Only people causing trouble on European holidays are Brits!

[TeenyQueen]

I'll preface this by saying that not all British holidaymakers are causing trouble, far from it. However, my experience is that it is always British people who do cause trouble when abroad by getting too drunk and becoming aggressive etc.

We're currently on a European holiday in a nice 4* apartment complex. We've had a lovely time so far, even managed to get DH off his phone for a change after a serious chat.

HOWEVER, three nights ago a British family arrived and they're staying at the opposite end of the corridor, parents and two pre-teen boys. First the whole family was making an absolute racket every time they got back to their apartment past 8pm, and they were especially loud at 11pm when they seemed to call it a night. They were so loud that I popped my head out and asked them to be quiet. The following night the boys decided to start knocking on our apartment door loudly at 11pm, waking up our baby in the process. I went over to knock on their door to speak to the parents, expecting them to apologise. Far from it! Dad (who was massive) opens the door, swears and shouts in my face and slams the door shut. I obviously contacted reception immediately and I believe they dealt with it because so far tonight it's been quieter. I did see the boys running around the bar and the dad drinking at 3pm this afternoon. The receptionist actually told me that the parents had both been really drunk last night.

Everyone else has been lovely, there are mainly families and older couples here and lots of different nationalities. No trouble with anyone else, so why is it just British people?

Now I'm actually scared of going into the corridor with my children in case I see them. 😧

Errrrrmmmmm Scottish people are British unless Wee Nicola has managed something she's not told anyone about.... (highly unlikely! )
I used to work in tourism in Greece - there are drunken elements from every culture! Drunken Brits, Scandis, Germans, Italians... then came the Russians who never queued and took all the buffet! To be fair I never saw Brits drinking and roaring like the Russians when they were let loose in an AI!

I live in Spain. Honestly the only issue I see in my town from tourists is regrettably from Brits. It's frankly embarrassing

To be fair, I spent my whole year of studying abroad in mainland Europe trying to disprove the reputation of Brits. So yanbu.

Agree with this. I’ve been to Benidorm and witnessed bad behaviour with drinking - all from the Brits, but then I’ve been to less touristy areas, and the Brits have been absolutely fine. It all depends on where you go. A bit like here in the U.K., if you live in a not nice area you’re more likely to see the under belly of society, than if you live in the Home Counties.

It definitely depends on where you go and what type of holiday you are on. I've seen awful behaviour from brits abroad, but the Germans give them a run for their money. So much so that my normally sane grandma wanted to kill the Germans on the last holiday we went on (and it wasn't because she was tanked up on Sangria, they were pretty loud and obnoxious).

Oh yes, do please answer this...

@YellowTreeHouse where are you getting that she was rude, had an attitude etc? She said in her first post "They were so loud that I popped my head out and asked them to be quiet". Where does that indicate that she was rude/had an attitude, didn't ask politely etc? Have you misread where she said that it was the other family, the dad, who opened the door and shouted and slammed it in her face? After his boys had been banging on her apartment door at night wakening her baby while he was drunk? And you've mistakenly thought that it was the OP that opened her door and shouted?

If you go somewhere where the majority of tourists are British then I think you will get the odd arsehole. On our most recent holiday the Spanish family in the next room were very rude and inconsiderate. Russian families on previous years have been extremely noisy. Irish people shining lasers in people's faces. Americans smashing up hotel rooms. German teenagers in the 90s causing carnage in the hotel at night. Most nationalities can be arseholes unfortunately.

I went on a short break here in the UK. There were other guests in the hotel who were not British. They were an absolute pain in the arse. Some were drinking and fighting. Some were taking so much food at breakfast which they couldn't eat, they were leaving nothing for the other guests. The children took all the fruit and had to be asked by the staff to put it back. Despite that, I'd never say that the only people causing trouble on European holidays were this nationality! The vast majority of people from most countries are politely behaved with a small number of people who are not.

One family and ypu targeted all, plus 8 pm isn't late and you would expect a bit of noise , I mean most people are out then , even noise at 11pm when people are coming home
I would of ignored you if you told me to be quiet at 8pm

So they're making noise at 8PM then calling it a ni

@TeenyQueen also borderline being a bit racist really isn't it ?
I mean would you lump anyone else altogether ?

Oh I agree OP, particularly the Scots and Irish. Never had problems with Welsh interestingly.

Its so funny how people onky notice the brits , in many of the rougher places its the young locals too at times as well as other nationalites
But you wouldn't know if someone being rude was speaking another language
Im sure other nationalities have their idiots
And always one on here who said they speak to spanish/ greek owners who hate brits , oh sorry normally english
Yet every place I have been that doesn't seem to be the case at all , they dislike certain types maybe but don't just generalise like they do on here

So they made noise at 8pm and called it a night by 11pm .Totally reasonable. Only other problems you seem to have are that dad was 'massive' and was seen drinking at 3PM .
It's not unsociable or illegal to be massive or drink in the afternoon.. No wonder you got short shrift, you sound really judgy.

@CheezePleeze its just so wrong and it would be removed if said about any other nationality and rightly so
I have been on numerous holidays and seen good and bad behaviour from all nationalities , nobody is the same from any country
Mostly people are lovely but you always get the odd one or odd family etc
But who bases a whole nationality on a few people they meet on holiday
Obviously the destination will vary on the type of behaviour to a degree but money doesn't always mean there might not be an areshole or two

@StressedToTheMaxxx I read the first time OP told them to be quiet was at 8pm outside their apartment and judging by how they have written and attitude it was probably said quite harshly
I wouldn't take it well someone telling me to be quiet at 8pm walking to my apartment

Really wondering if you’re just being a twat. She clearly said they were knocking doors at 11pm, they should not every be doing that not to talk of at 11pm so cut out the 11pm is not late excuse.

@Cantstandbullshit the first time she told them to be quiet was them coming home and implied 8pm as well
It was the second time she knocked on the door at 11 , so second emcounter

It is not acceptable to come back to your room at 11pm and be really noisy.
And it is reasonable to tell kids that are being noisy in the corridor to be quietier.

Some people are arseholes. And I suspect OP from some of the reactions on this thread some of them are posting here.

OP says it was 11pm when she asked them to be quiet.
And I would expect people going to their room at this time to be quiet.

@antelopevalley OP initially said 8pm and noisy could just be talking ? She also stuck her head out first time, second time went and knocked on their door
Maybe she wasn't very polite either
People with young kids often are noisy to others early or through the night but thats life
None of us know we only have one side to the story , how you ask and speak to people also goes a long wAy as to whAt reaction you get

Yanbu about this family but yanu to say it is always only British tourists.