To think towels should be a basic in a self catering villa?

[DonkeyHohtay]

We're on holiday at the moment in Spain. Owners are french though, husband and wife. We arrived to find no towels in the villa so we asked - my french is really poor, my Spanish is a lot better but neither of them speak any English or any Spanish. Just french.

Anyway, long and short of it is that they dint supply towels. Nothing on the listing mentioning towels one way or the other, and perhaps it's our fault for assuming. But have just spent €50 in the supermarket for 5 bath towels. When I said in my rubbish french I was expecting towels I got the Gallic shrug.

Would you put towels in the same "basics" category as sheets for the bed, mugs and cutlery??

Should be a basic OR the price for renting them should be clearly listed.

French people might be used to CLIENTS (not guests) who drive and can trek towels and linen with them, but many people fly nowadays and you don't put the flipping thing in your luggage.

@Gth1234 pretty much. Except I couldn't remember the french for towel and kept saying "toallas" which is Spanish.

She said something like "nous n'avons oas des serviettes pour vous. Vous pouvez achetez si vous voulez."

Well we didn't "voulez" to buy towels but she left us little choix.

My mum always tells me to take towels as I think maybe providing towels in self-catering is a modern idea.