But, cunning guests have already found a way around this rule - by placing their towels on the floor at the entrance to the pool.
Photos supplied by hotel guests to the Mirror show beach bags and towels placed in an orderly queue leading to the closed pool so hotel guests can secure their sunbed as soon as it opens.
Holiday maker Geoff told the Mirror: “In an effort to control the sunbed madness, the door from the hotel to the pool was locked until 8am.
“So people were lining up their towels on the floor in a queue by the door before it opened. I should add that it wasn’t young people, but mostly middle-aged and older people”.
Discussing the behaviour of other guests at a four-star hotel in Camp de Mar, he said: “The line of towels actually went back much further (than the photo shows) and the owners were sitting on the sofas just out of sight, ready to fly outside when the door was unlocked.
“I don’t know what time they started, but we got up at 6.30 one morning to have breakfast before an excursion, and there was already a queue of towels at the door. Crazy behaviour!’”
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I wonder if a certain expert who regularly contributes to these pages has read this article, and if so, what his opinion would be. Camp de Mar. One of more exclusive and expensive tourist areas on the island. Not youngsters but middle aged and older generations doing this. Well, well, well. Not exactly what we were lead to believe on how the industry is heading.
What sad sad low rent little non entities getting involved in this. So glad I don't hang out with proles like these. Charge €10 a bed and they will all run off to the beach. These are the same type of losers who do all inclusive.
James TThe hotel should just implement a booking system, charge 1-5€/booking if they must, and "poolside" goes into a "out of the hat" draw… or something like that. Its not hard if you want to prevent the same people day in day out getting the prime spots. You want to give each guest the same opportunities.
The hotel management should simply clear the materials away - put them into the 'lost and found' cupboard.