Overview

• City officials and the Wiesnwirte announced a coordinated enforcement drive against illegal trading of tent table reservations on third-party platforms.
• Specialized law firms are scanning the internet with web crawlers to find unlawful listings and are preparing legal warnings with potential fees and fines for offenders.
• Tent operators will conduct spot identity checks at entry and cancel bookings when the guest name does not match the reservation, as reservations are non-transferable.
• Officials say tables have recently been listed for several thousand euros and warn buyers they risk paying high prices and still being denied entry.
• An official portal, Oktoberfest-Booking.com, enables resale of unused reservations at the original price, with 21 medium and large tents participating and others offering their own secure solutions.