Or is behaviour at all inclusive hotels hilarious?

[inaminute23]

So in the last 2 months, I've been to Dubai, Cyprus and Jamaica, and now I'm in Greece, and 3/4 of those have been all inclusive hotels.

I've got to admit, and I'm as guilty as any, but it's so weird just observing behaviour at all inclusive hotels!

Getting up and starting to drink cheap and sugary cocktails straight away!

Piling 3 plates full at the buffets.

Getting up for 6.30am to nab a subbed before they all run out.

There are probably so many more but I'm just sat at breakfast, after going to get a second full breakfast (though I've had a gastric bypass so it is all relative) and it's made me chuckle.

I'd love to read any other weird behaviours typical of all inclusive holidays!

This is LIGHT HEARTED for those who soon enough will tell me I'm judgemental haha.

Yes I think so and I remember thinking the same when I saw it. So bad for the environment! 😣 I agree with the hotel doing it though. Maybe if every hotel did it would stop happening.

@inaminute23 I’ll try to get your thread back on track.

AIs always remind of summer camp for grownups with alcohol. The first day you feel nervous at the pool because you don’t know anyone. By the second day you recognize a few familiar faces. 3rd day you are making plans to eat dinner with people that you only know them by their hometown. Pretty soon your friends are getting ready to leave, you’re exchanging FB friend requests and welcoming the new people who look like a 12 YO holding their lunch on their first day in the school lunchroom.

Yes, I’ll admit to snobby here and say we do AIs with butlers. They reserve your spot at the pool or beach.

I love AIs when I want to shut my brain off and relax.

Talk about a stealth boast at a time when many people are going to have to choose between eating and heating…

In one AI we stayed at a Scottish couple were trying to get into the wine at breakfast. They had to be told that it wasn't available at the time in the morning. It was so stereotypical I couldn't help but chuckle.

Sandals in Jamaica was the last AI holiday we had. People acted normal.

We were bored stiff and upset the staff when we insisted on a taxi into town to get a break. Nothing bad happened

Just two really nice men offered my husband some home grown tobacco, lol.

I'd rather go for room and breakfast because I'm a lazy mare who needs easty to find food in the morning

Reading this is Cyprus sat in sun lounger watching the sun rise waiting for security to go to nab a bed.

I’ve given up with the alcohol here though, get some strange looks ordering a cup of tea in the bar rather than some brightly coloured syrup plied with meths

I’m just back from an AI in Cyprus , including the clothes ect we had to buy as none of us have been away with covid and also the day trips it was nearly 6g
I think people should eat and drink all day& night.
to get their moneys worth ! 12 hours a day …. The sunbed thing is annoying as 630 is too early but you need your beds to sit on , and keep your things on all day esp if you need one with a parasol or in shade . I loved meeting other people and chatting away to other families which you normally don’t do x

@Justine878 This is explained in basic business economic classes. It isn't complicated, and it isn't caused by any "weakness" in character, or whatever you seem to be inferring

I'm not implying (nb - imply, not infer) anything. Just making an observation based upon my own experience. I've certainly found that the sort of greedy, messy behaviour op and others describe is vanishingly rare in higher-end/luxury AI settings. Indeed, I've occasionally marveled at the utter indifference to a largesse of free goodies on offer.

@susan12345678

I noticed my mistake (I should have said imply). I thought, don't bother changing it, you can still work out my intention in my post. That's the important thing... Seems not. Seems some people just take ANY opportunity to be nasty about others. (Not talking about imply/infer - just your posts in general).

@Justine878 nasty? Sorry, you've lost me!

@susan12345678

Good

How would I avoid these A1. ? I haven’t been abroad for 7 years but would like to go again. Travelled a lot when younger eg in Greece stayed in small pension style hotels. But if booked a break this would automatically be it?

Ooo what happens?

I don't understand why more people don't just remove the towels from the sunbeds if there's no-one on them? If there is more stuff, such as flip flops, bags, etc, on them, then they are probably in use, but if it's just a towel, why not just remove it?

Definitely not. Still loads of other options, including small hotels and guest houses. When I was looking, it seemed most places doing AI also had other board options.

Even if it was the only option, it wouldn’t stop me travelling. (Sorry - I mean going on holiday, for those posters who take issue with this word!) I’ve said above that I wouldn’t do AI again, but I was mainly just disappointed with the food and if we hadn’t been prevented by weather conditions I’d just have gone out for more meals - the difference between AI and half board or breakfast only wasn’t so much. I didn’t see any bad behaviour, there were plenty of places to lounge about and drinks were not premixed or served in plastic! There was some selfishness in the buffet queues, but that was at its worst on the days nobody could actually leave the hotel at all and service was reduced. Otherwise, much the same as a breakfast buffet in most hotels.

So if a guest removed a towel what would happen?

It’s lovely to be able to travel again but as do I despair that carbon footprint issues are seen as a joke.

@susan12345678

I've certainly found that the sort of greedy, messy behaviour op and others describe is vanishingly rare in higher-end/luxury AI settings. Indeed, I've occasionally marveled at the utter indifference to a largesse of free goodies on offer.

But you’re doing it again! You’re suggesting that people who are less wealthy are ‘greedy’ and ‘messy’. That’s unpleasant. The other poster was explaining that people who are loaded don’t care about free stuff and it’s therefore completely logical that there is no competition for resources in the very expensive resorts 🙄You’re showing that you either don’t understand that or are pretending it’s not the case. The corollary of your way of thinking is that the people at the very expensive resorts are somehow better , and you’re clearly feeling a bit smug as presumably you include yourself in that group, since these are the experiences you’ve had. It’s not rocket science.

