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. 😧

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We have been really lucky and always get places where everyone is fine

Relaxed on holiday not drinking heavily etc

The dc in the story should be at school though ; (not sure if half term anywhere)

Haha, spot on OP, you’ve hit a nerve here, all the excuses are coming out! As I like to say: not all Brits cause trouble on holiday, but holiday troublemakers are always British.

How can you say op is spot on when she doesn’t even know what British is?

File under: all the excuses.

That’s my point. I am British and not English. Americans often don’t know this. So when they say ‘the British aren’t well liked’ they actually meant English.

But Also I worked and travelled in The US extensively, with English colleagues. Never seen any nastiness towards the English.

I think in resorts that are marketed towards drinking holidays, I can understand locals not liking people coming and causing problems.

However, Scottish and Irish people often behave poorly in these reports. Which then is ‘British people behave badly’ (even though some of them aren’t British at all) then British is equated with English.

Oddly, I have never heard of people complaining that Welsh people behave poorly abroad.

No response?

How would it be an excuse? I am not English 😂😂😂

If you think it's just the Brits who do it OP, you should meet some of my more insalubrious Irish relatives.

I'm really wondering if some of the people in this thread are staying in the op's apartment complex. Who the fuck lets their kids knock on other peoples doors or shout in corridors at any time of day. Zero control, need to go to a parenting class.

Not excuses. Just people who travel way more than the Op and probably you. Meaning, they have had different experiences. I'm British. I holiday in Europe. I've never had this experience.

You haven’t met the Russians then. One hotel we stayed in had a separate dining area for Russian guests as they were so loud.

The brits, us included were pussy cats in comparison.

Agree OP. You can spot the english holidaymakers easily. Usually hear them first though. Why are they so loud. They shout about everything.

Whenever I’ve been on holiday in the Caribbean it’s the Americans who are loud, drunk and obnoxious. Australians are often like this in Indonesia and Thailand. In Croatia and Hungary it’s Russians. When I’ve been in Portugal and Spain it’s often the Brits that take up the role. I think it often depends where you go. If you go to a place where the majority of tourists are from a particular nation then it will be those that are also often the ones behaving badly.

I agree with you. In resorts I’ve stayed in where there have been guests of all different nationalities, it’s only the British ones who have to be separated by hotel management
because they get drunk and start to fight with each other.

I went on a cheap, last minute family holiday last year. Lovely place and really great for kids. Unfortunately the low price seemed to have attracted British guests who were focused on the all inclusive drinks.

I will never again go to any hotel in that area as I now know that cheap flights come in from Newcastle. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. One guest threatened to slit another ones throat, loudly, at 3am - hotel security had to break it up.

There also seemed to be domestic violence happening in an apartment (with young children in there) and management were called in.

I presume not everyone who lives near Newcastle behaves like that but they were a shocking bunch on this holiday (not together either, several different groups).

Another notable experience, on a different holiday, was a couple on honeymoon who kept getting drunk and fighting at night. When he threatened to drown her in the pool, the hotel manager had to intervene. They were also Northern, as it happens.

During the day they were mainly friends again, happily pissed on lilos and declaring their love for one another. By around 5pm though it all went downhill and she would often appear on their balcony and shout down to everyone by the pool, to tell them all his faults. My DC still talk about them quite fondly now, they were goggle eyed at the ongoing drama.

They were more harmless than the Geordies though as they kept it between themselves.

I have concluded that it is best to pay more for holidays, even when accommodation and other factors are comparable, just to stay away from these people.

What's with all the secrecy?
Where are you from?
Which resort are you in?

Nitpicking about semantics does not disprove the point OP was making.

@worriedatthistime - I have been to a mix. Hotels that were predominantly German, Danish and Turkish guests… never seen any of these problems, completely different atmosphere all round.

Russians - Yes, not great at queuing, and very brightly dressed. But not physically fighting with other guests.

Keep trying to downplay the mountain of supporting evidence from other posters in the thread. That “well travelled” gatekeeping is a bit of a reach.

Semantics?

Op doesn’t know Scottish people are also British. It’s not nitpicking.

British doesn’t not mean English. It’s a really big detail when talking about British people as a group.

I’m not British and don’t like in the UK.

I have, however, been verbally abused in public twice in the last few years by British people (English I guess).

Once in Italy at a water park when I bloke thought I couldn’t speak English and called me a fat whale. I am a size 14 at 169cm, hardly a porker.

Another time on a train in the Netherlands. Again I think they though nobody spoke English and they were loudly and rudely commenting on everyones appearance in the carriage.

I’ve only ever had that kind of abuse from Brits.

It is nitpicking. You’re seizing on one mistake, barely relevant to the point OPs trying to make because you can’t actually counter her central argument. But if that’s the best you’ve got…

No it’s notZ

Op is saying it’s always Brits causing trouble aboard and gives one example.

Then points out ‘Scottish people are fine’ . So op doesn’t mean Brits. She means English.

The fact that she claims to live here and doesn’t know that is odd. But also you can’t have a point about ‘Brits’ if you don’t know what ‘Brits’ are.

I have never been on a holiday where people are quiet coming back to their rooms at night op. That's just part of holidays in shared accommodation. I do agree that it is rude and antisocial and the parents in question sound like irresponsible twats but I'm a teacher so am used to that.

I think drinking to excess is possibly more of a cultural issue with Brits in Europe than other European nationalities. I think we as a nation are a bit more anitsocial and arrogant. It isn't unique to us, in Mexico I've seen similar behaviour from Canadian's and Americans.

Mountain of supporting evidence?? That's a massive reach!! It's a few comments for either side. You may have missed that sometimes posters on mumsnet are slightly biased against British English people. Any excuse for a dig!

I do prefer to holiday where there are few Brits. I think probably because it feels more different from home to not hear UK voices and accents - rather than their behaviour traits. That said, on our last holiday, my son made good friends with an English boy from 300 miles away so we were grateful for that.

I do look at TripAdvisor reviews before booking and rule out anywhere with a strong Russian clientele after previous holiday experiences.