AIBU to be a bit peed off about the new all inclusive drinking rule in Spain?

[Pinkycloud]

Don’t want to come across a raging alcoholic but we’ve booked an all inclusive holiday (costing about £7.5k) for me DH and 4 DC and am peed off to see you can now only have 3 alcoholic drinks with lunch and three with dinner. I know six seems a lot but it’s more about being told when you can have them and how many you can have at a given time. We’ve been to this place before (Majorca) and used to enjoy lazy afternoons sipping a beer or three by the pool. Doesn’t seem like ‘all inclusive’ anymore and we’re paying thousands for the bloody thing!

I think it’s only the resorts which have a bad reputation for ‘boozy Brits’ - Magaluf for example. You need to double check. I could accept 6 drinks a day but I would hate being told when I can have my drinks. I like cocktails/Prosecco before I eat followed by a meal with iced water.

People go on holiday to RELAX. I don't care what the health recommendations are while I'm on a one off week in the sun. Stop being so precious. I'm pretty sure most people don't drink 6 drinks a day at home, doing it once a year for a week isn't going to kill anyone.

I've been to these types of resorts when younger and we've been as a family. As long as you stay in a family focused hotel and obviously avoid the strips in the evening they are not a problem to take children to. In fact they tend to be better as there are more activities during the day.

Not sure this will change the reputation as those who want to drink just will pick cheaper non-AI hotels.

I think its a great idea.

It might not be your idea of All Inclusive, but my preference of fellow holiday makers is those who are not half cut by lunchtime

I cannot go on a half board holiday resort is Spain because of the Boozy Brits wrecking the atmosphere. I am also not keen on the towels on deckhairs brigade, but we dont need to stereotype every culture in one post.

I like a drink ( or 2 , or more) but I don't like seeing people who are not able to hold it together. Alcohol abuse is a terrible disease and seeing it is a real dampener on holiday.

Balearics are being responsible, not chasing the money. I hope the Canaries follow

People go on holiday to RELAX. I don't care what the health recommendations are while I'm on a one off week in the sun. Stop being so precious. I'm pretty sure most people don't drink 6 drinks a day at home, doing it once a year for a week isn't going to kill anyone.

Didn't think I was being precious. It's just getting a sense of scale, I guess. I might drink that very occasionally at big parties or events and certainly have done but I wouldn't want to do that for an entire holiday and I wouldn't expect it to be in with a packaged deal. It just seems excessive. I wouldn't want to drink like that for a week or too. I would come back home feeling worse.

Missing the point entirely. This isn't about the amount, its about the when. This is about being able to have a cocktail or beer by the pool in the afternoon, and again while watching the show in the evening. Totally responsible drinking whilst on holiday.

But then I don't get this either. If I'm swimming I don't want to drink. But then I don't really do sunbathing. Skin is far too fair. I tend to like to spend afternoons doing or seeing stuff. I wouldn't want a holiday sitting about.

OK. You're aware that we are not all the same? I don't know why it's so hard to comprehend that someone might want something different to you.

Again, this whole post is about what YOU would do. Are you being deliberately obtuse or do you genuinely not understand that different people want different things on holiday?

@hihellohihello I think from what you have described you don't book AL? You seem to be struggling to understand some of us would not want to go site seeing with or DC for a week and neither would the kids!

I have stayed in several AI hotels, I have never seen anyone drunk. And they have all had a choice of restaurants too.
I think we have some boosting their egos here by saying they would not holiday AI when they actually have no idea what they can be like and possibly can't actually afford it either.

OK. You're aware that we are not all the same? I don't know why it's so hard to comprehend that someone might want something different to you.

Of course I am aware! It's just I marvel a bit at how you can enjoy it, process that much food and alcohol whilst being largely inactive, from what I can gather from this. Not get bored or too hot and bothered and burnt. I think I would have a raging headache and heat rash by the third day if not sooner and just be dying to stretch my legs, see and do stuff.

We don't do AI because we don't want to pay for the type of AI that we would like and we wouldn't like the type of AI that we would want to pay for (buffet restaurants, communal sunbeds that people reserve with towels first thing in the morning and then leave empty most of the day).

Which is why we tend to go SC/BB and buy our drinks in cafes/restaurants when out and about or from the supermarket to drink on the balcony/terrace in our own private space. A nicer experience than mass market AI and less expensive than naice AI.

