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Sunbed wars erupt as Brits battle it out - but efforts turn out to be 'pointless'

A British tourist in the Canary Islands has captured the chaos of her hotel's sunbed wars, but she admits that rather than being annoyed, there's one reason why she found the whole scene 'funny'

A Brit staying in Tenerife was unimpressed by her fellow holidaymakers after she spotted sunbed wars erupting before the hotel had even opened up the breakfast bar.

Chenaiyah Bernard, 21, from Leeds captured the video of holidaymakers rushing early in the morning to snag their favourite sunbeds, even staking their claim on parasols in an attempt to get the best spot.

She was staying in the popular resort town of Playa de las Amricas, and captured the scenes from her balcony last Friday (July 24).

The primary school play worker says she was relaxing on her balcony at 7.45am, and saw a group of people hanging around the pool area, looking to nab their loungers for the day before breakfast had even opened.

[Screen grab showing the sunbed wars]

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The tourists covered many of the sunbeds with colourful towels(Image: Jam Press/@chenaiyahalicia2)

Chenaiyah's video, set to the Mario Kart theme tune, shows Brits patiently waiting around for the cleaners to finish, standing next to parasols to stake out the area they want before they can grab sunbeds for the day, reports creatorzine.com.

Chenaiyah said: "I woke up early to stand outside of my hotel room balcony and witnessed a bunch of British people all stood around the cleaners waiting for them to finish so they could then occupy a sunbed and then head off to breakfast. I doubt they will all be wanting to sunbathe at 7.45am since it's not that warm. People began to occupy parasols with their towels, which I found funny."

Once the pool area is open, the Brits are shown taking sunbeds out and throwing their towels over them to mark their territory, before casually strolling away.

[Chenaiyah Alicia Bernard]

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Chenaiyah filmed the rush from the comfort of her balcony(Image: Jam Press/@chenaiyahalicia2)

Chenaiyah was left bemused by the scenes, which ultimately proved pointless; she claims she had no trouble finding a poolside sunbed when she went down to relax later that morning, meaning the early birds' rush may have been completely unnecessary.

She said: "I don't care to wake up early for a sunbed but other people can do what they want." She added that although it didn't seem overtly "competitive or aggressive" adding that "it was just funny watching people wake up early just to claim a sunbed way earlier than they actually will need it, and I assume some people probably want to hog the sunbeds all day and not allow people who also want to sunbathe to use one."

[Holidaymakers standing by parasols]

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Holidaymakers nabbed parasols before the sunbeds were even out(Image: Jam Press/@chenaiyahalicia2)

Chenaiyah said she doesn't judge those taking part in the sunbed scramble, saying: "I don't think it's that serious in my opinion to go downstairs that early to claim a sunbed, to have your towel sat there when you aren't always going to be with. Like, get out of the resort and explore, but people can honestly do what they want."

But she pointed out there was plenty to do even if you don't sit by the pool: "People who sleep in probably aren't bothered about claiming a sunbed at the crack of dawn and feel they have better things to do, like exploring the area or going to the beach."

Chenaiyahs video has since been viewed over 160,000 times on TikTok with over 5,000 likes, and it's safe to say most of the comments were on her side. One said: Why oh why do people do this you are on holiday for god's sake.

Others claimed these kinds of videos influenced the kind of breaks they'd book in future. One said: Why would you go on this type of holiday, thats hell.", while another joked: all inclusive about as much fun as an MRI scan.

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