A British holidaymaker has described the daily sunbed scramble at a Spanish hotel as "absolute carnage".
Kirsty Sarbutts, from Manchester, was staying at the Ponient Dorada Palace in Salou for seven nights when she witnessed more than 50 holidaymakers queuing from 8am in preparation for the doors to the pool to open at 9am.
The 38-year-old said the situation quickly descended into chaos each morning, with guests allegedly stopping others from passing before sprinting to secure their preferred sunbeds.
Man falls over during rush
Kirsty, who was on holiday with her husband Hussain, even claims one man fell over during the rush. "It was embarrassing to watch," Kirsty told creatorzine.com. "It happened every morning."
"There were fully grown adults stopping other people passing at the doors. They were all running for sunbeds and one man fell over. It was absolute carnage."
She continued: "We saw a woman send her child to the front once the door opens to get a certain sunbed which caused other adults to intervene as they weren't happy about queuing for an hour."
Only one sunbed in seven nights
Kirsty said she only managed to secure a sunbed once during their entire seven-night stay and that was late in the afternoon. She said they preferred to take their time over breakfast rather than rushing to the pool first thing in the morning, meaning they often had to make do with plastic chairs.
"We won't be returning to this hotel," Kirsty said. "Staff didn't intervene at all. There were adults arguing for sunbeds throughout the day due to people removing towels on beds that had been left unoccupied all day."
"The only way to calm this situation would be the hotels allocating beds to rooms," she added. "It's the only fair way around these situations."
Social media reaction
Kirsty shared a clip, which was filmed on 26 July, of the carnage on social media and it has racked up more than 127,000 views.
One commenter said: "They'll race for sun beds but won't come down to use them until 1pm, takes away from others who want to use them in the morning."
Another person added: "I hope this holiday never finds me," while someone else said: "The Brits are so bad for this now." A fourth person wrote: "Just like kids being let out at break time," while another commenter added: "This is why I love adults only hotels."
Ponient Dorada Palace declined to comment.
