Resorts across Europe are scrambling to put out more beach chairs after a German package tourist successfully sued because their hotel didn’t have enough loungers for guests. A German traveler sued their package tour operator that sold them a vacation, arguing that the advertised resort experience was defective because the hotel allowed other guests to monopolize loungers with towels. The Hanover district court (AG Hannover, 527 C 9826/25) found that: The German family booked an 11-night package holiday to Kos, Greece, in August 2024, at the Grecotel Kos Imperial, through TUI Deutschland for €7,186 (~ $8,500). The resort had six pools and a large number of loungers, and hotel rules banned reserving loungers with towels. However, guests were allegedly putting towels on loungers from around 6 a.m., then leaving them unused for hours at a time. Even when the plaintiff got up early and searched for about 20 minutes a day, his family generally could not get loungers.…