British behaviour in holiday hotel

OP said British people. So why is it that you assumed poor behaviour = English, specifically? Other than your very obvious bias.

As it happens I’ve stayed in plenty of AI and half board places over the years…even the dreaded package TUI/Jet 2 holidays.. and I haven’t ever had that experience from Brits (no, not even the English ones 🙄). Whether they be families with young children or couples or small groups. The worst behaviour I’ve come across has always been from “local” people. And that’s only because they tended to be groups of school aged teens on a trip or young adult men. I would never use that to target the entire population, because I know it’s not representative and would be unfair.

And to add, I absolutely hate these types of holiday (prefer milder weather and countryside more than beach resorts), and would only go along with them because I enjoy seeing my family enjoy themselves so I would have no problem having a little moan about things if they’d been an issue. But these xenophobic generalisations of the English really rankle, and they seem to be accepted in a way that wouldn’t be if it was aimed at other groups.

Maybe get a Villa next time so you won’t have to encounter other people, obviously not a Villa from Jet2 or Tui, that would be cheap

Exactly! No-one minds a bit of music coming from someone's garden, and children playing and laughing, and adults having a bit of a laugh. It's the 'weed-smoking, music on full blast, feral, screaming children on a huge inflatable or trampoline, with a BBQ going and the adults necking tins of cider' type of family that people are fucked off with. Every street has at least 2 or 3 of these families. And this hot weather brings them out!

But if you dare to say anything (even on here) you get called the 'fun police'' and get told to have a spliff to relax and calm down. 100% guarantee the people defending the trampoline/BBQ/screaming kids/huge inflatable/spliff smoking types of family are that family. And that's why they think the behaviour is OK!

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Oh was it meant to be funny? I genuinely didnt spot that even after second reading!

Valuing those with things doesn’t make you a snob. Expecting people who can afford more expensive hotels to have better manners DOES make you a snob. Classist, disgusting attitude. Ironically very rude actually.

I’ve done two AI many years ago. One in Sardinia and one in Cuba where AI was the only option. DD’s school broke up a couple of weeks before state schools so we usually went then when prices were a bit cheaper. Only other children around were Scottish who also broke up earlier. It was all fine until our flight failed to leave due to a broken part which had to take the long way round as nothing could go via the USA so we ended up staying an extra three days. OMG the change in the place when the English arrived en masse. Shit in the pool. Food chucked everywhere, all night drinking and shouting in and round the pool. Effing and jeffing on balconies and shouting to mates across the complex.

And the wasted food was shocking.

Yes I’m a snob.

There is always freshly grilled meats and a great salad selection, in my experience. And fresh bread. It depends how fussy you are I suppose! I’m always happy with grilled chicken salad!

I've just been on an Easyjet A.I holiday (my first of that type) and I was very pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. It definitely wasn't chips with everything type of catering. The buffet counters were always very clean and tidy despite a fair number of Brits and (gasp) young children. You seem to have been unlucky.

Why the judgement on those who have more limited budgets?

I bet the real reason you do this is because you’re poor 🤨

A few years ago I went abroad and it was the Dutch behaving badly, there was a big group of them in my hotel and boy did you know they were there. They made the British look like angels.

OP I can confirm that Dutch behaviour in holiday hotels can be equally bad.

I remember letting my DS get his own food aged about 5... It had to stop after he dipped a sausage in the communal jar of Nutella... 🤮🤣

I can tell you, from experience, that it is NOT just the British who behave badly abroad. On a few coach trips DH and I went on with our DC (and just the two of us,) over the past 15 years or so, the worst behaviour came from the Danish, The French, and The Dutch. Even the bar staff and hotel management staff in our Spanish hotel said it's a myth that the British are the worst behaved.

I’ve been to many TUI AI over the years and have never experienced the type of place you’re referencing. Out of interest I priced the last TUi place I stayed the other week and it was €9700 for my family for 14 days so not what I’d call “cheap”. I’ve experienced rudeness from all nationalities when abroad and tbh i think children serving themselves is sort of what you expect when you go to child friendly AI resorts. My last holiday was a 5 in the Middle East and didn’t see any less children helping themselves in the buffet or occasional rudeness than I did in a 4 in Spain or Greece.

I disagree, what OP is describing is the equivalent of shrieking children in the garden / loud music etc - not normal noise.

Of course it is good to have DC help themselves at buffets… as long as they are old enough to know how to not make a mess, before that parents should help them! And parents should also keep an eye on them and tell them off if they touch the buffet food with their hands, that is just disgusting.

If this is how your children behave then you're doing something wrong! Other parents like to foster independence and confidence in their kids.

Have you never heard about or been to an all inclusive before?

Btw it’s not 2003 anymore, no AI holiday is cheap

Wait until you see the Russians/ Germans/ Dutch, you’ll keel over 😆

We go adults only Tui blue & we've always had a great holiday. No scrum at mealtimes, minimal mess.

What you're describing is poor parenting and that happens regardless of the money you have.

You sound like a real snob OP.

Dirty hands, to start with, they handle handles with them. Often their little fingers also stray into the food, they lick them and repeat. They are not as tidy around the hotplate and salad bar, leaving a trail of food behind. When they carry their plates, they are a hazard, as few of them know how to move carefully. I accompanied mine to the food stations, asking them - what would you like and then put it on their plate.

So you are seeing multiple examples of this behaviour every day and at every meal time? Realistically, how many families is it and how nosy are you that you can confirm that they are all British? You might find you'll be able to relax enjoy your holiday if you stop gawping at the other guests and analysing their every move. There is always going to be waste from a buffet and people including adults who barge in. It's probably in your best interests to purchase your own villa and hire a private chef to save mingling with the riff raff. Oh and charter a private jet while you're at it as you're clearly a person of means!

perhaps you missed the sarcasm in my post...

TUI blue is upper mid range to premium. Me and my husband stayed in an adults only Tui blue last year and it cost £1600 each for a week in low season!! Hardly cheap. Stop being snobby to try and make yourself sound better than you are, nobody’s buying it.
YABU. There are badly behaved people of all nationalities. My children are capable of getting their own food sensibly, not going to stop them because you don’t like it.

Judgemental snob

Sorry I posted twice there. But 💯 agree with you @Dollymylove