Not surprised some holiday islands don’t want Brits?

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Just spent 2 weeks in Tenerife.
Observed some pretty bad behaviour on number of occasions - all drunken - and all Brits.
It’s a resort known for couples and families and visitors from all over Europe: Iceland, Dutch, Czech, German etc so definitely not overwhelming British tourists. And not a resort that is known to ‘cater’ for stag & hens.
Three examples (there are several more including many drunken football related scenes.)

Two couples (with children) totally smashed one night at hotel when entertainment was on. Loud, shouting, obnoxious, stupid behaviour - the entertainers were clearly annoyed.

Two guys (early 20’s) in restaurant early evening (lots of Spanish families there) totally wasted. Kept saying to each other in loud voices ‘I’m so f*ed’ and shouting, stupid giggling and lots of loud swearing and horrible language about licking your mother. Chucked drink over each other.

Group of drunken hens climbing on promotion animals outside shops, early evening. Lots of swearing, shouting. Observed by many people. Shop staff standing observing.

I know we were all young once etc etc.
AIBU to not be surprised at the latest news of holiday islands wanting other holiday makers and not Brits? Or is this acceptable holiday behaviour? Were we just unlucky to see it all?

It’s not all of us though. A subsection but many spend and are welcome for it.

No it’s definitely not all. I love going to the UK and find most people really nice and polite, it’s just some that for some readon can’t hold their drink..

We go to Mallorca a lot. If you avoid Magaluf it's perfectly possible to have a civilised holiday and not feel embarrassed to be British. I agree it's alcohol, we are terrible as a nation with alcohol in the mix. Russians also seem very bad iirc.

The point is that these people who are not wanted are not there to hold their drink.

They are there to get shitfaced on cheap booze in the sun.

The issue this thread is about is this behaviour is happening in Europe, not the UK. So going off to Europe is not the answer here.

Doesn’t mean you have to behave like shits.

No, obviously the thing about alcohol is that it brings out your own character. So yes, being shitfaced and obnoxious abroad is not excused by booze. There is a good chance that they would obnoxious without booze in large amounts.

@LexMitior Probably true. 😂

I lived in Tenerife for a long time.

The only place I saw that behaviour was Las Americas - mainly Veronica's strip - and it was people from lots of different nationalities and of all ages.

Occasionally there were twats elsewhere but you get them anywhere!

And the strip was specifically targeting drunken groups with free shots to go inside etc.

I'm laughing at those suggesting Adeje isn't like this. Clearly none of you have spent an evening in actual Adeje in a Spanish bar with the locals 🤣🤣

Not denying they might be obnoxious when sober but booze definitely exacerbates the situation.

With all due respect; you picked Tenerife. It’s hardly known for its culture. It attracts the Brit’s abroad types because it’s cheap and lots of Irish and British bars.

This sort of behaviour is the reason why I have never chosen package holidays. We spend a decent amount of time researching the package holiday websites to know which places to avoid. Plus, we choose not to book hotels just in case

Embarrassing. Lacking.

A typical ignorant snobbish remark. Tenerife is beautiful and has lovely places to visit. You don’t have to spend all your time along a strip.

Agree!

Since when wasn't Tenerife a stage/hen destination? Spain etc can set rules now, but they set themselves up as party destinations and built their infrastructure on it, which has created a lot of wealth over the last few decades. Younger people were encouraged to get shit faced. Licenses were granted to bars that got them in and kept them drinking. The policing was lax and they were told to leave the tourists to it.

Yet read OPs comment. Clearly many do go to get drunk and OPs experience reflects this.

I actively avoid package holidays to destinations like this because of the typical behaviour of 'Brits abroad'. It is not just drunken loutish behaviour but also the loud obnoxious families who allow their kids run riot and have no manners or consideration for anyone else.

I haven't noticed brits being any worse than other tourists. Googled about the Lanzarote British tourist reduction. First article says they are looking to reduce number if British tourists. Then the next article says it is fake news.

Not really. Typical Brexiteer narrative.

Yep, just come back from an all inclusive week in gran canaria. Lovely family resort, lots of different nationalities. Every drunk, loud ,obnoxious person I saw was British.

I did wonder if you're more likely to notice people being a twat in your own language, but no, I just think our drinking culture is awful. And I'm not really exempting myself here either, I just don't want to waste a holiday day with a hangover so drink less than at home.

Completely normal British holiday ‘culture’: early AM flight with gangs of loudmouthed foulmouthed arseholes who don’t give a shit about anyone else

More fool the airlines for letting them on board, especially if they're already plastered - try boarding like that on a gulf airline and see where it gets you

I know OP was talking about behaviour in resort, but it might help if some of the knucledraggers were prevented from getting there in the first place. Overall it seems a shame to ban all for the behaviour of some, but it's their resorts and up to them what they do with the places

Anecdotally I too have done AI in Tenerife - though a quieter area - and the very worst were groups of Russians and the Spaniards themselves, who piled over for a weekend 2 nighter and were spewing everywhere

We live in a traditional holiday area of UK. In 2020 when lockdown ended but people weren't going abroad we had our worst summer ever, that type of behaviour was suddenly everywhere here, we'd never experienced it before so we could only assume this was a certain section of society that couldn't behave horribly in Spain that year so they brought it to us instead and the attitude of 'well your economy is built on tourism, so you have to put up with us abusing you, your family, your property, your environment' was very prevalent.....urrggghh horrible memories.

Thanks everyone for your posts (from most) that I’m not being unreasonable!
We actually didn’t book a package - spent just over £3k on flights and small hotel we selected from good reviews from friends who’ve been going there for years that’s actually away from the main strip.
We just wanted some winter sun - that’s why we chose Tenerife.
We did have a nice time and can see the appeal of the island - we drove around for a few days and found some stunning coves and beaches and more traditional villages and restaurants.
Just embarrassing really but there you go! Will choose more carefully next time 🤞

I agree. As an ex Rep from the 90s (company now bust 😢😢), the Brits were always the worst. Their behaviour was often appalling from the minute they staggered off their Air 2000 flight to the minute the boarded it again.

I repped a hotel with a Dutch rep, she never had the same issues with her guests.