I DO see and do stuff. I do a mixture. Some days out, some days chilling by the pool.

You're not "marvelling" at all. The "oh I don't understand" is BS and is just a screen for the fact that you believe you are somehow superior because of your chosen holiday activities. Just stop with the faux naivety.

I think we have some boosting their egos here by saying they would not holiday AI when they actually have no idea what they can be like and possibly can't actually afford it either. **

Boosting my ego? How? There is no boost by posting my comments, they are just a report of my own experiences. Don't add or take away value from my sense of self.🤷‍♀️

I don't know if I could afford it, probably, possibly. Not really looked up the prices. But I wouldn't be bothered if I couldn't. Used to go skiing several times a year before D.C. which I loved. Went on one beach holiday once, not AI but got heat rash and then was bored because it was too uncomfortable to do much. But I do love seeing historical sites and skiing, running and hiking. I don't think I'd choose AI because I like eating at different restaurants and exploring a lot when on holiday. Skiing was good in a chalet because we ate lunch out, on the piste side restaurants but breakfast and dinner was in the chalet. After that sometimes we stayed in, sometimes went out round the local bars.

The "oh I don't understand" is BS and is just a screen for the fact that you believe you are somehow superior because of your chosen holiday activities. Just stop with the faux naivety.

Think I've hit a nerve somewhere...

Exactly @Waxonwaxoff0

It's just that tiresome 'people who go on holiday to Spain only go to get drunk by the pool while eating English breakfasts and neglecting their DC' stereotype.

When we go somewhere like Mallorca, we do spend time each day relaxing in the sun, and do drink more than 6 small drinks, but we don't get drunk and do go snorkelling, go see the architecture and museums in Palma, go on the train over to Soller, go scuba diving or on a boat trip, try out something like paddle boarding, go walking in the mountains and have lunch in a village restaurant, etc etc. Likewise when we go to places like Lanzarote and the Costa del Sol or other places in mainland Spain.

snorkelling, go see the architecture and museums in Palma, go on the train over to Soller, go scuba diving or on a boat trip, try out something like paddle boarding, go walking in the mountains and have lunch in a village restaurant, etc etc.

Now I could get into that bit! But then, still, the 6 drinks totally wouldn't bother me.

Because your posts are pathetic. "I don't understand why someone would do something different to me" yes you do. You're just trying to prove that you're somehow "better."

Can I repeat, this isn't about the number of drinks. We've actually just come back from an AI holiday where some days we've spent most of the day exploring and getting back to the hotel late afternoon. DS would probably have a swim, whilst we have a cocktail/beer by the pool which if we stayed in a hotel that limited the times we couldn't have unless we paid extra (or switched to soft drinks, which wouldn't kill us, but just wouldn't feel the same).

Us too! I took DS to Lanzarote and we did day trips out, one to the volcano, one to the centre of the island to see Ceser Manrique's house and learn about his work, a trip on a glass bottom boat. We also had 3 days just chilling by the pool. A good mix for us. Will do similar this year in Menorca.

You're just trying to prove that you're somehow "better."

No. I'm just acknowledging our differences and trying to alleviate some of the outrage, if you saw things from my perspective, you wouldn't be upset about a 6 unit limit.

Saying that, I'm flattered you think my experiences are the sort that some would use to catalogue as proof of an aspirational lifestyle. 😁

whilst we have a cocktail/beer by the pool which if we stayed in a hotel that limited the times we couldn't have unless we paid extra (or switched to soft drinks, which wouldn't kill us, but just wouldn't feel the same).

Ah, you just get into new habits. A tea or coffee is good in the afternoon and lots of non alcoholic beers and lagers taste exactly the same as the alcoholic versions.

Well, you're essentially saying here that because you'd be happy with a 6 drink limit then everyone else should be too.

Do you not understand the difference between 'going on holiday to drink' and wanting the option to have a few drinks while on holiday?

I drink in front of my child. I don't get drunk and it is possible to have a few drinks without getting hammered. My child sees two adults who have a healthy relationship with alcohol.

Don't go to the Balearics then - simple. I don't know how they can advertise and charge for all inclusive when it's technically not all inclusive.

Also to the thimble full of sherry at Christmas brigade, please shut up.