Venice bans wheeled suitcases for tourists (Locals exempt)

[Pop 4,541]

It's just another way for Venice to take money from tourists. 

 

That place has become a tacky mess with hideous stores and signs hiding the beautiful architecture and THIS is what they ban?

 

The key word here is EUR500 fine... thats $600 for every other tourist who has no idea this rule exists.  

[Qualle1 1,385]

This is luckily a hoax. German media is reporting, that you can also use trolley cases in the future. :)

http://m.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/die-koffer-duerfen-weiter-rollen-in-venedig-13282186.html

[DeleteMyAccount 11,881]

Good for Venice.

 

I can't stand seeing slovenly people roll their bags around, the wheels of their bloated bags creaking under the weight of the offensively ugly clothing stuffed inside. Bags chock-full of desperately shallow mementoes that give meaning to their lives. Please people, pack what you need and only what you need…and put the things you need in something other then a hideous rolling vinyl sack. If I see another Toyota Carola I'm going to hang myself. Beauty is dead. 

It's not like they're taking the rollers everywhere they go.  Maybe to their hotel room and when they leave Venice... It's hard to imagine people not being able to use rollers considering it's such an essential tool for traveling.  Settle.