TWO-thirds of Brits on holiday suffer anxiety over securing a sunbed, research found. And eight in ten say the stress of racing to grab one ruins their break. 1 Two-thirds of Brits on holiday suffer anxiety over securing a sunbed, research found Credit: Darren Fletcher More than half believe the whole practice of reserving beds with towels is unreasonable — but one in ten admit replacing one with their own.
Staff at one hotel are now removing towels from unoccupied beds after 30 minutes. But some holidaymakers pay pool attendants to find free loungers. Helen Wright, at the Rixos Sungate Hotel in Turkey, said: “Some people reserved them and never came back.
"I tipped the pool attendant and he kept finding them.” Fellow guest Vicki Topen said: “If you haven’t returned by 30 minutes the pool attendant takes any belongings and puts them in a hotel laundry bag for people to collect. “It’s great.
"No having to get up at the crack of dawn and there’s always a rotation of sunbeds .” Most read in News Travel STAR'S SICKNESS Scotland icon Alan Hansen ‘seriously ill in hospital’, former club reveals HEARTBREAKING END Dr Mosley took fatal wrong turn & collapsed while trekking on island MONEY TALKS EFL club weighing up shock transfer swoop for in-form Scottish Premiership star FEUD TURF Man found dead 2 days after being savagely beaten on a feud-gripped Scots estate The research was carried out by travel agent On The Beach and bed company Silentnight. They have decke.
