Re: Quebec law to allow restaurants to charge for now shows.

On 2025-03-20 11:38 a.m., flood of sins wrote:

On 2025-03-19, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

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i find that acceptable for lodging and camping reservations. i
don't think i've ever made any in this century which didn't have
a cancellation fee which increased the closer to the check in
date it got.
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but for a restaurant? that implies giving up credit card
information or a billing name and address for tables which are
easily filled if the restaurant is any good. an exception for
large groups of people i think would be acceptable, but beyond
that, nope, i'd have to pass.

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Maybe they aren't easily filled.If a place is busy enough to need
reservations there is the chance that someone else has tried for a
reservation and couldn't get one because it was fully booked.  Since it
applies to 5 or  more someone would have had to put some tables
together. Now someone has to go and rearrange the tables.
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It at least makes people think about the need to make and honour
reservations.