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Title: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: Highlander on September 25, 2016, 20:47:41 PM
Readers will soon gather that the following is a pet hate of mine.

I propose a range of fines for people who put towels on sunbeda and proceed to disappear.

I would suggest the following

1. If you return within 1/2 hour of placing the towel - no fine
2. If you return within 1 hour of placing the towel - £ 1.00 fine
3. If you return within 2 hours of placing the towel - £ 2.00 fine
4. £ 5.00 for up to 4 hours
5. £ 10.00 for over 4 hours and towel confiscated for 24 hours

All proceeds to local charity.

Just a suggestion   :)
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: KKOB on September 25, 2016, 21:01:30 PM
Fine.  ;)
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: davybill on September 26, 2016, 08:13:34 AM
I think the fines should be in Euros, it will cost the Germans a fortune,LOL
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: Georgie Girl on September 27, 2016, 05:45:39 AM
Sorry but I think the English are as bad if not worse and totally agree  with Highlander. We stopped going to our regular hotel in Calis after 13 years because of the problems with those saving sunbeds and we told the owner the reason.  I just wish the owners would do something about it. Just a notice would help with a threat to remove towels. Rumour has it that after we left our old hotel one of the irate guests went down early one morning and dumped all the towels from the saved beds in a big pile by the pool.

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Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: Lotty on September 27, 2016, 07:34:27 AM
If people leave their towels on beds for more than an hour I think it's perfectly acceptable to remove them. What could they say? Its extremely bad mannered, I know some people have planned a morning out but have earmarked their beds (their area) before they leave and sail back about 4 hours later. Selfish.
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: davybill on September 27, 2016, 08:01:28 AM
I don't think you will stop people saving sunbeds, people come on holiday with large families and friends.
and I'm sure most people will save sunbeds for them,
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: Scunner on September 27, 2016, 08:07:45 AM
The main reason people reserve sunbeds is that they see that people are reserving sunbeds.
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: kevin3 on September 27, 2016, 08:22:12 AM


  I have reservations about that.
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: KKOB on September 27, 2016, 09:10:30 AM
I'm quite reserved too.
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: marina on September 27, 2016, 09:37:00 AM
Sorry but I think the English are as bad if not worse and totally agree  with Highlander. We stopped going to our regular hotel in Calis after 13 years because of the problems with those saving sunbeds and we told the owner the reason.  I just wish the owners would do something about it. Just a notice would help with a threat to remove towels. Rumour has it that after we left our old hotel one of the irate guests went down early one morning and dumped all the towels from the saved beds in a big pile by the pool.

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Should have put them in the pool!
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on September 27, 2016, 12:20:12 PM
We were on a cruise in July and there is a daily paper delivered to the cabins.  There is a notice about sunbeds in it.  Also,  on the public address system the same message which was.  No sunbeds can be reserved if staff see books, towels or bags on sunbeds the. items will be removed and will be left at.(then it says the two places they will be left) passengers can go to these places and pick up their belongings.
We thought this was a great idea and should be practiced at Hotels too.
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: JohnF on September 27, 2016, 12:27:37 PM
one of the irate guests went down early one morning and dumped all the towels from the saved beds in a big pile by the pool.

Many years ago in Menorca there was an incident known as TowelGate. 

Some folks started putting towels out not long after midnight meaning even at 6am there wasn't an "unreserved" sun lounger to be had.

One morning, as the sun slowly rose and bleary eyed holidaymakers started appearing on balconies they were treated to a new form of modern art.   

About one hundred brightly coloured towels, all floating in the pool.  The towel ninjas were clever though - a rather objectionable family's towels remained untouched.

Cue much shouting, swearing and finger pointing.

Three times over the next ten days or so the same thing happened.

The culprits were never identified although I do believe after two Scottish families went home the towel drownings ceased   :)

JF
Title: Re: Parking Fines for sun beds
Post by: badger on September 27, 2016, 12:41:08 PM
We had the same problem in Cyprus we watched a young child placing the towels
On sunbeds at 2am. We went down removed all the towels and placed them in a
Pile