Ready, set, GO! British holidaymakers in desperate 8am sunbed stampede as they race to beat the Germans to get the best spot by the pool at hotel in Gran Canaria - Live News
Ready, set, GO! British holidaymakers in desperate 8am sunbed stampede as they race to beat the Germans to get the best spot by the pool at hotel in Gran Canaria
The summer holidays are supposed to be about rest and relaxation away from the chaos of ordinary life.
But that appears to be the furthest thing from the minds of these people as they race for sun loungers in scenes that will be distressingly familiar to British holidaymakers.
This extraordinary video was captured at Hotel Servatur Waikiki at the popular Playa del Ingles resort in Gran Canaria just as the pool opened at 8am.
Hotel insiders say people begin queuing at 7.30am each day in order to bag a prime spot in the first row of sun loungers.
And despite the stereotype of Germans being the first to lay their towels, sources say it is the British and Irish are the worst offenders.
In many cases they lay their towels down and head into breakfast before returning at their leisure. The hotel has a total of almost 500 rooms, with more than 150 sun beds visible in the footage.
The problem of sunbed bagging has got so bad, hotel staff have now been instructed to remove towels from loungers left empty for two or three hours.
One well-placed source at the hotel, where an estimated seven out of 10 guests are currently British, said: 'The worst are definitely the Brits followed by the Irish and then some Canarians who are on holiday here and appear to have started to become infected by their behaviour.
'I know the British have traditionally regarded the Germans as the worst offenders but our experience is that they have breakfast first and look for a sunbed after.
'The pool opens at 8am and there's always a queue of people waiting at this time of the year. It's a bit hard to fathom really because there's enough sunbeds to go round.
'We get guests laying their towels out in the morning and sometimes disappearing again till the afternoon.
'The problem has been getting so bad recently that hotel staff are now under instructions to remove towels on sunbeds which have been unattended for two or three hours.'
Another insider added: 'Guests need to try to understand that rather than bagging the best sunbeds, all they're going to achieve if they carry on racing around the way they do in the mornings is an accident.'
Footage of the mad morning dash at the Servatur Waikiki shows most holidaymakers making straight for the loungers closest to the water.
One man in a white T-shirt and blue shorts with a white stripe down them can be seen throwing four towels on four different beds next to each other in the second row of sunbeds back from the pool.
Another man in a green top goes even better and bags four in the front row.
Hotel staff said the adult chill-out area is very sought-after as well as the sunbeds nearest the water.
Research a couple of years ago showed that contrary to stereotype, British holidaymakers were now more likely to hog the sunbeds on holiday.
The summer holidays are supposed to be about rest and relaxation away from the chaos of ordinary life.
But that appears to be the furthest thing from the minds of these people as they race for sun loungers in scenes that will be distressingly familiar to British holidaymakers.
This extraordinary video was captured at Hotel Servatur Waikiki at the popular Playa del Ingles resort in Gran Canaria just as the pool opened at 8am.
Hotel insiders say people begin queuing at 7.30am each day in order to bag a prime spot in the first row of sun loungers.
And despite the stereotype of Germans being the first to lay their towels, sources say it is the British and Irish are the worst offenders.
In many cases they lay their towels down and head into breakfast before returning at their leisure. The hotel has a total of almost 500 rooms, with more than 150 sun beds visible in the footage.
The problem of sunbed bagging has got so bad, hotel staff have now been instructed to remove towels from loungers left empty for two or three hours.
One well-placed source at the hotel, where an estimated seven out of 10 guests are currently British, said: 'The worst are definitely the Brits followed by the Irish and then some Canarians who are on holiday here and appear to have started to become infected by their behaviour.
'I know the British have traditionally regarded the Germans as the worst offenders but our experience is that they have breakfast first and look for a sunbed after.
'The pool opens at 8am and there's always a queue of people waiting at this time of the year. It's a bit hard to fathom really because there's enough sunbeds to go round.
'We get guests laying their towels out in the morning and sometimes disappearing again till the afternoon.
'The problem has been getting so bad recently that hotel staff are now under instructions to remove towels on sunbeds which have been unattended for two or three hours.'
Another insider added: 'Guests need to try to understand that rather than bagging the best sunbeds, all they're going to achieve if they carry on racing around the way they do in the mornings is an accident.'
Footage of the mad morning dash at the Servatur Waikiki shows most holidaymakers making straight for the loungers closest to the water.
One man in a white T-shirt and blue shorts with a white stripe down them can be seen throwing four towels on four different beds next to each other in the second row of sunbeds back from the pool.
Another man in a green top goes even better and bags four in the front row.
Hotel staff said the adult chill-out area is very sought-after as well as the sunbeds nearest the water.
Research a couple of years ago showed that contrary to stereotype, British holidaymakers were now more likely to hog the sunbeds on holiday.
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