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To wonder if people on holiday realise others live here year round?

130 replies

Beewatertrayistiny · 30/07/2026 08:31

Live in a tourist area. Every morning without fail, the house at the back of us being rented for holidays is seemingly awake and outside from 6.30 am.
Two small children who talk incessantly, cry and scream.
I love kids, have a Dc of my own who can also talk incessantly and cry/shout at times…but..I would not allow this at 6.30 am
I get up every summer when i’m off to have a peaceful coffee in the garden, my Dc sometimes has breakfast with me outside but knows to be quiet as some are sleeping still, but mainly she is indoors colouring or watching some morning tv until a bit later. I personally don’t let her play loudly/make noise in the garden until past 9 am
I’m sure these are very sweet children and I feel a bit mean saying it, but they’re very annoying! and there’s no intervention from the parents.

Aibu to think they wouldn’t do this in their own neighbourhood, but probably aren’t arsed as they’re on holiday and won’t see anyone again?!

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LlynTegid · 30/07/2026 13:29

EmmaB1309 · 30/07/2026 13:26

This.
OP I do think the parents could try a bit harder to get their children to keep the noise down. ‘Let’s use quiet voices please or we’ll have to stay inside….its early and some people are still sleeping’.
However, you are in a tourist area and people on holiday tend to want to be out and about making the most of their down time.

I have sympathy for parents making an effort to get reasonable behaviour from their children, not if they ignore it.

YassQweeennn · 30/07/2026 13:33

It's that time of year again... the person who lives in a touristy area moans about tourists in their area. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Princejoffyjaffur · 30/07/2026 13:40

why do you think you have elevated rights or status because you live in the area?

OutOfTheOtherSide · 30/07/2026 13:44

Beewatertrayistiny · 30/07/2026 08:43

Who can say it’s being unreasonable 😫

You're unreasonable because you're making an assumption that it's a 'tourist' thing and making sweeping, slightly condescending, statements about people going away on holiday not realising people actually live in holiday destinations.

It isn't a 'tourist' thing, its 'selfish dickhead' thing. The sort of people who would let their kids scream and shout at 6.30am on holiday are unlikely to be angels when they're at home. I'm sure there are just as many selfish dickheads who live where you do as there are everywhere else.

banmusk · 30/07/2026 13:54

Everyone feels they have the right to as many holidays as they wish to have, but no one wants to be holidayed upon.
Everyone feels they have the right to have as many vehicles as they wish to have, but no one wants to be stuck in traffic.

Beewatertrayistiny · 30/07/2026 14:12

Lizchapman · 30/07/2026 13:24

So you want to be outside in your garden at 6:30am . . . But you object that they are outside in theirs at that time??

I’m sat with an Iced coffee, making no noise, I wouldn’t allow Dd to come out at that time chattering loudly then crying and shouting!

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Scaryspicer · 30/07/2026 14:13

I think that’s an everywhere problem- people don’t think of others.
the main thing I hate about living in a popular tourist area (apart from ridiculous traffic and a lack of parking!) is that pedestrians go into ‘holiday mode’ and randomly amble into/across main roads without looking!

CarbootJunction · 30/07/2026 14:18

Chemenger · 30/07/2026 09:01

I live in a popular seaside village, my main bugbear is that tourists seem to think pavements are for other people and saunter along in the middle of the road without a care in the world. I’m very surprised that the many vans and lorries that need to get to the working fishing harbour don’t just plough into them, driven mad by the frustration of driving at slow walking pace.

Maybe those fisherman realise the visitors pay their bills?

PancakeCloud · 30/07/2026 14:20

I don’t think this is a tourist thing really, be lucky they’re not your full time neighbours!

FootFlapperage · 30/07/2026 14:21

I live in a tourist town and it really annoys me when they walk on the roads like its all part of a big holiday park . I saw a family holding up traffic yesterday, a supermarket delivery truck was stuck behind them!! They were blissfully unaware 😡

PeterRabbitsWhiskers · 30/07/2026 14:22

Ah well, at least the visitors won't always be people with children and those will mostly only be during school holidays. Most of the year will be quiet. Unlike wherever these noisy children normally live, where the neighbours are currently enjoying some respite.

