A security guard filmed pulling towels off sun loungers that had been 'reserved' by holidaymakers early in the morning has been praised by fed-up tourists. Some holidaymakers get up early in the morning - sometimes before 6am - to leave their towels on sun loungers next to hotel and resort pools so they can use them through the day.
But one resort security guard was having none of it as he was seen walking along the rows of loungers, covered in towels but free of any holidaymakers, and removing the 'reservations'.
Sharing the clip from Tenerife on TikTok @renovatewithroberta wrote: "They should do this everywhere."
The clip has been viewed more than 176,000 times since it was posted, reports The Mirror. Alison Gibson commented: "I agree, first come, first served."
Jamie Lee added: "As a kid I used to throw them in the pool."
Craig O'Halloran added: "Spot on. You wouldn't walk into a restaurant and leave your jackets on the chairs to reserve a seat."
Many said all hotels should do this, while one user said all sun loungers should have numbers that match the hotel room.
A second video showed two men, who appear to be hotel staff, clearing towels from sunloungers alongside a pool in Mallorca. Andrea Keifer shared the video with the caption "Sun bed wars"
Last year, Brits on holiday in Majorca were caught laying out their towels as early as 5am in a bid to get the best spot.
Mum Rebekah posted a video on Instagram showing the swathes of towels left on the ground by guests in an effort to reserve a space.
In the video, she jokes: "Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you the British efforts from this year’s annual ‘Sun-bed Showdown’. More tactical, skilled and hated than ANY sports team in the world…"
While footage of guests at the four-star Spring Hotel Bitacora in Tenerife shows crowds of desperate tourists waiting next to their resort's swimming pools and running to grab the best spots at the earliest possible time.
Recent footage showed the increasingly tense sunbed war apparently ruining Brits' summer holidays. Dubbed the "towel police" by TikToker John McGowan, the worker can be seen shoving holidaymakers' belongings into plastic bags.
He even walks around the pool area with a stopwatch and clipboard to time how long each sunbed has been reserved for and if the person has not returned within 30 minutes, their items are removed from the beds.
One commenter said: "Well done to this resort. Hope others take note. It might make people's hols less stressful if the towel dash doesn't happen anymore."
