Crimea hotel offered guests gasoline as a booking perk. The promotion was canceled four days later — the fuel ran out.

A spa hotel in the occupied Crimean city of Saky offered guests between 10 and 20 liters of gasoline as a booking incentive, then canceled the promotion after four days when the fuel ran out, the Russian Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti reported.

On June 5, the Le-Di hotel announced on its social media pages that guests would receive gasoline as a perk: 10 liters for stays of two nights or more, 20 liters for three nights or more. “Gasoline is provided upon the guest’s request at check-in,” the hotel specified.

The fuel did not last long. A hotel representative said guests received a total of 100 liters — 10 liters each for 10 rooms. “We just wanted to do something nice for our guests, a small bonus, but it turned out that Ukrainian channels blew it a little out of proportion,” the representative told the outlet Podyyem. The hotel is now offering to reimburse guests for travel costs or provide a transfer, Ostorozhno Novosti reported.

A sanatorium in Alushta is also covering gasoline costs for guests who stay more than five days, the Telegram channel added.

Crimea began facing gasoline shortages in late spring after Ukrainian forces targeted fuel trucks and other vehicles supplying the annexed peninsula via the R-280 Novorossiya highway. On June 6, Sevastopol introduced QR codes to obtain vouchers for purchasing fuel at certain gas stations. Each voucher allows the holder to buy 20 liters of gasoline. Codes can be obtained only once a week and only through the Max messaging app.

According to Sevastopol’s Russian-installed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, the codes are snapped up “within a matter of seconds.”