Fuming Brits spot sunlounger hoggers seven HOURS before the pool opens – only to foil their plans
A BUNCH of Brits revealed the sneaky way they foiled sunlounger hoggers on holiday - who tried to steal bed spaces at 2AM.
Mandy Boyd, from South Wales, was staying at Aquasol Aparthotel near Magaluf at the time.
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A group of Brits spotted cheeky tourists trying to reserve sunloungers seven hours too early
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Mandy was staying at the Aquasol Aparthotel near Magaluf at the time
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The pair rushed down at 2am to take the towels away
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While sitting on her balcony at 2am, she spotted some lads she thought were taking a cheeky dip in the pool.
The 34-year-old quickly realised the young men were attempting to secure the best beds seven hours too early.
The pool was not actually opening until 9am the following day.
The group of four girls watched on as the lads pulled out their sunloungers to try and secure the best spots.
Mandy and her friends quietly waited on the balcony for the perfect moment to run down and take the towels.
Accompanied by her friend Sally Willows the pair got down to the pool and quickly snatched the towels on Sunday.
She told Luxury Travel Daily: "I hate it when people reserve sunbeds and don't use them all day.
'I just find it really inconsiderate.
'It was shocking to see them reserving beds at 2am, especially when there was zero chance of those lads being up to enjoy them.
'We kept the towels but made sure we left them where they would find them.'
'You picked on the wrong person!' Watch the moment holidaymaker goes berserk when another woman sits on the sunbed she's 'been using all week'
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They said they were annoyed at the brazen attempt
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Fellow holidaymakers applauded the girls' foiling of sun bed wars.
Jo Townsend said: "Guarantee they wouldn't have come down to the pool until about 11am as well.'
Sue added: 'You have taken sunbed wars to a whole new level.'
Jaynie said: 'Well done ladies.'
Lou said: 'B***** hell girls, this is taking sunbed wars too far.'
One added: 'You should've left a ransom note.'
Here are some other unusual methods people have used while trying to get a good sunbed in Spain.
And it's not just Spain - a woman staying at a resort in Egypt was left fuming by 6:30am hoggers.
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People praised the group for taking the towels away
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