A British couple holidaying in Spain have slammed a hotel’s alleged “unfair” pool lounger rules after they landed themselves in a spot of bother in the latest saga of sunbed wars. Jo and Martin travelled to the popular resort town of Salou, near Barcelona for one week with hopes of a relaxing holiday in the Mediterranean sun.
But while staying at the four-star, £140-per-night H10 Salauris Palace, the couple claim they were hit with stern warning cards on their towels after leaving their sunbeds for half an hour. The holidaymakers were outraged as they claimed other hotel guests had left their spots unattended for two hours with no consequence. The livid couple took to TikTok in a now viral video to slam the note as “Two Tier sun bed policing”.
The card read: “It is not allowed to reserve sunloungers by leaving towels or belongings.
“Towels on sunloungers unused for more than 30 minutes may be taken off by staff. Your belongings will be collected carefully and can be picked up at reception.”
Expressing her frustration Jo said: “When you leave your sunbed for 30 minutes, yet others leave theirs for two plus hours and nothing gets done to them.”
The clip quickly went viral on TikTok with over a quarter of a million views and dozens of comments.
In response one person wrote: “Thirty minutes? Hardly time to go for lunch before you need to come back.”
Another added: “Ah ha ha this happened to us yesterday while we were swimming in the pool.”
“Two tier. This made me lol because it’s so true!!”, said a third.
Jo, who jetted from Belfast International Airport also shared a video of the hotel’s sunbeds appearing to be fully reserved early in the morning.
She advised others: “Unless you get down to the pool at 6 am, you won’t get a good location for your lounger.” One follower said: “We are in a five-star in Lanzarote and despite rules saying no allocating sun loungers, most have towels on by 8 am.”
Jo, known as ‘Grump’ online, also complained about holidaymakers using large pegs to pin down their towel on a windy day. She fumed: “What is it with these giant pegs on sunbeds that annoyed me so much?
“We survived without these for years before!”