Overview

• Guests at the four-star GHT Oasis Park Hotel in Lloret de Mar queue before opening and rush in with towels, prompting Adele Gough to skip the scramble and go sunbedless.
• The absence of clear signage or reservation rules at several hotels has fueled daily competitions for prime poolside spots, which many holidaymakers call “selfish.”
• At Tenerife’s Parque Santiago III, a tourist sprinted to claim seven loungers in seconds and left them unused for over an hour despite hundreds of spare beds.
• Holidaymakers have shared viral footage—from runners in athletic shoes to multi-bed grabs—on platforms like TikTok, amplifying the sunbed wars across Europe.
• Some resorts, including top beaches in Majorca, have removed sunbeds and parasols to ease the morning rush, but enforcement of any new rules remains patchy.