Holidaymakers filmed ‘racing’ each other to get the best sunbeds at resort in Spain
HOLIDAYMAKERS have been filmed ‘racing’ to get to the best poolside sunbeds at a resort in Spain.
Every summer, hotels become the sites of frantic battles, as guests try to reserve the best loungers with their towels first thing in the morning.
Footage has emerged of people marking their territory after queuing up to get the best poolside spots at a resort in Majorca.
TikToker Jessica (@jessicapitt8) captured the footage during her holiday and shared it online.
In the video, a queue of holidaymakers can be seen lining up to place their towels on a sunlounger.
The footage, which has been sped up, showed guests walking around the pool and reserving sunbeds with their towels.
In the background, a handful of sunloungers can be seen with just a towel on them.
A caption over the video read: “It’s a race to get your favorite sunbed.”
Only 500 people have seen the video, which was posted on TikTok under a week ago.
Summer sunbed battles between hotel guests aren’t uncommon though, and several etiquette experts have revealed the rules behind the poolside beds.
Renowned etiquette expert, William Hanson, believes there is a 30-minute grace period on poolside reservations.
This is where hotel guests can use a towel or a book to reserve a spot for no longer than half an hour.
William told the Sun Online Travel: “In the morning, at the start of the day, and you’re by the pool after breakfast, then it’s fine at 8.30 to put your towel on the bed to reserve your spot.”
“But later on in the day after you’ve used the lounger, and go off for a massage, for example, which is going to be an hour, then you can’t use a towel to reserve the sun lounger.”
If you’re grabbing some grub at lunchtime, William said holidaymakers are allowed to eat at the hotel bar or restaurant providing you’re not gone longer than 30 minutes.
He said: “It also gives your towel time to dry off.”
Despite the grace period, William said: “You can’t hog the sun lounger for the entire day.”
Meanwhile, Laura Akano, the Principal Coach and Trainer at Polished Manners, who is also an etiquette expert, doesn’t believe holidaymakers have a right to reserve a lounger at all.
She told the Sun Online Travel: “I think it should be a first come first serve basis – if the resort doesn’t have a booking system.”
In Laura’s view, the only appropriate way to reserve a lounger by the pool is through a booking system.
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