Hotel Damage

needaholiday

He hasn't said it wasn't his fault and readily admits he had been drinking. He has paid the money (I have had to transfer funds to him to compensate-grrr!). I was merely asking what others thought as I wasn't sure !where we stood with his holiday insurance,hotels insurance etc.
Sometimes people fall over when they are sober too though!









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Bob_the_Saver

needaholiday wrote: »

He hasn't said it wasn't his fault and readily admits he had been drinking. He has paid the money (I have had to transfer funds to him to compensate-grrr!). I was merely asking what others thought as I wasn't sure !where we stood with his holiday insurance,hotels insurance etc.
Sometimes people fall over when they are sober too though!









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But that does not mean they are not liable for the damage they cause as some people seem to think.

photome

needaholiday wrote: »

He hasn't said it wasn't his fault and readily admits he had been drinking. He has paid the money (I have had to transfer funds to him to compensate-grrr!). I was merely asking what others thought as I wasn't sure !where we stood with his holiday insurance,hotels insurance etc.
Sometimes people fall over when they are sober too though!











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you asked what people thought, i am just posting my thoughts

You hadnt mentioned insurance until now.

IMO the hotel was right in asking for damages, I guess the next step wouuld be to check his insurance, but i doubt very much they would pay out if he was drunk and the excess may stop him from trying to claim anyway.

yes people fall over when sober but they would have still had to pay for the breakage, might have better luck with the insurance though.

the good thing is that he is ok, it could have been a lot worse

thegirlintheattic

I'd check his travel insurance re: medical bills. Many policies will not pay out if you are intoxicated.

Bob_the_Saver

needaholiday wrote: »

He hasn't said it wasn't his fault and readily admits he had been drinking. He has paid the money (I have had to transfer funds to him to compensate-grrr!). I was merely asking what others thought as I wasn't sure !where we stood with his holiday insurance,hotels insurance etc.
Sometimes people fall over when they are sober too though!
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Glad he's OK because there are so many other scrapes he can get into now

needaholiday

It's been difficult to speak to him as his mobile phone hasn't worked since he got there despite several calls to Vodafone so it's just been quick calls from his mates phone. I believe his E111 covered the medical costs so he has only paid out for the damage he has caused. My first thought was the hotel were trying it on as they obviously have insurance but I can after reading people s comments see why they still have to charge due to the number of incidents that must frequently occur. I will check his travel insurance documents when he returns but have had a quick check on line and don't think he's covered for breakages. I also wondered about the strength of the glass but seems Health and Safety laws differ in Spain. When I can get the full story I may look at how much the clutter in the room had to do with it and make a complaint to Thomas Cook. Thanks again everyone.

Bob_the_Saver

needaholiday wrote: »

It's been difficult to speak to him as his mobile phone hasn't worked since he got there despite several calls to Vodafone so it's just been quick calls from his mates phone. I believe his E111 covered the medical costs so he has only paid out for the damage he has caused. My first thought was the hotel were trying it on as they obviously have insurance but I can after reading people s comments see why they still have to charge due to the number of incidents that must frequently occur. I will check his travel insurance documents when he returns but have had a quick check on line and don't think he's covered for breakages. I also wondered about the strength of the glass but seems Health and Safety laws differ in Spain. When I can get the full story I may look at how much the clutter in the room had to do with it and make a complaint to Thomas Cook. Thanks again everyone.

I'm also wondering about the strength of the beer

interstellaflyer

Bob_the_Saver wrote: »

But that does not mean they are not liable for the damage they cause as some people seem to think.

On the otherhand, they had paid for 3 rooms and got crammed into 2 rooms, if the party size required 3 rooms then there is scope for the room to be cluttered up and that creates a hazzard, OP says her son had a few drinks, she does not say he was rat @rsed, big difference and anyway, we are talking Magaluf, it's whole reason for being is partying, hotels are quite willing to make money from this so they should take some responsibility for making sure the guests are as safe as possible. It is quite possible, given the cramped conditions that, in the dark, someone could have tripped and gone through that glass panel stone cold sober.

callum9999

interstellaflyer wrote: »

On the otherhand, they had paid for 3 rooms and got crammed into 2 rooms, if the party size required 3 rooms then there is scope for the room to be cluttered up and that creates a hazzard, OP says her son had a few drinks, she does not say he was rat @rsed, big difference and anyway, we are talking Magaluf, it's whole reason for being is partying, hotels are quite willing to make money from this so they should take some responsibility for making sure the guests are as safe as possible. It is quite possible, given the cramped conditions that, in the dark, someone could have tripped and gone through that glass panel stone cold sober.

And they'd still have to pay. The room may have been "crampt" - but that doesn't mean it increased the safety hazards at all. There is no reason why bags etc. need be left somewhere you can trip over them, no matter how small the room is.