'Tourists at my Majorca hotel race for sunbeds - but I show them there's no point'

Daily Mirror

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Clare Wright, from Nottingham, is staggered to see dozens of tourists at Protur Playa Cala Millor Hotel in Majorca, Spain, battle for sunbeds "like something out of The Hunger Games"
A Brit is perplexed to film dozens of tourists at her Majorca hotel race for sunbeds - because she insists she gets one every morning without trouble.
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Speaking in a TikTok post from the hotel during her holiday, Clare Wright, 44, says she "has a little giggle" at the holidaymakers who she watches scramble for loungers each morning. The battle for prime spots at Protur Playa Cala Millor Hotel in Majorca, Spain, "like something out of The Hunger Games," Clare says.
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"People gathered in the cafe area from about 8:30am waiting for a little chain that the staff had put around a small section of the pool to be removed. As the staff finished the cleaning and walked towards the chain, everybody stood.... and as it was lifted, the games began."
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And in footage Clare has shared online, tourists dash across the pool deck the second the gates open. Holding towels and sunbathing gear, they had been queuing for half an hour. Clare recorded the clip during her five-day holiday the four-star hotel, which is on the east of the Spanish island.
Speaking after filming the video, Clare, from Nottingham, added: "I watched from my balcony, having a little giggle, went to breakfast and then to the pool at about 10am to find a sun bed without any problem at all."
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"The night before, the entertainment manager said, 'No leaving towels down, the staff clean the pool area in the morning and no running as the floor will be wet and slippy, we are all adults here.'
"I thought, 'What? People won't be running to get a sun bed here.' So I decided to watch and film it... I watched from my balcony, having a little giggle, went to breakfast and then to the pool at about 10am to find a sun bed without any problem at all."
Clare said the race was pointless as there were enough sun loungers for everyone. The tourist continued: "There really was no need. It was such a lovely hotel and we had an amazing time there. It wasn't the hotel's fault - they had enough beds for everyone."
Clare shared the clip on her TikTok account Wright_Wanders. The footage racked up more than 57,000 views and commentors described the guests as "sad".
One said: "God, how said if that's what holidays are about." Another person added: "I hate this. I love hotels that remove stuff after 30 minutes if not in use." A third said: "That's just horrific. I'd never fight for a sun bed... Just come back from Majorca and in the hotel I was in, the pool opened at 10 no stress for a sun bed."