Moment herd of holidaymakers race to reserve Tenerife hotel sunbeds before 8am

03 May 2023 , 14:41
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Moment herd of holidaymakers race to reserve Tenerife hotel sunbeds before 8am
Moment herd of holidaymakers race to reserve Tenerife hotel sunbeds before 8am

Holidaymakers have been caught on camera scrambling for sunbeds before 8am at a hotel.

Brit Thomas Clifford looked at his watch as dozens of sleepy-eyed guests waited by the sidelines with their towels in hand.

At 7.47am, the tourists are apparently given the green light by hotel staff and they dash to the unclaimed sunloungers to lay out their towels.

Thomas, 30, of Colchester, Essex, was staying at the Sunlight Bahia Principe Hotel in Costa Adeje on the Spanish isle of Tenerife. and said most of his fellow guests were Brits.

Thomas said that the sun worshipping tourists were even throwing their towels off the top of the stairs to bag one of the elusive poolside loungers.

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The holidaymaker added: “It happened each morning without fail, which made me laugh.

“Some of them were waiting there from 7.20am.

Moment herd of holidaymakers race to reserve Tenerife hotel sunbeds before 8amThey are out early on a holiday morning (Jam Press Vid)
Moment herd of holidaymakers race to reserve Tenerife hotel sunbeds before 8amThe pool is calm moments before the rush (Jam Press Vid)

“I felt sorry for the poor man trying to clean the pool as everyone stampeded him.”

Thomas said he travelled with five people for a 12-day trip to the sunny island and despite the madcap scenes, he said he otherwise had an “amazing” holiday in Tenerife.

Thomas shared two videos that were uploaded to his TikTok page where they have been viewed over 5,000 times and received dozens of comments.

María said: “So typical here in Tenerife.” Peaches wrote: “Oh my God. Hideous.”

Joanne remarked: “I was there a few years ago.

“Was nightmare, we paid weekly for beds and some days we couldn't get one. Wasn’t good having to get up to go queue, run round the pool and pay.”

Pete commented: “We were there this Easter, the sunbed dash was even busier then.”

‘Sunbed battles’ at popular Tenerife resorts are very common during the summer months, however some hotels do not allow guests to reserve sunbeds with a strategically-placed towel.

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