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Tourists Walk Out on Restaurant Bill Because They Think ‘All-Inclusive’ Holiday Covers Entire Greek Island

When the Rhodes restaurant owner caught up with the dine-and-dashers, they showed him their hotel resort wristbands.

When you're on holiday, it's all too easy to rack up a costly restaurant bill. Lunch is kicked off with a couple of cocktails, you order that pricey lobster (well, if you can't treat yourself on holiday, when can you?), and say yes to the saffron-infused dessert. A few bottles of steep-end-of-the-wine-list Pinot Noir later, and you've blown your entire day's budget.

But even when a hefty bill arrives, most of us resist the temptation to slip out of the restaurant "to answer a call" and make a run for it. Not everyone is quite so honest, though. The dine-and-dash hall of fame is bursting with tales of those who went to extreme lengths to avoid coughing up, including the 120-strong group that conga-lined their way out of a restaurant and the guy who skipped out on his cheque by running into the sea (it went as well as you'd expect).

A British couple holidaying on the Greek island of Rhodes have become the latest bill-dodging offenders after they brazenly strolled out of a restaurant there without leaving a single Euro.

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