Mum surprised to discover common swimming shorts are banned in French pools
A MUM was surprised to discover that common swimming shorts are banned in indoor pools across France.
The mum shared her discovery in a post on Facebook.
In her post, she revealed that she was on holiday in Europe and was staying at a popular campsite.
While she explained how she enjoyed the facilities, another nugget of information piqued her interest more.
She wrote: “The best, most fantastic thing about this [trip], is that I’ve just discovered that in France, in a lot of pools, men aren’t allowed to wear swim shorts.
“[Instead], they have to wear Speedos for hygiene reasons, apparently.
“The idea of my husband and son in Speedos in a French campground has me laughing so hard I can’t get anything done.”
The post, which has had 68 comments, left many other people shocked by the revelation too.
One person wrote: “I am still stuck on wondering how speedos are more sanitary than trunks or nudity?”
While another added: “How are Speedos more hygienic?”
But these aren’t the only holidaymakers who weren’t wise to the rule.
Last year, another mum also stumbled across the ban when she visited a French swimming pool with her son and husband.
The woman, who is known as mummymouseinthehouse on the social media platform, posted a video all about her trip.
A caption over the video read: “In France, the boys have to wear Speedos to go swimming in the pool. My son and hubby were not impressed.”
The footage shows a sign on a turnstile with boardshorts crossed out with a large red cross.
She then panned the camera to show her son and husband – both of whom look displeased.
The video has had more than 13 million views on TikTok with users rushing to the comments.
One person wrote: “[It’s a] bit of a strange rule.”
Another added: “I just wouldn’t go swimming.”
A third wrote: “My dad didn’t know this and had to buy one from a vending machine – it didn’t even fit well.”
According to the travel website, Suncamp, the pool policy is in place for two reasons: “the hygiene and the environment”.
They added: “People often wear long swimming trunks as a pair of shorts. For example, you wear them to the beach or while walking through the city.
“If you then swim in the swimming pool in the same shorts, you will pollute the water.
“A pair of tight-fitting swimming trunks holds on to less dirt and people don’t usually wear them when wandering around the city for the day.”
There’s plenty of poolside other poolside etiquette holidaymakers should be following – and most of it is universal.
Renowned etiquette expert, William Hanson, believes there is a 30-minute grace period on poolside reservations.
This is where hotel guests can use a towel or a book to reserve a spot for no longer than half an hour.
William told the Sun Online Travel: “In the morning, at the start of the day, and you’re by the pool after breakfast, then it’s fine at 8.30 to put your towel on the bed to reserve your spot.”
“But later on in the day after you’ve used the lounger, and go off for a massage, for example, which is going to be an hour, then you can’t use a towel to reserve the sun lounger.”
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