Here we go again

Why we fight hard for sun loungers on vacation

Here, the crowds rush to the pool in the morning to secure a sun lounger. The top class - stacking and reserving several sun loungers (far left).

(Bild: Screenshot youtube.com, Krone KREATIV)

So, are you ready for the traditional towel parade on vacation? With the start of the summer vacations, the sun lounger warriors are back in the starting blocks at the hotel pools in the vacation destinations early in the morning. "Typically German"? Not only: the (terrycloth) animal in all of us is awakening. And especially in the British. 

What's the most useful thing you can have with you when traveling across the universe? That's right, a towel. We have known this at least since 1979, when Douglas Adams' novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" was published. In it, the British author beautifully illustrates the various advantages that such a piece of cloth can have: from a nutrient depot to a robot catch line.

But the towel is not only used by intergalactic hitchhikers: it is also very popular with earthly vacationers. Certainly for drying off, but above all as a miracle weapon at the hotel pool: after all, sun loungers have to be reserved. Regardless of whether you use them or not.

At least that seems to be an unwritten law - if you look at various videos on social media.