S/O: saving chairs at a resort pool/beach

[Anonymous]

Wow, eye-opening thread! I don't actually mind tipping the pool staff, but I would be super irritated if even that didn't work!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like the tipping idea. If you are that "special", you need to pay for it.

But then the hotel/resort shouldn't have marketing material showing lots of chairs that are available for guests to relax by the pool. They should have a guy there with his wallet showing that you need to pay for them, and then include the suggested amount that you need to tip to be allowed to use the chairs.

If you go to a hotel and there are photos of the rooms and you like what you see, you wouldn't expect that the microwave doesn't work in any of the rooms unless you tip someone. Or the fridge. That's ridiculous. Unless of course they clearly indicate those hidden and unconventional fees on their website and promotional material and at the time you book the hotel, etc.

[Anonymous]

I wonder if more places will move to a system where you have to pay for chairs. We were at the Aria in Las Vegas and you could pay to reserve the chairs closest to the pool and choose which chair you wanted. Even if those chairs were empty and there weren't any others available you couldn't sit in them unless you paid the fee.

I'm at a resort right now and I guess we do this to a degree. DH gets up early and throws stuff on two chairs. Then we go have a quick breakfast and go to the pool. It seems to be the norm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the tipping idea. If you are that "special", you need to pay for it.

But then the hotel/resort shouldn't have marketing material showing lots of chairs that are available for guests to relax by the pool. They should have a guy there with his wallet showing that you need to pay for them, and then include the suggested amount that you need to tip to be allowed to use the chairs.

If you go to a hotel and there are photos of the rooms and you like what you see, you wouldn't expect that the microwave doesn't work in any of the rooms unless you tip someone. Or the fridge. That's ridiculous. Unless of course they clearly indicate those hidden and unconventional fees on their website and promotional material and at the time you book the hotel, etc.

Your analogy is incongruent, because the hotel room is your private space - the pool is not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the tipping idea. If you are that "special", you need to pay for it.

But then the hotel/resort shouldn't have marketing material showing lots of chairs that are available for guests to relax by the pool. They should have a guy there with his wallet showing that you need to pay for them, and then include the suggested amount that you need to tip to be allowed to use the chairs.

If you go to a hotel and there are photos of the rooms and you like what you see, you wouldn't expect that the microwave doesn't work in any of the rooms unless you tip someone. Or the fridge. That's ridiculous. Unless of course they clearly indicate those hidden and unconventional fees on their website and promotional material and at the time you book the hotel, etc.

Your analogy is incongruent, because the hotel room is your private space - the pool is not.

Ok, so pick anything else that's normally free in a public space. Like the restrooms in the foyer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if more places will move to a system where you have to pay for chairs. We were at the Aria in Las Vegas and you could pay to reserve the chairs closest to the pool and choose which chair you wanted. Even if those chairs were empty and there weren't any others available you couldn't sit in them unless you paid the fee.

I'm at a resort right now and I guess we do this to a degree. DH gets up early and throws stuff on two chairs. Then we go have a quick breakfast and go to the pool. It seems to be the norm.

Uh yes, you don't do it "to a degree". You do it, period. And it's obnoxious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the tipping idea. If you are that "special", you need to pay for it.

But then the hotel/resort shouldn't have marketing material showing lots of chairs that are available for guests to relax by the pool. They should have a guy there with his wallet showing that you need to pay for them, and then include the suggested amount that you need to tip to be allowed to use the chairs.

If you go to a hotel and there are photos of the rooms and you like what you see, you wouldn't expect that the microwave doesn't work in any of the rooms unless you tip someone. Or the fridge. That's ridiculous. Unless of course they clearly indicate those hidden and unconventional fees on their website and promotional material and at the time you book the hotel, etc.

Your analogy is incongruent, because the hotel room is your private space - the pool is not.

Ok, so pick anything else that's normally free in a public space. Like the restrooms in the foyer.

NO, it's your argument, and I disagree. Your turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if more places will move to a system where you have to pay for chairs. We were at the Aria in Las Vegas and you could pay to reserve the chairs closest to the pool and choose which chair you wanted. Even if those chairs were empty and there weren't any others available you couldn't sit in them unless you paid the fee.

I'm at a resort right now and I guess we do this to a degree. DH gets up early and throws stuff on two chairs. Then we go have a quick breakfast and go to the pool. It seems to be the norm.

You totally should have to pay for them. Like seats at a concert. "Better" location = higher prices. BAM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if more places will move to a system where you have to pay for chairs. We were at the Aria in Las Vegas and you could pay to reserve the chairs closest to the pool and choose which chair you wanted. Even if those chairs were empty and there weren't any others available you couldn't sit in them unless you paid the fee.

I'm at a resort right now and I guess we do this to a degree. DH gets up early and throws stuff on two chairs. Then we go have a quick breakfast and go to the pool. It seems to be the norm.

Uh yes, you don't do it "to a degree". You do it, period. And it's obnoxious.

So what do you propose when it's just how it's done at certain places and everyone else is doing it? Wait until later on principle and then not be able to find chairs because everyone else has already claimed them? If you don't like it then either get up earlier or lobby the resort/pool for more chairs if there's space for them.

[Anonymous]

We were at a resort this spring, and it was so annoying to walk over and not have any chairs available. Or find only one when we're a group of 4. I was at this same resort 4 years ago and there were always plenty of chairs.

[Anonymous]

This is why we usually only "save" two chairs for our family of four. We are usually never all four out of the pool at the same time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't be German. Or British. Just don't.

British person here. Don't lump us with the Germans. The Germans are notorious for this. I've never heard it claimed as a British trait!

I've definitely seen British people do this. And also public drunkenness.

[Anonymous]

I hate this! I put the blame on the resort. And in vegas, where you're already paying a $40 resort fee, paying additional money for a prime spot by the pool really burns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if more places will move to a system where you have to pay for chairs. We were at the Aria in Las Vegas and you could pay to reserve the chairs closest to the pool and choose which chair you wanted. Even if those chairs were empty and there weren't any others available you couldn't sit in them unless you paid the fee.

I'm at a resort right now and I guess we do this to a degree. DH gets up early and throws stuff on two chairs. Then we go have a quick breakfast and go to the pool. It seems to be the norm.

Uh yes, you don't do it "to a degree". You do it, period. And it's obnoxious.

So what do you propose when it's just how it's done at certain places and everyone else is doing it? Wait until later on principle and then not be able to find chairs because everyone else has already claimed them? If you don't like it then either get up earlier or lobby the resort/pool for more chairs if there's space for them.

Find a chair where the person isn't around, politely ask the people sitting next to it if they can remember who was here, then look for them in the pool, and if they're not in the pool and they don't come back in a few mins (e.g. bathroom break) then just move the stuff and sit there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who leave just a towel thrown over a chair and then leave for hours?
Like 6-10 chairs for their group.

I take their spots if they are only seats available.

Well aren't you just a peach. Bless your little heart.

You're kidding, right? Some people come out early in the morning, dump towels on however many chairs they want to "reserve" for the day, then go in for breakfast, down to the beach for an hour, back to the pool, leave towels on the chairs while they go to lunch, etc. In what universe should they not be called out for this when other people have no chairs?

+1

One chair to put your stuff, maybe. A bunch? No way.

Local pool once had my stuff on it, guest of someone actually took it (It was one chair, not a bunch). Bad idea.

Why? What did you do about it?