British holidaymakers have been dubbed 'towel warriors' after a video captured the frantic race for sunbeds at a hotel in Mallorca. The footage, filmed by Aaron Turner, 34, at the Hotel Sol Barbados in Magaluf, shows tourists queuing and sprinting to secure prime spots as soon as the pool area opens.
Aaron, from County Meath, Ireland, said guests would wait up to an hour before the opening time. 'Once the barriers opened, all the rules went - people were jumping the queue, and some were properly running,' he told the Mirror. Despite plenty of loungers being available, everyone was after the most coveted positions.
Finding the situation hilarious, Aaron captioned his Instagram video 'Sunbed races should be an Olympic sport'. His followers commented on the absurdity, with one suggesting: 'Or you can do what I do go have breakfast and nice relaxing morning then just walk in and throw the towels off the beds I want because you can't save sun loungers.'
In a separate incident, holidaymaker Mandy Boyd, 34, from Bridgend, South Wales, thwarted a group of men who tried to reserve sunbeds at 2am at the Aquasol Aparthotel in Palmanova. She and her friend swiped the towels, saying: 'We're just doing the Lord's work. I can't stand it when people reserve sunbeds and don't use them all day.'
