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British behaviour in holiday hotel

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Scarfitwere · 26/05/2026 10:52

We are staying at a good all inclusive resort (yes, I know all inclusive is not high end, but this is about as good a one as you can get). I am just shocked and ashamed at fellow british people at breakfast time. Letting their kids make a huge mess by allowing them to get their own food. Huge amounts of wasted food. Multiple untouched plates left on tables. Total disregard for others barging round, blocking walkways etc. When did this become ok?? AIBU with expectations? Bear in mind this is not a cheap rubbish tui-blue type place. I dread to think what they are like!

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Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 21:23

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:55

Nah I can speak for myself thanks. I'd be happier if drunk British people don't piss in the pool near me and have sex on sunbeds and vomit near me.

Vi snakkes

Dogmum74 · 26/05/2026 21:19

jinglejanglescarecat · 26/05/2026 17:24

I was going to say this. For us it was closer to 5k when I looked so definitely not cheap and from what friends said they had a lovely time!!

bit rude OP

We just got back from a TUI Blue Sensatori for a week, did not experience anything like the kind of shit behaviour the snobby OP is talking about, hotel immaculate; food amazing, no children behaving obnoxiously. Methinks OP needs to re-evaluate where they think is ‘posh’ lol 😂

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 21:18

Nothing worse than children running round and screaming, and their parents not doing a thing.

ThatJadeLion · 26/05/2026 21:17

You're a snob. HTH.

Dogmum74 · 26/05/2026 21:17

Ilovemsrachel · 26/05/2026 15:11

Bollocks. I’m surrounded by quite posh people and they almost all go AI. Usually Ikos and Sani in Europe and then upscale places in the Caribbean, Maldives etc.

The poshest of course have second homes but look around any Ikos and you’ll hear a few plums in mouths

I know right!!! Posh people do FREQUENTLY go AI. And those on here saying ‘it’s free’ - of course it isn’t free. It is included in what you have paid for!!!!

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 21:15

Nanda66 · 26/05/2026 21:14

The worst behaviour I have seen by children is at an Ikos resort, one of the most expensive all inclusives. The parents look on indulgently while their children run riot and throw food and run around bars while staff are trying to serve drinks. Price isn’t a differentiating factor at all.

Nothing worse than children running round and screaming, and their parents not doing a thing.

Nanda66 · 26/05/2026 21:14

The worst behaviour I have seen by children is at an Ikos resort, one of the most expensive all inclusives. The parents look on indulgently while their children run riot and throw food and run around bars while staff are trying to serve drinks. Price isn’t a differentiating factor at all.

Goditsmemargaret · 26/05/2026 21:13

Dogmum74 · 26/05/2026 21:11

The ‘uncouth’. Get off your high horse you massive snob. And the fact you refer to people as ‘foreigners’ tells me all I need to know about you.

I thought that was weird myself.

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 21:13

Dogmum74 · 26/05/2026 21:11

The ‘uncouth’. Get off your high horse you massive snob. And the fact you refer to people as ‘foreigners’ tells me all I need to know about you.

Uncouth. Lol its like we are back in the 1800s.

"There were no uncouth yobs on my all inclusive holiday"

Goditsmemargaret · 26/05/2026 21:12

OP said she must have been wrong about TUI Blue, I don't know why people keep raising it again.

Dogmum74 · 26/05/2026 21:11

SunnyRedSnail · 26/05/2026 11:28

@Scarfitwere YANBU!! I'd be mortified to be English!

This is why I stay in a half board hotel that will be mostly foreign people there and just a handful of "well trained" English! The uncouth don't tend to bother with places where they don't speak English and serve "foreign stuff" to eat! My kids are well trained and polite!

I'm a teacher in a state secondary school and I really think we need to go back to basics with parenting, and give parents a guide book on how to raise a child!! We took a Y7 residential trip with 100 kids, and the amount of kids who can't use a knife and fork, don't sit at a table to eat, take more food than they intend to eat etc... is shocking. We also banned phones, and the kids didn't know how to socialise. By the end of the week, they were finally having a laugh about the stuff they'd done all week rather than talking about what someone else had done on TikTok.

The ‘uncouth’. Get off your high horse you massive snob. And the fact you refer to people as ‘foreigners’ tells me all I need to know about you.

Dogmum74 · 26/05/2026 21:09

Lizzypet · 26/05/2026 19:33

We went to a Tui Blue last year. The hotel & grounds were immaculate, the food was amazing and there was none of this behaviour. The clientele was mostly German. It's the only one we've been to so I can't compare to others.

