TWO-thirds of Brits on holiday suffer anxiety over securing a sunbed, research found.
And eight in ten say the stress of racing to grab one ruins their break.
More than half believe the whole practice of reserving beds with towels is unreasonable — but one in ten admit replacing one with their own.
Staff at one hotel are now removing towels from unoccupied beds after 30 minutes.
But some holidaymakers pay pool attendants to find free loungers.
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Helen Wright, at the Rixos Sungate Hotel in Turkey, said: “Some people reserved them and never came back.
"I tipped the pool attendant and he kept finding them.”
Fellow guest Vicki Topen said: “If you haven’t returned by 30 minutes the pool attendant takes any belongings and puts them in a hotel laundry bag for people to collect.
“It’s great.
"No having to get up at the crack of dawn and there’s always a rotation of sunbeds.”
The research was carried out by travel agent On The Beach and bed company Silentnight.
They have decked out the Lyttos Beach Hotel in Crete, which has a capacity of 2,150 guests, with 3,500 loungers.
Silentnight said: “Something needed to be done.”