"Left Blue Badge back in the UK"

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Went on a holiday recently to Europe. The hotel car park only has a limited amount of 6 disabled parking bays. All of the disabled bays were taken and one of the cars parked had handwritten note on the dashboard which read "Left Blue Badge back home in UK". My dad was angry and complained to hotel reception as he felt it was not on and they could be lying about having a blue badge. However my mum was more relaxed and said they probably just forgot to bring it by accident and nothing more sinister is at play.

Where do you all stand on this issue?

How would anyone here, or your mum, or your dad, know?
i don’t have any opinion on this, I’d just get on with my day.

If the hotel were ok with it there's not much you could have done. You could raise the poor allocation of spaces with the hotel though, since there weren't enough.

Unless your dad is entitled to and needed the space, why give it any energy at all?

I find life is more pleasurable if you assume other people aren't arseholes without proof.

Where do you all stand on this issue?

Just slightly over there minding my own bloody business. Try it sometime.

It wouldn’t even be valid overseas anyway.

It wouldn’t even be valid overseas anyway.

It wouldn’t even be valid overseas anyway.

It wouldn’t even be valid overseas anyway.

Sorry for multiple posts…

A UK blue badge surely isn't even an indicator of accessible space eligibility elsewhere in Europe?

I have a blue badge (only recently) it wouldn't have occured to me to take it to Europe with me, but I haven't left the UK since getting it.

if I needed disabled parking at a hotel I would have contacted them to see what I needed to do to secure a place.

Do one of your parents need a disabled space? Did they enquire at the hotel what was required?

or are you all just sticking your noses into something that doesn't affect you? Other than wanting a parking space?

EDIT: and sinister really? What? Selfish/lazy/cheeky.. possibly, but 'sinister'???

Do they even have a blue badge system in the country you are staying in?

You seem VERY sure 😀

You can use it in some European countries

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Apparently, the blue badge is valid in certain EU Countries.

Did your Dad need the space? Did he have his blue badge with him?

Given it was a hotel carpark it is probably private property so the hotel has to trust people to use those spaces honestly. They cannot really police them as there are invisible disabilities.

so You don't think it would be valid overseas??

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Did your Mum or Dad need the space as BB holders themselves?
In which case they could have spoken to the hotel without getting angry.

What do you think, OP, and what can be done about it now?

My Mum's BB had a big EU logo on it.

But that was then.

It's a pity your dad didn't do the same with his nosey-pokery.

A lot of European countries recognise a British Blue Badge.

I think if you’re wanting to park in Blue Badge space, anywhere, you need to have a badge to display. Anyone can write a note saying they’ve got one, but have forgotten it.

Doesn't matter. Since Brexit blue badges are not valid in the EU anymore. However they aren't legally binding in a hotel carpark anyway so seems a fuss about nothing

I really hope this is not one of those disability light-the-blue-touchpaper threads.

OP did he need the space?

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