Australian tourist on Bali vacation has 'mini panic attack' over restaurant bill: 'Very costly mistake'

A tourer was charged astir $2,000 for a vessel of vino while connected picnic successful Bali, Indonesia. 

Geoff Murphy, an Australian traveler, recounted his communicative successful a Facebook group called "Bali Bogans." 

"I wanted to stock a classical ignorant tourer communicative and my miscalculations erstwhile it came to nan speech rate," he wrote, explaining that it was his 3rd travel to Bali.

The tourer was celebrating his partner's day and decided to book an upscale edifice called FIRE astatine W.

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Geoff decided his partner's day pinch a vessel of what he thought was $170 wine. (Geoff Murphy / Fox News)

"We usually don't portion vino erstwhile successful Bali owed to nan costs and mean vino connected connection but this clip I decided I would scatter retired connected a vessel of wine fixed nan occasion," Murphy explained. "Looking done nan vino database I decided connected a decent vessel of achromatic vino which was $RP1700++."

"The waiter paused and said, are you judge sir? I scoffed astatine him and said yup nary worries (like really situation he deliberation I'm not bully for a $170 vessel of wine)," nan station read.

Murphy said that nan cook later introduced himself, which he thought was unusual.

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Geoff Murphy, an Australian traveler, accidentally spent a luck connected a vessel of costly vino successful Bali without realizing it. (iStock / iStock)

"The cook came retired to present himself, which I did deliberation astatine nan clip was unusual but I conscionable assumed it's a bully edifice and didn't deliberation astir it again," Murphy said. He didn't recognize his correction until nan adjacent morning.

"I logged into net banking and noticed a complaint for $2050 from (the restaurant)!" nan traveler said. "My bosom dropped into my tummy and I had a mini panic attack."

 "My bosom dropped into my tummy and I had a mini panic attack."

After retrieving his receipt, he realized nan vino costs astir $1,700. Murphy said that nan vino was much costly than each of his picnic expenses combined.

"I’m gladsome it's entertaining for others, astatine nan clip it was a very costly mistake," Murphy told Fox News Digital. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to FIRE astatine W for remark but has not heard back.

A tourer holds a vessel of brew astatine Kuta Beach connected April 16, 2015 successful Kuta, Bali, Indonesia (Agung Parameswara/Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Bali is simply a celebrated picnic spot for Australians and others from crossed nan world. Bali welcomed complete 6 cardinal visitors successful 2019 earlier the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted recreation worldwide.