Bringing an electric guitar and drum kit on holiday - AIBU?

[ManicFreakCreature]

AIBU to think that bringing an electric guitar, amp and drum kit on holiday to a countryside villa with near neighbours, is unusual and a little antisocial? Sadly I dont think mumsnet allows audio uploads or I would post the recording. Suffice it to say, they are not rehearsing for a gig, certainly not one they would be paid for, neither do they have a record deal, or I might be happily sitting on a bootleg recording that's going to enable my retirement. They arrived yesterday and have set up the whole shebang about 10 ft from the boundary. It's 8.30 here and they're just warming up. What's the worst thing your holiday neighbours have brought with them?

Oh dear, that’s ridiculous, good luck!

Are you on holiday too?

Yes, on holiday for 2 weeks, been here 6 days. Group of 3 villas, we are in end one, 'band' who arrived yesterday, are in middle one. So far I am philosophical rather than mad 😊

I'd be getting in touch with your landlord/agent asap... that's ridiculous!

There's a singer on a mic too... I am going on a recce shortly. Our rental agreement (we have the same landlord) states no parties. Nothing about no gigs though.... At the moment it's just the drum kit. It's like being on holiday with the Coldstream guards...

I’d be playing the hose….

That's a big No from me. I admire your patience and humour tbqh. I'd go bananas.

Glad you posted, it reminded to pick up my sons trumpet from repair. And no I wouldn’t let him take it on holiday he wouldn’t play it anyway

Music stopped at about 10pm, drum kit is set up under their pergola which backs on to our house. Waiting to see if there's any further 'music' but all's quiet so far today...

I would contact the letting agent today, rather than letting it happen again tonight.

My worst... Campsite, someone bought a Karaoke machine. It was painful.

Would definitely be contacting your landlord. Have you said anything to them? What an awful thing be this antisocial especially on holiday where people have spent money to relax. Hope you get it sorted x

We stayed in a treetop Airbnb. It was so peaceful and beautiful. For the first two days we saw so many beautiful birds and animals.
Then a hen party showed up and spent the next three days screeching and popping confetti cannons so the forest was covered in pink confetti and the wildlife never came back because of all the noise.

When my mate offered to bring his guitar to our holiday cottage in France, I just remarked that we would be able to buy wood for the BBQ locally. He didn't bring it ... 😉

I agree with contacting the agent ASAP and asking why you weren't informed that there would like a live band playing? When you said 'its 8:30' here, did you mean am or pm?

Not accommodation, but I was once on a five-hour island ferry crossing in Scotland where a group of four or five backpackers immediately seated themselves on the floor of the passenger lounge with a load of instruments and started playing the sort of endless quasi-mystical hippy stuff that goes on forever and ever with very little tune and is only enjoyable to people on shrooms. After a while a very no-nonsense islander walked up to them and said 'Give it a rest, fellas, aye? You're no' at fucking Woodstock.'

If they stopped by 10pm then it's not anti social. Whilst many of us wouldn't do it, there are hundreds of people very music orientated and this may be exactly what they like to do on holiday to relax and bond with each other.

Would I like it? No. But I don't think it's unreasonable of them, especially if they stopped by 10pm.

You should contact landlord or the owner of the accommodation and give your complaints if you have any, but I am unsure there's a lot that could be done about it

It never ceases to amaze me how some folk seem oblivious to the fact that nobody else wants to listen to their God awful racket. Go round and tell them to STFU, in capital letters!!

Now that is terrible, and I would have contacted someone to complain about that. You simply don't go into nature and disrupt it in such a way and get away with it in my book.

My teenager is very musical orientated. However he is well that others don't feel this way especially on holiday. At home he practises for an hour and not after 7pm. On holiday if he wanted that kind of holiday he would go somewhere that encourages this eg not a countryside villa. It's called respecting others.

@ManicFreakCreature sorry but that is funny 😂

Though judging my your username I guess you're into music and a fan of the Manic Street Preachers! Do you mightn't be too harsh on the 'band' next door!

😂 I am into music so more inclined to be lenient with them... However landlord has called in today and said neighbours on other side have complained yesterday, so not a peek today. I have no issue with low key acoustic instruments (not a trumpet, HerRoyal) at all but amplifying is excessive as is the whole drum kit. I did wonder what the large van that arrived on Sunday was full of....

However landlord has called in today and said neighbours on other side have complained yesterday, so not a peek today

Sounds like a good outcome, OP; they're probably moaning like mad, but at least peace has descended

My own "worst" was on a cruise ship, where some guy had brought his guitar along and seemed to think everyone would appreciate his impromptu recitals. Lounges, bars, the pool - you name it and up he'd pop, twanging away horribly.
Fortunately it only lasted a couple of days, because the management couldn't stand it either and told him to stop