MolkosTeenageAngst · 30/07/2026 14:45

I don’t think this is a holiday issue. My previous next door neighbours had three under 5 and they would be out in the garden between 6-7am every day, some weekend days they’d be out there until 8-9pm. The family had a gazebo up which meant they had the kids out in the garden for most of the year. The kids were very loud and frequently squabbling/ fighting, parents would be inside and would only go out when the crying/ screaming reached peak levels and then the parents would just respond with shouting back at them making the noise even worse! It was awful although thankfully they recently moved away and new neighbours do have a child but they rarely use the garden and are very quiet when they do. Inconsiderate people are inconsiderate wherever they are, not only when on holiday!

Bristolandlazy · 30/07/2026 14:58

I would try and address it with the owners, ask them to pass a message on etc, surely it's in their interests not to have you shout at their guests if you were really exasperated. They want good feedback so it would be in their interests to pass this on.

People know, they're selfish, we live in a big city, we have arsehole neighbours who don't care.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 30/07/2026 15:14

arethereanyleftatall · 30/07/2026 08:52

Do all the guests do this?

you could also flip your stance. Do people who buy in a tourist area not realise people will come on holiday?

As someone who bought in a holiday area, yes of course people realise that it gets visited by holidaymakers. That why I chose a very dull village with nothing to attract tourists!

LetitGoDLP · 30/07/2026 15:27

Our neighbours are out from 6.30, they are on holiday this week… maybe it’s them

BirdLandedonmyHead · 30/07/2026 15:41

People expect places to be busier, more traffic etc

They dont have to accept people behaving like twats.
Like tge farmer who fertilised his field after people parked on it illegally. He didnt accept the twattish behaviour.

Isitevensummer · 30/07/2026 15:50

Where I live the central street is an actual road with cars using it. Tge number of summer days when clueless tourists are wandering down the middle of the road and get startled by cars is almost comical.

ShiftingSand · 30/07/2026 16:31

Beewatertrayistiny · 30/07/2026 08:58

So sorry, I just find it so selfish

It IS selfish but the parents don’t care unfortunately. My neighbour’s kids are out shouting and screaming from 8.00am and continue for most of the day during summer holidays so I don’t bother spending any time in my garden because I can’t switch the screaming off. You have my sympathy.

Lisheenss · 30/07/2026 16:55

Backedoffhackedoff · 30/07/2026 11:12

Wouldn’t it be easier and quicker to shout shut up out the window?!

Not really me! But definitely roaring out there might get the message across.
I think if it's a clear condition of booking to be respectful of the neighbours etc., it might make them more mindful.
I'm at our holiday home at the moment and there was a visiting puppy to the cottage nearby that was yapping for a good hour.
It would get on my tits if that was 7am and I'm trying to sleep in.
But I am old and cranky😁

FlyingCatGirl · 30/07/2026 16:57

Divebar2021 · 30/07/2026 09:00

It sounds annoying for sure. My in-laws live in St Ives in Cornwall and I dare say they have a whole list of annoyances of the tourists who swarm the place every summer. However they also go on holiday to places so it’s not like they’re never tourists themselves. I doubt they think they’re annoying to the residents but I dare say they have been. I was swept aside by a woman in Venice because I was walking too slowly. You could put a note through the door and ask them to be a bit more considerate or message the owners and ask them to have a word.

As much as I love Italy, the people have a real impatience about them, they love jumping a queue or banging on toilet cubicles to announce their arrival and need for the toilet - especially in southern Italy.

OhBettyCalmDown · 30/07/2026 17:00

I don’t think YABU for disliking the behaviour but I do think YABU for assuming this is a holiday thing. I find that people who are inconsiderate about noise are that way inclined wherever they are

fishbowlee · 30/07/2026 17:23

As a Londoner I get annoyed by slow walkers & people not knowing where they are going but i’m sure i do this as a tourist!

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 30/07/2026 17:39

I live in a small market town with "yards"(alleys) going down into town,one next door to my walled garden. Its narrow. Apart from actually knowing this, I hear visitors telling each other this all the live long day. My favourite being "the council needs to widen this". I mean its only been like this for a few centuries.
I could hear voices one day, someone calling hello, anyone here? Couple sat at my garden table waiting to be served afternoon tea. Not even embarrassed when I said it wasnt a cafe. Though I could have earned 20 quid for a filter coffee and a chunk of banana bread.

Strawberrryfields · 30/07/2026 18:11

6.30am!! That’s ridiculous. Sorry your peaceful coffee is being ruined ☹️

Airtrack · 30/07/2026 18:29

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