once again booked for may holiday and didn't remember until i was trawling through some old posts on this forum about all the school children from all nationalities who descend on calella and surrounding resorts to play in some football tournament during may.
seems i get caught by this every year(i should know better at my age, but the thought of going on holiday...........) and so i thought i would see if anyone knew if this was definitely happening again this year, and also to warn anyone who has not experienced the joy of having loads of screaming,uncontrolled,uncontrolable,inconsiderate -you get the idea - gangs of young teenagers running amok in your hotel until all hours of the night what to expect.
from previous years it seems to take quite a lot before any hotel gets the local police involved.
don't want to put anyone off the idea of going(though maybe i should and there would be more room on the coach ), but it is as well to be aware and then you can take immediate action on the first night it happens in your hotel -instead of thinking that its only high spirits and will not happen every night- because otherwise you will be awake every night.
my solution to this problem is simple.i complain immediately to reception(i am getting to old now to go out and smash their heads together-though i did do it 5 years ago) by phone and if nothing gappens within a short space of time i give them second chance and then call the holiday rep.
all local reps usually have a 24 hour phone number for you to call in emergencies, and if, after you have tried the local hotel management, you still have problems with this sort of noisy guests a phone call to this number at 3am can have quite an effect-especially if it happens more than once
anyway i hope everyone enjoys their holiday and hope that ferris allocate me a good AI hotel this year.
They did not ruin our holiday. But it is best to be forwarned if you have thousands of youths running around(we had over 200 in our hotel alone) it is not going to be very peaceful. Take earplugs for sleeping and try and work round them. Most of the day they are kept busy with the matches and general they did quieten down by 1am at night.
Beware check if one of these tournaments is on before you travel.
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