A UK tourist in Tenerife has warned tourists about a fiendish "all-inclusive" scam. The expat, in the Canary Islands, has said holiday reps are working in league with the nightclub owners were offering a "too good to be true" deal.
Kevin, who appears on YouTube under the name Scotsman in Tenerife, fumed: "They used to tell you it was something like €20 (about £17) to get into a nightclub,. This is not Ibiza, they should be offering you money to come into their nightclubs.
"They'll tell you it's around 90 or something ridiculous for an all-inclusive package and say, 'Listen guys, do you want to go to this nightclub later on? I can sell you a package where you can get four or five drinks for about 30 or 40.'"
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He explained: "The first catch is you need to go really early at some ridiculous time like 9 or 10pm when nobody's in there apart from the people who have bought the package." The reps promise that they will "save you a fortune".
But the Brit abroad says they have "hugely inflated" the price of entry and once midnight rolls around then most of the clubs start offering free entry. "Check online, do a bit of research, sometimes if deals seem too good to be true, then they are too good to be true," he went on.
And he added: "If you're a young person and you arrive in Playa Del Ingles and you've got someone trying to sell your passes to the nightclubs, be very very aware that most of the time you can walk into these clubs free of charge whatever time suits you.
"We're still getting people selling these passes and telling you that you need to turn up at 9pm and you'll get a certain amount of drinks so just be aware of that." He added: "They don't say 'listen it's free to get in but if you come earlier we'll give you four or five drinks and you'll get this included which is fair enough that's a good deal. Just avoid that scam."
