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A tourist was charged nearly $2,000 for a bottle of wine while on vacation in Bali, Indonesia.
Geoff Murphy, an Australian traveler, shared his story on a Facebook group called Bali Bogans.
“I wanted to share a classic ignorant tourist story and my miscalculations regarding the exchange rate,” he wrote, explaining that this is his third trip to Bali.
The tourist was celebrating his partner’s birthday and decided to book an upscale restaurant called FIRE at W.
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Geoff celebrated his partner’s birthday with a $170 bottle of wine. (Geoff Murphy / Fox News)
“We don’t normally drink wine when we’re in Bali because of the cost and average wine offerings, but this time I decided to have a bottle of wine for the occasion,” Murphy explained. “Looking through the wine list I settled on a decent bottle of white wine costing RP1700++.”
“The waiter stopped and said, ‘Are you sure, sir? I scoffed at him and said yeah don’t worry (how dare he think I’m no good for a $170 bottle of wine),” read the post.
Murphy said the chef later imagined what he thought was unusual.
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Geoff Murphy, an Australian traveler, accidentally spent a fortune on a bottle of expensive wine in Bali without realizing it. (iStock / iStock)
“The chef came out to introduce himself, which I thought was odd at the time, but I just assumed it was a nice restaurant and didn’t think about it anymore,” Murphy said. He didn’t realize his mistake until the next morning.
“I logged on to internet banking and saw a charge of $2050 from (the restaurant)!” said the traveller. “My heart was racing in my stomach and I had a mini panic attack.”
“My heart was racing in my stomach and I had a mini panic attack.”
– Geoff Murphy
After getting his receipt, he found that the wine had cost nearly $1,700. Murphy said the wine cost more than all of his vacation expenses combined.
“I’m glad it’s entertaining for others, at the time it was a very costly mistake,” Murphy told Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital has reached out to FIRE at W for comment but has not yet received a response.
A tourist holds a bottle of beer at Kuta Beach on April 16, 2015 in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia (Agung Parameswara/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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Bali is a popular vacation spot for Australians and others from around the world. Bali welcomed over 6 million tourists in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted global travel.