German tourists get compensation after losing lounger fight at Greek hotel: Family who couldn't get a lounger gets £280
- Holidaymakers accused the hotel of failing to implement a no-hogging policy
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German tourists have been awarded compensation after losing a sunbed battle in a Greek hotel.
The managers of the Rhodes hotel had a strict 'no hogging' policy, which meant that guests who had placed towels in their 500 beds had to use them within 30 minutes.
But now they have to pay £280 to German holidaymakers who told Hanover Crown Court they could not get sun loungers one morning.
That meant, they said, that one morning they couldn't find lounge chairs at any of the resort's six pools.
Managers at the Rhodes hotel (pictured) had a strict 'no-hogging' policy, which meant that guests who had placed towels in their 500 beds had to use them within 30 minutes.
The claimants, who spent £4,532 on the holiday last summer, told the court that staff at the TUI Kids Club Atlantica Mikri Poli hotel (pictured) had failed to implement the policy.
Judges ruled that the hotel had deprived the family of part of their holiday and ordered them to pay £278.
It was estimated at about 7 percent of the cost of their stay.
The family had initially demanded £687 in compensation from TUI, local media reported yesterday.
Both parties can still appeal the trial verdict and the ruling is not yet legally binding.
The sunbed war between holidaymakers for the best loungers appears to have escalated in the past year, with many frustrated holidaymakers sharing their outrage on social media.
The tactics to save loungers have become so hostile that many hotels now use timers to limit lounge time and hire security guards equipped with warning whistles.
People queue for sun loungers at Hotel Estival Torrequebrada near Malaga – many brought chairs and a good book as they waited almost two hours for the beach and pool to open
Some people line up at dawn, line up their towels outside the pool gates, or even use their children to beat other vacationers.
On the Costa Del Sol, some waited up to two hours for prime spots at the four-star Estival Torrequebrada hotel, near Málaga, in July last year, as exclusive photos from MailOnline revealed.
In a very British scene in southern Spain, men and women were pictured long before the beach and pools opened to ensure they got the best spot – and most had brought a chair and a good book to pass the time. kill.
But one witness said that as soon as the gates opened each morning, “madness” ensued, with “people literally running in.” Some parents even pushed their children to sprint in and grab a sunbed because they are fitter and faster.
Footage from the same month shows a huge queue of people in holiday attire lining up in the hope of getting the best beds.
It comes after tourists in Tenerife were branded 'sunbed warriors' after being spotted on sun loungers at 6.30am – three and a half hours before the pool was due to open.