also rallying against rival restaurants phoning up to book tables under bogus names as a way of staving off competition.In a bid to stop too many tables from remaining empty, Majorca's restaurant association, Restauración CAEB, has introduced a new policy.
In future customers will be asked for a credit card number when a reservation is made.
If the diners fail to turn up, they will be charged 20 per cent of the average anticipated bill.
Group president, Alfonso Robledo said: "What we are looking for is for customers who don't leave restaurants hanging and make it a habit to call and say they can't keep their reservation.
"If you do not cancel early enough, you will be charged an amount of money for not coming and this is legal because there are a whole series of labour and production costs involved that have to be mitigated somehow."
The new rule will apply to restaurants across the Balearics.
Owners say that during the pandemic, the no show situation became so bad that about 30 per cent of tables were left vacant because of reservations unfulfilled.
"This problem has gone deep and we want to nip it at the root," Mr Robledo told Spanish newspaper Ultimahora.es.
"The idea is not to make money with this practice but the logical thing is to act in a similar way to hotels, which always ask for a credit card when you make a reservation and only charge you when you do not show up without cancelling within the established time limit."
The move is the latest in the Balearics designed to crack down on the behaviour of naughty tourists.
Earlier this month it was announced that iconic clubs and bars in Majorca and Ibiza could be closed down by the local government in a potential blow for Brits planning to hit the party islands.
The authority is allocating 10 million euros to buy "low-category establishments" and will then close them down.
"We have to promote a production model that can simultaneously generate prosperity, employment and opportunities and do so by protecting the capacity of a territory and natural resources that are incompatible with excessive tourist pressure," said Balaeric president Francina Armengol.
