British tourist films herself removing entire row of towels to give 'nasty sunbed hoggers a surprise' at Tenerife hotel

By JAKE HOLDEN, UK NEWS REPORTER and NATALIA PENZA Published: 11:47, 22 June 2026 | Updated: 11:49, 22 June 2026 A British tourist recorded herself removing an entire row of towels from poolside sunloungers to give hoggers a 'nasty surprise' at a Tenerife hotel. Rachel Rodgers became a sunbed vigilante, upsetting early risers who she accused of bagging the best spots in front of the pool in their pyjamas and then going straight back to bed for hours. She went to war with the towel bandits at the four-star Mediterranean Palace in the popular resort of Playa de las Americas. Boasting of her deeds in the caption, she wrote: 'Leaving the dirty pool hoggers a little surprise when they come back down.' Ms Rodgers gleefully strips at least eight sunbeds in the video with a wide, cheeky grin on her face before curtsying at the end of her spree. One towel had even been pegged to the top of the lounger in a hollow attempt to hold the empty bed, but Ms Rodgers made quick work of it and left the offending towel folded on the floor. The whole defiant display was scored by 'How You Like Me Now' by The Heavy. Rachel Rodgers became a sunbed vigilante, upsetting early risers who she accused of bagging the best spots in front of the pool in their pyjamas and then going straight back to bed for hours One towel had even been pegged to the top of the lounger in a hollow attempt to hold the empty bed She added in the caption: 'All week the same people would bag their spot by the pool. 'So today we decided to give them a little surprise and take them. All you at the Mediterranean Palace in Tenerife, yes it was us.' The video has now amassed 2.3 million views and nearly 2,500 commenters rushed to share their thoughts, many of them being supportive. One follower said: 'Well done. All hotels should do that.' Another replied: 'Give this woman a free holiday.' And a third said: 'The hero we didn't ask for but needed' before going on to describe the Brit as 'My idol.' Others labelled her decision to fold the towels as 'pure class' with another fan writing: 'Brilliant. Hope someone bought you a few drinks.' However, some were not impressed by her towel raid. She posted another video to hit back at those complaining, and said bluntly: 'Whether I'm the problem or not, I don't give a stuff to be honest with you. 'I enjoyed doing it, and if I had a little bit more time, I'd have carried on doing it - and I might even have thrown some of them in the pool.' She explained why she had bothered to free up the bagged sunbeds when there were so many free around the pool at that time anyway. She said: 'I've had lots of comments from people asking why I'm doing it when there's lots of sunbeds still available. 'The reason I did it was because half an hour later those places wouldn't have been available. 'People would have been coming down and the ones who had come down in their pyjamas and dressing gowns and then toddled off to bed and left their towels down, are at the beach or walking round the shops by then enjoying themselves, having their lunch, having their breakfast. Many commenters loved what she was doing as the left towels on the floor to the score of 'How You Like Me Now' by The Heavy, but some were not pleased She hit back at commenters and said bluntly: 'Whether I'm the problem or not, I don't give a stuff to be honest with you. I enjoyed doing it, and if I had a little bit more time, I'd have carried on doing it' 'They're coming back around two in the afternoon and wanting those seats that they reserved at six in the morning. She said that she stayed and kept taking off towels at the pool for about an hour but 'didn't stay to watch the carnage when the people who had left their towels out came back.' She added: 'You shouldn't be reserving sun loungers if you're not going to sit on them. 'Go and have a bit of lunch, half an hour or so, but after that you either need to sit on your sun lounger or give it to someone else. We've all paid the same for the holiday, we're all entitled to sit by the pool.' More fans responded with one saying: 'Totally agree. I love this. We all want to do it.' Another added: 'Absolutely fab. Need more people like you on holiday.' No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? 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