- Images show tourists running towards the sun loungers to throw down their towels.
Sunbed wars are escalating across Europe – this holidaymaker was spotted snapping up six prime spots at lightning speed at a Spanish resort.
Now that school has just ended for the summer, armies of tourists will be fighting on the beaches and pools for the best beds in the sun.
In a video posted to TikTok earlier this month, guests at the Village Hotel in Benalmadena, Spain, can be seen with towels in hand, ready to rush to their desired locations once staff give them the go-ahead.
A man in a bucket hat can be seen claiming six sun loungers by quickly throwing his towels along two rows of three.
This comes after Mallorca announced plans to end towel wars by introducing an app so people can reserve sun loungers.
Images show people sunbathing with towels in hand at the Village Hotel in Benalmadena ready to get a row of beds for their families
A man in a bucket hat, center of the image, tosses towels onto a row of three beds before heading to another set of three.
The individual appears to have reserved six beds in a prime location right next to the pool.
If the plans of the Palma de Mallorca City Council are followed, the sun loungers on the beaches of the municipality – Ciutat Jardí, Cala Estància, Can Pere Antoni, Cala Major and Playa de Palma – can only be reserved through an application, IMAGE report.
The beaches will be too They will have Wi-Fi and video surveillance, which are scheduled to be launched in early 2025.
Reservations will work similarly to seat reservations on airplanes, with the app showing where seats are occupied or free.
Reservations can be made online, regardless of location, and pricing is transparent to ensure everyone is treated equally.
Commenting below the TikTok video of the Hotel Village in Benalmadena, One person joked: “Want to know what happens next? Do you all sit back and relax?”
Another said: “My idea of holiday hell,” while a third added: “I’m glad I hate sunbathing.”
With millions of British families preparing to travel to popular holiday destinations over the coming weeks, holidaymakers will be changing their travel plans.your stressful morning commute to a dawn assault on the finest sun loungers.
Dozens of holidaymakers with towels in hand can be seen rushing to sun loungers after waiting patiently for doors to open at 8am at Tenerife’s popular Spring Hotel.
A second video posted on the platform showed tourists taking their places at a hotel on Spain’s Costa Dorada on the mainland.
After just a few seconds, most of the prime spots by the pool at the Costa Dorada hotel were occupied.
This comes after a Dutch woman, fed up with people hogging the best poolside spots at a Turkish resort, decided to take matters into her own hands and remove towels from sun loungers (pictured above) that had already been occupied the night before.
Last week, dozens of holidaymakers with towels in hand were seen rushing to sun loungers after waiting patiently for doors to open at 8am at Tenerife’s popular Spring Hotel.
The funny video was posted on TikTok with the caption: “The only thing that’s disappointing about this hotel. Queuing for the doors to open at 8am.”
A second video posted on the platform showed tourists taking their places at a hotel on mainland Spain’s Costa Dorada.
One person said: “We literally ran away. We thought it was hilarious.”
Last week, tourists were filmed rushing to sun loungers in another every-man-for-himself early morning.
In 2023, the same hotel hired a security guard to break up fights when Britons got up before dawn to fight with other tourists over sun loungers.
And it seems that the Sunset Beach Club hotel in Benalmadena, on the Costa del Sol, continues to be one of the worst battlefields when it comes to disputes over sun loungers.
Hundreds of Britons are forced to queue up early in the morning if they want a chance to rest.