See also: - Bryan Dayton now has reservations about busting no-shows on Twitter - Photos: Behind the scenes at Oak at Fourteenth - Review: Oak at Fourteenth rises from the ashes
Says Denver Dave:
I'm all for the taking a credit-card number idea. A lot of high-end restaurants in NYC, SFC, etc. have been doing it for years. Really, how hard is it to pick up the phone and cancel a reservation (especially in small venues) so that the restaurant can at least try to accommodate people on a waiting list. You fail to cancel -- your credit card gets hit with a failure to cancel penalty. You'd have to disclose that penalty when taking the reservation, of course. I bet that'd cut down on the no-shows!Would charging a penalty for no-shows work? Would you object if you were charged for a no-show?
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