It’s such an unpleasant thread (though I don’t think the OP intended it to be). So many posters desperate to tell us how much better their holidays are than those of other people, all the while sneering at people who can afford less. Nasty.

I’m doing my first AI next year. I’m a single mum with health issues and I’m Scottish. I cannot WAIT to be ordering syrup + meths cocktails at 11am and have someone else take care of my locusts’ meals.

But you’re doing it again! You’re suggesting that people who are less wealthy are ‘greedy’ and ‘messy’. That’s unpleasant. The other poster was explaining that people who are loaded don’t care about free stuff and it’s therefore completely logical that there is no competition for resources in the very expensive resorts 🙄You’re showing that you either don’t understand that or are pretending it’s not the case. The corollary of your way of thinking is that the people at the very expensive resorts are somehow better , and you’re clearly feeling a bit smug as presumably you include yourself in that group, since these are the experiences you’ve had. It’s not rocket science

The fact that many people want to get the most out of their holiday doesn't necessitate (or excuse) greedy or messy behaviour? It's generally a minority who behave in this way, anyway, and there's no general correlation in my opinion between income & behaviour. But the thread is about crass behaviour at AI, in particular. And there was some discussion along the way about this bad behaviour happening even at luxury resorts. I merely pointed out that in my experience, this isn't the case - and as you yourself say, iit's a logical enough conclusion.

Oh that's good. I'm glad they made the point about "traveling" and "being on holiday". It's cringe - making to call what is being discussed here "traveling".

@susan12345678

But ask yourself why you’re making these comments.

Also, you’ve sort of contradicted yourself; you’ve said you agree that it’s logical that people with loads of money don’t scramble for the free goodies, but you’ve also ‘marvelled’ at the ‘utter indifference to the largesse’ in these high-end resorts. Why would you marvel at something that has such an obvious explanation?

And you’ve also said:
there's no general correlation between income and behaviour
But in the same post you’ve said people behave differently around the resources in different prices resorts! So which is it?
I know you’ll say you meant the ‘greedy’ and ‘messy’ behaviour rather than anything else - but honestly it doesn’t take a genius to work out that the behaviour becomes less dignified when there is competition.

You can try to wriggle out of it all you want, but it’s plain to see that there are some posters who just cannot resist telling us that they go to the better resorts where everyone is better.

I stayed AI a few years ago in Turkey, the Germans and Russians even put jackets cardigans on the chairs in the mornings for the evening entertainment.
I went in one day as with an elderly lady ,we were never able to get a seat and removed them all, ended up having a full blown argument with a huge German lady who was built like a wrestler who picked a chair up and threatened to throw it at me, i reported it, nothing was done, i think the staff just let everyone get on with it. This was supposed to be one of the best AI hotels.

I’m not sure, I haven’t been brave enough to try it! 😆 I’d love to know if others have though. I’d imagine someone brazen enough to reserve a lounger would be confrontational if they found someone on it, when they decided to make use of it, and that’s not really something I’d like to deal with on a relaxing holiday. We’ll be in an AI for a few days on our next holiday, so if I find this issue there I might give it a go. It’ll be our first holiday abroad for years so I want to make the most of it!

I have to say I’m disappointed by the amount of people looking down on AI holidays. I’d happily go on one but I’ve also done backpacking, city breaks and other types of holidays. I love AI with young kids because it’s just easier and gives you a bit of a chance of relaxing. Our last holiday was a road trip around France and Belgium with a 5 year old and although we had lots of fun it wasn’t relaxing and sometimes that’s just what you need!

@Lookingforbargains

you’ve sort of contradicted yourself; you’ve said you agree that it’s logical that people with loads of money don’t scramble for the free goodies, but you’ve also ‘marvelled’ at the ‘utter indifference to the largesse’ in these high-end resorts. Why would you marvel at something that has such an obvious explanation?

I said that - on occasions - I have marvelled at the indifference to largesse. In what way does this contradict the more general (and logical) observation that wealthier people tend not to scramble for things? What I was referring to was my surprise at people wandering into a room with a veritable cornucopia on display and paying it no attention whatsoever. It's this indifference that sometimes surprises me, because I'm always enchanted by a beautifully assembled spread!

And to be honest, I think it is you who has contradicted yourself, because you've agreed that it is logical that people are less likely to scramble where there is less competition for resources (something we evidently agree on) and yet taken offence when I've pointed this out?

And you’ve also said: there's no general correlation between income and behaviour. But in the same post you’ve said people behave differently around the resources in different prices resorts! So which is it?

I meant that wealthier people, in general terms, do not have a monopoly on good behaviour ('Sir' Philip Green springs to mind!), but that this particular brand of bad behaviour (greediness in the AI setting) is rarely sighted in higher-end venues. Again, a logical conclusion?

I know you’ll say you meant the ‘greedy’ and ‘messy’ behaviour rather than anything else - but honestly it doesn’t take a genius to work out that the behaviour becomes less dignified when there is competition

As above, I'm realy struggling to see where the disagreement/confusion lies?

You can try to wriggle out of it all you want, but it’s plain to see that there are some posters who just cannot resist telling us that they go to the better resorts where everyone is better

This is a discussion of experiences at AI, are you suggesting that only specific experiences are valid and that those who have visited 'better' resorts should refrain from contributing to the discussion? People are not 'better' at luxury AI resorts - there just tends to be less bad behaviour around the breakfast buffet. And less place-marking of sunbeds.