Six out of ten British tourists leave the air conditioning on in the room all day

Throwing towels on the floor to be changed daily or filling the dishes to the top in the buffet and then not eating it all are among elements of other wastefulness of British tourists according to a new report.

When half of Europe is talking about climate change and the energy saving measures that different countries are already applying, both the Spanish and Italian governments have approved a law that makes it compulsory not to be able to set the refrigeration temperature below between 25 and 27 degrees and heating to more than 19 in public buildings, commercial establishments, cultural spaces, or stations and airports, the powerful search engine for flights and hotels. 

Results of a recent survey found that many British tourists do not consider the climate change, energy savings, or even the food crisis in their holidays.

Jetcost conducted the research as part of a study about European vacations in the summer of 2022. The study was conducted among 1,500 people over the age of 18.

Initially, all respondents were asked if they were planning to stay in a hotel this summer, to which 86% said yes. They were then asked if they think they are totally correct in the hotel or if they do anything that is against the rules, 90% confessed that they normally broke any of the hotel rules and they are not totally correct.

All those surveyed who were going to stay in a hotel were asked what were the things they normally do that might not be quite right and that would probably annoy hoteliers and hotel staff, from a list of answers they were asked to choose the five they do the most, these being the most common answers:

• – Filling the plates to the top at the buffet and then not eating it all (82%).
• – Throw towels on the floor to be changed daily (67%).
• – Take food from the buffet even if it says it is forbidden (65%).
• – Do not remove the air conditioning from the room throughout the day (61%).
• – Leaving the towel on the pool lounger all day (58%).
• – Keep in the suitcase every day the "amenities" that are not used so that they can be replaced again (45%)
• – Smoking in the window of a non-smoking room (42%).
• – Having a party in the room with loud music (37%).
• – Store the toilet paper in a cupboard so that the room service leaves more. (25%).
• – Bathing in the pool when it is closed (23%).
• – Drinking bottles from the mini-bar and refilling them with water or juice (17 %).
• – Asking room service to make up the room when they have forgotten to put in the door the not disturb sign (15%).
• – Putting someone else in the room (4%).
• – Inventing that they are on their honeymoon to see if they can get a better room or a gift (3%).

Managing Director Ignazio Ciarmoli said: "Holidays are to be enjoyed, and this year we have earned them more than ever, finally without restrictions due to the coronavirus in them, but that does not mean that we can do whatever we want in the hotel where we stay, there are some rules to follow and we must be as civic as possible, both with the hotel staff and with the other guests, and not only think in ourselves. 

Putting only the food that we are going to eat on the plate, even if we have to get up several times at the buffet if we want more, turning off the air conditioning while we are not in the room or not having our towels washed every day when we change them every week at home are small samples that we can do for our planet. Energy saving should start with ourselves, just as we should think about people who are experiencing food shortages before throwing food in the trash, even if we have paid for an all-inclusive.”