Holidays From Hell

[naomi24]

//Sunbed ‘civil war’ breaks out across Med as sun-starved Brits battle each other for best spots from 5am.//

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23314206/brits-sunbed-battles-mediterranean-holidays/

Would you join the throng?

[10ClarionSt]

Travelling to the USA (Florida) just after Hurricane Ivan. Twas like a war zone!

[andy-hughes]

No, I'm not that fascinated with giving myself skin cancer.

[10ClarionSt]

And the filght from Manchester was delayed for 5 hours because the nob end who was fuelling the plane drove the tanker away with the fuel nozzle still connected. Grrrr.

[Moorea7]

No way. A holiday is supposed to be a holiday, not getting up at 5 a.m.
Germans used to be the worst culprits for "booking" sun-loungers at 4 a.m.!

[Untitled]

how depressing

[Deskdiary]

In 2006 my wife and I took our 3 year old daughter to one of these hotels as we thought it would be good for activities for her. Never again.

However, watching the rush from our balcony every morning, while sipping coffee, was a highlight because it was absolutely hilarious - it really was laugh out loud funny. It's amazing how quick fat women can run (and it was mainly women) when they're determined to bag their favourite spot. As they got closer to where they wanted to baste they'd throw their towels some distance to land on the loungers. There were arguments, there were people falling over because the poolside had been hosed - it really was terrific entertainment and to this day one of the funniest sights I've ever seen.

The irony is that there was a fabulous beach a 5 minute walk away with plentiful loungers and brollies, there were beach bars, ice-cream kiosks, snack bars and kids play parks so this is where we spent our time.

[Deskdiary]

No idea why that’s posted twice. Can one be removed please?

[youngmafbog]

Many years ago I was up early for my morning 1000 metres and found a load out. I lobbed them into the pool.

I cant understand the attraction of a stinking sunbed anyway especially when (as in the case above) a ruddy great beautiful beach was just the other side of the road.

[237SJ]

They're just as bad on the beach though. People go down at 5am and put their towels on the best spots and a trend that I have seen a couple of times is people bribing the pool boys to do it for them. I reported a staff member in Thailand for that. Couldn't understand why all the best beds were taken when there was nobody there and it turned out the head pool attendant was taking backhanders from people.