Hotel owner offers to pay soaring petrol costs for guests to get to Cornwall

The hotel in Padstow launched the scheme as fuel prices rise around the world (Picture: Google)

The owner of a Cornish hotel has promised to pay for guests’ petrol bills to offset the cost burden.

Hugh Ridgway, co-founder of St Moritz Hotel & Cowshed Spa in Padstow, launched the scheme in response to the rising fuel costs.

This is largely down to the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, where approximately 25% of the world’s oil travels through, by Iran in response to the ongoing war with the US and Israel.

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