Holidaymakers have taken the battle for sun this summer to the next level by using their reserved sunbeds to secure an early one, before hotel staff have even opened the pool.
New footage shows tourists on the Spanish island of Tenerife, armed with their towels, emptying sunbeds to grab the best spots.
In the video, filmed by a stunned guest, a man dressed in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops can be seen moving the deck chairs to free five people trapped underneath.
A woman and another man were also spotted moving a lounger by the pool, with the woman then returning to retrieve a towel she had left on the secured loungers.
This follows footage released earlier this week showing Britons misbehaving and running to get the best spots by the pool.
A man appears to be removing secured sunbeds in an attempt to get the best spot by the pool
In the video, filmed by a stunned guest, a man dressed in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops can be seen rearranging the deck chairs to free five people trapped underneath.
The video, shot at the four-star Villa Romana Hotel in Salou, Spain, shows holidaymakers pushing past each other as one person laughs and says: “Oh, my days.”
British tourists queue around the corner from the pool, ready to rush out as soon as staff open the doors in the morning.
A five-star hotel in Turkey also declared war on holidaymakers seeking refuge on sunbeds earlier this week.
The Laur Hotels on the country’s Aegean coast have instructed their staff to confiscate tourists’ belongings if they attempt to pack up their sun lounger early in the morning – or even the night before.
Two videos on social media show a stern-faced hotel owner collecting towels on two separate occasions.
The towel on the lounger is nowadays an almost universal reservation symbol in tourist attractions.
The first video – posted by a British tourist – is accompanied by music from Madonna’s Holiday and the second clip features the lyrics ‘guess who’s back? Back again’ from Eminem’s Without Me.
In both videos, the hotel worker grabs at least half a dozen towels as he patrols the resort’s pool to make room for sunbathers looking to enjoy the weather.
The footage of tourists rushing to grab a sunbed starts by showing a group of tourists waiting to rush to the pool early in the morning
In the background someone can be heard laughing and saying ‘oh my days’ as they run
TikTok user The Railway Queen shared a video showing a manager at her hotel in Turkey piling towels on his shoulder in an attempt to free up space by the pool
The Laur Hotels on the country’s Aegean coast have ordered staff to confiscate tourists’ belongings if they attempt to pack up sun loungers early in the morning – or even the night before.
In addition, a report last week from the Hotel Village in Benalmadena, Spain showed guests rushing to the poolside sunbeds
The photo shows a man wearing a bucket hat claiming four beds by quickly throwing his towels over the row.
The footage was posted to TikTok and someone said, “Do you want to know what happens next? Do they all sit down and relax?”
A second TikTok video shows similar scenes at a hotel in Tenerife. As soon as the gate to the pool opens, guests stream down to the waterfront and quickly take up all the available beds.
The images are accompanied by the soundtrack of Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger, the theme song from the Rocky boxing films.
