On the Beach no pool

NoodleDoodleMan

I'm not going to drag this out into a pointless question and answer discussion.

Grumpy_chap

Back to the OP's question.
I'd be highly aggrieved by no pool if one was expected.
For a package holiday, any refund is really a token rather than being accurately calculated.  Hence the nice round £50.
Would that be sufficient to visit a public pool?

As a comparison, my wife and I visited a spa hotel in the UK for a long weekend two weeks back and we found that the whole pool and spa facility was closed.  We got nothing other than a shrug in response.  We did mention it in the Trip Advisor review.  It was a significant part of the spa hotel experience being missing.

In any event, I would not expect a discount by any more than 10%.  The OP has a discount that probably represents far more than 10% of the accommodation costs from the package.

NoodleDoodleMan

The OP indicated that the pool was closed due to a lack of a lifeguard - are these now mandatory in Spain ?

goled

la531983 said:

NoodleDoodleMan said:

I have been to countless typical tourist class hotels in Spain/Canaries over many decades - towels are almost always available at reception for a returnable deposit. That's hotel policy to stop punters using bath towels from the room, even in "basic" accommodation.

Never been to the Maldives, so unable to comment on their practices.

And I have been to countless typical tourist class hotels in Spain, over many decades, and the Canaries, again over many decades, and people also regularly use their own beach towels they have brought with them. Myself included.
Don't disagree hotels provide towels but not everyone uses this service, nowhere near. 

I haven't been to Spain but I faced this problem when I arrived to Turkey. We had to buy beach towels in the nearest city. after that case, I always read the reviews of the hotel we ae going to book. Usually, people share the things they didn't like