Hi Hilda, does your brochure specify long trousers for men at night? Sandals will be fine, also what about a pair of light canvas shoes. My brochure does state long trews but hoping hubby will get away with 3/4 length ones as cooler and they are very smart too.

Happy hols!!

I think most Hotels prefer men to wear shirts with sleeves in, short sleeves will suffice, but they don't seem to like sleeveless shirts at Evening meal times. Shorts are not normally accepted at Evening Meals. Footwear should not be a problem, so shoes, sandels, esperilldos (spelling) or trainers should be fine. I don't believe bare feet are acceptable. Full length jeans are usually fine, as long as they are not covered with rips and holes in the knees.

3/4 length trousers should be fine. As you say, 'dressing up' is not so popular as it used to be, but if you have a Brochure it usually states in there what is and what is not considered acceptable.

This is usually the case for 1*, 2**, and 3*** Hotels anyway. It might vary with 4**** Hotels and 5***** Hotels might insist you dress up accordingly. This could even mean wearing a tie for gents, with a shirt and collar and long trousers.

Just a quick note, we normaly go 4* and in all the hotels we have visited 3/4 trouses are not allowed.

We tend to holiday in 4* hotels and sad to say some people do tend to look extremely scruffy at dinner despite there being certain 'dress rules'. The culprits are almost always British too - does this say something about our culture - one other thing I have noticed too is that they tend to be in their 'mid' years!

My husband usually has a nice pair of lightweight trousers and a short sleeved shirt - smart casual really.

I would have thought that most holidaysmakers tend to have a shower after being out all day and why they then decide to put on a pair of scruffy jeans and a vest style t-shirt for dinner amazes me.

I think even most 5* hotels are happy with a shirt and trousers - perhaps only requiring a jacket for special gala evenings.

Pippa

Hi Pippa, my husband dresses the same in the evenings to go to dinner. I think its nice to dress up abit for the evenings when you've been lazing about all day in the sunshine. We tend to go back to our rooms about 4ish, have a shower and a couple of hours rest then its get ready for dinner usually around 7.30 ish. We always take day clothes and night clothes but like you said some people dont bother and some do look abit scruffy. I tend to wear either a nice skirt and top or 3/4 lenghts and a top with a nice pair of strappy shoes or mules. Its not over dressy, it is very comfortable and looks smart. But you do get the odd one

Have to agree with deb 2 on this one. I like to be smartly dressed for going out for an evening meal, which means long trousers and a shirt. Wife will be dressed in trousers or skirt/dress.
I think it looks as if you have some respect for your hosts, ie the restaurant/taverna owners, if you make an effort to smarten up while out for a meal.
A lot of hotels will stipulate in the brochure that gentlemen must wear long trousers if dining in the hotel restaurants or using the hotel bars.

Andy.

Nowadays you don't have to sacrifice comfort for smartness.

I quite like to have palazzo pants or a long skirt for the evenings - both of which are comfy and cool to wear. If you stick with a couple of basic colours you can then mix and match with lots of different tops.

My husband finds that 2/3 pairs of cotton chino style trousers and a few nice short sleeved shirts are all that he needs for the evening and perhaps a light jumper depending on the season.

Pippa

When visiting new resorts and choosing our hotel, a dress code in the dining room is one of the major factors we take into consideration.

i think that as you get older you realise that the little effort required to put on some smart casual clothes to dine in the evening brings its own rewards.
in restaurants you seem to get treated with a bit more courtesy than the people dressed as if they have just come from the beach, and this applies to both the hotels and outside restaurants.
i feel it is a matter of respect to your hosts to dress smartly for dinner.
i think that the more stars a hotel has the more they will expect you to keep some standards ie no swimming costumes in restaurants-which is my pet hate.

Couldn't agree more with all the above comments re:making an effort to dress smartly (or at least smart/casual) when going out/eating out etc. or just eating at the Hotel. I too, feel it shows a bit more respect in the Hotels and Restaurants etc. if you make a bit of an effort to dress appropriately.

If I tried to go out in shorts and tee shirt for dinner, I'd get a real battering from the missus.

well it look s like im going to have to go shopping, hubby is (at home) a tee shirt and jeans man,,,,,,, and as i said on previous hols its been tee shirt s and bermuda shorts, as weve been SC but we dont wear sport tops or trakkys,,,,,he aint very happy about having to buy trousers he will never wear and shirts with collars he will never wear here,,,,,as for dressing for dinner,,,i know its a pleasant and respectable thing to do but as we have kids have dinner earlyish, go for a walk and get them to bed by 10...ish!! i suppose we are the "middling age " and we have done the dressing up and going out all hours,,,,,but its not us now,,,, oh well play it by ear then,,,

.........OOh I know what you mean Hilda........

........my hubby wont buy things for his Hols that he wont wear over here either........

........ thats why we always go SC.........

glad im not alone then, i didnt dare say, ive just been down to tell him about the replies and hes adamant, ill have to get him plain shirts with a collar,,,then he can change after weve ate. but im finding it hard to find plain polo shitrts , they all have doft logos on or look like they have not been finished off or are suitable for surfing blokeys........

Hilda, try Ebay or your local charity shops for long trousers and shirts, a quick wash and iron and nobody's to know you didn't originally buy them new, I've had some fabulous bargains, some with designer names that would have cost a fortune just to wear for a couple of weeks on holiday. If they're cluttering up the wardrobe when you return you can sell them again and get back some of your money.

Hilda

Primark have plain coloured polo shirts for £2.50. They have every colour under the sun and at £2.50 if hubby is not going to wear them again they won't break the bank.

Rgds Jackie

thanks for the tips girls.......... im making him take me to our local primark which is about 50 miles away!!!!!! hope they dont sell out of the stuff by then,
as for charidee shops,,,,,,,,,,,,, i get my stuff from there, had loverly marks and spencers dresses from there ofr £3,,
and some designer stuff too!!

Don't forget the "Loud Shirt" night that all these hotels have. Not to be missed.

they dont do they??
think well eat out that night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, never done hotel entertainment either,,, if its really cheesey then not interested,,,,,,,,,, it will be an eye opener for us all,,,,, crickey i sound like we live in the back water!!??