Holidaymakers have taken this summer’s sunbed wars to a new level, snapping up secured loungers to get an early morning advantage even before hotel staff have opened the pool.
Armed with their towels, new footage shows holidaymakers on the Spanish island of Tenerife apparently freeing up sun loungers to grab the best spots.
In the video, which was filmed by a stunned guest, a man dressed in a T-shirt, shorts and sandals can be seen rearranging the sun loungers to free five people trapped underneath.
A woman and another man were also seen moving a sun lounger by the pool before the woman returned to collect a towel she had left on top of the secured sun loungers.
This comes after footage released earlier this week showed misbehaving Brits racing to get the best spots by the pool.
A man appears to remove secured sun loungers in an attempt to get the best spot by the pool.
In the video, which was filmed by a stunned guest, a man dressed in a T-shirt, shorts and sandals can be seen rearranging the sun loungers to free five people trapped underneath.
The video, filmed at the four-star Villa Romana hotel in Salou, Spain, shows tourists pushing each other as one person laughs and says: “Oh my God.”
British tourists can be seen queuing around the corner towards the pool entrance, ready to rush out as soon as staff open the doors first thing in the morning.
A five-star hotel in Turkey also declared war on sunbed-hogging tourists earlier this week.
Laur hotels on the country’s Aegean coast have ordered staff to remove tourists’ belongings if they try to steal sun loungers early in the morning or even the night before.
Two videos shared on social media show a stern-faced hotel manager collecting towels on two separate occasions.
The towel on the sun lounger has become an almost universal sign of reservation at the busiest tourist spots.
The first video, posted by a British tourist, is accompanied by the music of Madonna’s Holiday, and the second clip features the line “Guess who’s back, again” from Eminem’s Without Me.
In both videos, the hotel employee grabs at least half a dozen towels as he patrols the resort’s pool area to clear space for sun worshippers arriving to enjoy the weather.
Footage of tourists rushing to grab a sun lounger begins by showing a group of holidaymakers waiting to rush to the pool in the early morning.
A person can be heard laughing in the background and saying, “Oh, my days,” while running.
TikTok user The Railway Queen shared a video showing a manager at her hotel in Turkey stacking towels over his shoulder in an attempt to clear space by the pool.
Laur hotels on the country’s Aegean coast have ordered staff to remove tourists’ belongings if they try to steal sun loungers early in the morning or even the night before.
Also, a post last week from the Village Hotel in Benalmadena, Spain, showed the moment guests ran towards the sun loungers by the pool.
A man in a bucket hat is seen claiming four beds by quickly throwing his towels across the row.
The video was posted on TikTok and one person said: “Wanna know what happens next? Do you all just sit back and chill?”
A second TikTok video shows similar scenes at a hotel in Tenerife. Once the pool door is opened, guests flock to the water’s edge and fill all available beds within seconds.
The footage is accompanied by a soundtrack of Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger, the theme song to the Rocky boxing films.