Can you reserve pool sunbeds with towels at resort hotels in Turkey, and do staff actually enforce the rules?
Based on 1 discussion with 3 participants · Last activity: 11 days ago
TL;DR
Traveler reports suggest that at busy resort hotels in Turkey, pool loungers are often claimed with towels early in the morning and staff usually do little to stop it. Even when rules exist, sunbeds may stay “reserved” for hours with nobody there.
What the community said
In the most recent report, a traveler said that when the hotel was fully booked, pool loungers were widely reserved with towels and staff did not manage the situation, so sunbeds stayed occupied on paper even when guests were gone.
11 days ago pool area in a fully booked hotel
Another traveler reported that towels can sit on sunbeds from early morning with no one around, and staff still do not remove them. They specifically noted that even the white towels were left untouched while the loungers stayed empty.
11 days ago early-morning towel reservation of sunbeds
One earlier report adds practical hotel details: the room had a safe, spa towels were available, and the spa opened early. Towel control was loose enough that the guest ended up with two towels, but the hotel did not provide beach bags.
11 days ago in-room safe, spa towels available, no beach bags