British family eats early morning meal on sunbeds to get around strict sunbed rules at a Crete hotel as frustrated security guards look on
- A British family has revealed how they secure their sun loungers at sunrise
- The Harper family filmed themselves having breakfast by their pool at 6:45 in the morning
- They stayed there for several hours, hunting for food
A British tourist family has revealed the ruthless techniques they use to secure the best sunbeds in the cutthroat world of resort holidays.
The Harper family flouted official rules and ate breakfast by the pool at 6.45am during their holiday in Crete.
They used this clever tactic to circumvent a hotel notice stating that ‘no one could reserve sunbeds between 7am and 10pm.’
Hollie Harper posted a TikTok message showing her family’s frustration with her Greek hotel’s sunbed reservation rules.
The caption of the video reads: ‘If you leave your sunbed before breakfast, your towels will be taken away.’
The Harper family have started a fight and are ignoring official rules to assert themselves during their holiday in Crete by eating their breakfast on the sunbeds
The TikTokker, furious about the arbitrary and last-minute change, joked that “this is a serious game in our family” and “a very serious business.”
She showed her family sitting on the edge of a swimming pool at the crack of dawn, plates of breakfast strewn around them.
“Our whole family was there at 6:45 a.m. to secure base camp,” she explained.
“Everyone is willing to sacrifice breakfast for the greater good!”
The video showed several family members protecting their sunbeds. They seemed unconcerned by the “sun police” patrolling the pool. Reference was made to a man who “kept going back and forth to base camp, waiting for us all to leave for breakfast.”
Hollie was spotted ‘picking up some pastry’ and picking up a large supply of small snacks for her family.
The battle for the tanning beds seemed to be turning into a siege, with the social media user joking that at 8:21am there was ‘only 1.5 hours left to secure the area’.
She also revealed that her battle against her fellow travelers would only get worse and announced that she would be taking her “militant” tactics to her brother’s wedding.
Last month, MailOnline reported that Greece had launched a new crackdown on the use of sunbed drones along the country’s coastline, following complaints from locals about mass tourism.
Greece uses satellites and AI to tackle ‘illegal’ use of sunbeds, umbrellas and chairs on 8,000 of its beaches
New rules have been introduced requiring parasols and sun loungers to be kept at least four metres from the sea
Aerial footage shows a drone patrolling a beach after the new rules were introduced earlier this year
Angry residents have taken action as part of the so-called ‘beach towel movement’, which began last year and saw thousands of people protest against the extortionate prices they were being charged to use sun loungers.
There are now new rules stating that parasols and sun loungers must be at least four metres from the sea.
Bars and hotels also need a permit to place sun loungers, parasols, tables and chairs on the beach. A large part of the coastline must even be completely free of these facilities.
As British tourists flock to Greece for their summer holidays, authorities are deploying satellites, AI and an app to enforce new rules and crack down on the “illegal” use of sunbeds on thousands of the country’s beaches.