We storm the sunbeds at dawn & even eat our BREAKFAST on loungers to secure a poolside spot…holidays are a serious game
A BRIT family has boasted about their military-style techniques to secure the best sunbed spots – including eating breakfast on their loungers.
This comes after furious Greek residents started to wage war on tourists for reserving sunbeds.
But this hasn’t stopped the Harpers from flouting rules while on a trip to Crete, as one Tiktok video shows
The family grew frustrated when their hotel announced “no one could reserve sunbeds between 7am and 10pm.”
The caption read: “If you leave your sunbed for breakfast, your towels will be taken off.”
Fed up with the authoritarian rules, TikToker Hollie joked that “in our family this is a serious game” and “very a serious matter.”
She explained: “All our family were down at 6:45am securing base camp.
“All willing to sacrifice breakfast for the greater good!”
The video then panned to show around five members of family soaking up the sunshine on the loungers, early in the morning to avoid being kicked out of the hotel’s breakfast area.
They seemed unconcerned with the “sun police” patrolling the area, a man who “kept pacing to the base camp, waiting for us all to leave for breakfast” and kept munching on their snacks shamelessly.
The “pastry run” seemed to include an assortment of carby delights, served by TikToker Hollie herself.
At 8.21am she joked that there was “only 1.5 hours left to secure the area.”
Even more frustratingly for the Greeks, she announced that matters would only get worse when they’ll celebrate her brother’s wedding – aiming to employ similarly “militant” tactics then.
The Greek government is now cracking down on the illegal loungers and chairs littering the beach, cracking down on the problem.
Furious residents have even formed a protest group dubbed “the beach towel movement” forcing authorities to take action.
The group, which formed last year, has seen thousands take to the streets to protest against paying extortionate prices to use sun loungers set up for tourists.
Greek authorities are now taking extreme measures to solve the issue amid rising complaints.
New rules have been brought in dictating that umbrellas and deck chairs must be at least four metres from the sea.
Hollie’s hotel is not the first to implement stringent rules.
Bars and hotels also need a licence to put loungers, umbrellas, tables and chairs out on beaches with some of the seafront having a blanket ban on the furniture.