Edited

I literally just typed my response to say we have stayed in TUI Blue Sensatori hotels on multiple occasions and NEVER had a problem. OP sounds like a massive snob who is also staying at a low level resort, which TUI Blue most certainly is not

Dogmum74 · 26/05/2026 21:07

As someone who has stayed multiple times in a TUI Blue Sensatori resort I can say for a fact, that they are neither cheap; nor chavvie. And it sounds like you would be better off in one. You massive snob. Sounds like you are in fact in a 3 star crap hotel

Goditsmemargaret · 26/05/2026 21:04

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:25

You didn't admit you were wrong I see. Again who wrote " all people hate the English!" . It's not anywhere on this thread. Do you always over- exaggerate? Calm down.

She also fabricated a question from me - I never said anything about despised Brits. She keeps talking about xenophobia while asking people where they are from, specifically if they are russian.

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:55

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:53

Maybe you should challenge your own arrogant certainties - you may be happier.

Nah I can speak for myself thanks. I'd be happier if drunk British people don't piss in the pool near me and have sex on sunbeds and vomit near me.

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:53

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:50

Maybe the brits abroad could also improve their behaviour?

Maybe you should challenge your own arrogant certainties - you may be happier.

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:50

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:49

It depends if you believe everything you read on the internet..like I stated- I don't. And I try to take people as I find them not fall for devisive propaganda and worse spread it around.

Maybe the brits abroad could also improve their behaviour?

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:49

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:43

Op is British and she is complaining about the behaviour of the fellow British tourists on he holiday. Can she not do that?

It depends if you believe everything you read on the internet..like I stated- I don't. And I try to take people as I find them not fall for devisive propaganda and worse spread it around.

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:43

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:41

But it's not true it's just devisive rubbish that I don't think is a good thing, why do you think it is good to be devisive and prejudice?

Op is British and she is complaining about the behaviour of the fellow British tourists on he holiday. Can she not do that?

bigfatmeerkat · 26/05/2026 20:43

This depends on what annoys you most I think. If you can’t stand people overloading plates, kids poking at food and replacing it, avoid the buffet! I don’t like listening to kids (and their parents) shouting at each other all day (and do l notice this more in British and Americans as it’s harder to tune out) so I choose adult only holidays. If you think “Brits Abroad” is a nightmare choose a hotel that has mainly German reviews on Tripadvisor. If you can’t tolerate any annoying people get a remote AirBnB. Holidays cost a fortune so why choose something without checking if it’s to your taste? Some people on this thread are taking this very personally tho

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:41

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:38

I didn't see the post about the Irish I assume you are, good for you.

You advised me to read all evidence online to prove that Brits along with Americans are culturally the same 😐 and that they were hated by the whole world. IME which sounds I haven't found that to be the case both due to having family not from here, from my own holidays and working with many Europeans and further afield. I don't believe everything I read on the internet though.

Yet again for the THIRD time no one has written anywhere on this thread

" that Brits along with Americans are culturally the same 😐 and that they were hated by the whole world".

you exaggerate alot don't you!

What we HAVE done is talk about our own experiences of travelling.

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:41

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:36

Again how funny that you only got annoyed at the British being mildly insulted on this thread. You didn't get annoyed about the Irish being insulted. You should be consistent pet.

But it's not true it's just devisive rubbish that I don't think is a good thing, why do you think it is good to be devisive and prejudice?

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:38

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:32

"Everything that i read online". Are you even reading what I'm writing? I said the worst tourists that I'VE MET have been British and American.

Another poster wrote that the worst tourists that she met were Irish. How strange that you didn't get offended at that. Is it only the British that you can't bear to be criticised? You sensitive flower.

I didn't see the post about the Irish I assume you are, good for you.

You advised me to read all evidence online to prove that Brits along with Americans are culturally the same 😐 and that they were hated by the whole world. IME which sounds I haven't found that to be the case both due to having family not from here, from my own holidays and working with many Europeans and further afield. I don't believe everything I read on the internet though.

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:36

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:33

Says the person who loves to hate

Again how funny that you only got annoyed at the British being mildly insulted on this thread. You didn't get annoyed about the Irish being insulted. You should be consistent pet.

Goldenbear · 26/05/2026 20:33

Scarlettjune · 26/05/2026 20:29

Woh you are so aggressive. Calm down pet.

Says the person who loves to hate