holiday hotels ...dress code ?

[MontyVeda]

personally i find dress codes pompous... having a doorman looking one up and down to check if they're up to scratch i find mildly offensive... should we really be judged if we're worthy to eat based on our clothing?

 

[Tanis8472]

I'm surprised you can see it LOL
It was used as an example

 

[hopless500]

I don't see the problem with wearing shorts. I'm still capable of paying for my meal, and normally manage not to throw my food around the room .
Blokes with no shirts or women in bikini tops is a no-no though. Whether it's a restaurant or supermarket it's not a good look.

 

[snorri]

Yup, and that's a bar-stool!

Did you really have to include the photo in that quote?

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

Did you really have to include the photo in that quote?

I know, the quote seemed fine until I hit Post Reply - now looks wrong on so many levels.

 

[screenman]

personally i find dress codes pompous... having a doorman looking one up and down to check if they're up to scratch i find mildly offensive... should we really be judged if we're worthy to eat based on our clothing?

Yes, it is not about eating it is about standards. Some people have them and some do not, the latter is growing rapidly.

 

[MontyVeda]

it's about pompous standards.

 

[gbb]

A good cross section of opinion then.
My view, with hindsight..
Its a shame that standards are falling (if thats what you'd term it). There's only good in making a bit of an effort in 'making an effort'.

That said, as stated earlier...you're on holiday and as long as standards are not too low, where's the harm.

I deliberately said this was a holiday hotel..i WOULD be shocked if you went into a normal hotel and were'nt expected to dress appropriately. It is different in that environment.

The hotel manager had an interesting slant on it. Taking the Scandanavians, she observed general characteristics across the group.
Norwegians were good guests...but very demanding on standards and service, much much more so than Swedes, Danes and Finns. Yet the Norwegians were equally likely to appear to evening meal in shorts etc.


Ultimately, its a holiday hotel...what goes, goes.

 

[LarryDuff]

If I have to wear long trousers and proper shoes and socks then it's not a holiday.

 

[Noodley]

All British people should get their luggage checked before being allowed to board any form of transport leaving for foreign parts in order to remove any football tops; they should then be burned (the tops not the people)

 

[stowie]

I used to have a job which covered all Northern Europe. I can confirm that Scandinavians have a very much more relaxed approach to dress code than the UK, at least at work. They would wear jeans and T-shirts to client meetings where I would wear a suit and tie and cause much merriment about the eccentric English. A Finn once outlined the business dress code when dealing with clients - engineering meetings were conducted jeans and T-shirt, for management meetings he would change the T-shirt for a long sleeved shirt. For exec / board meetings he would tuck the shirt in.*

* Edit - Sweden and Denmark seemed to be a bit more formal, Norway was jeans and shirt, and in Finland it seemed turning up in speedos wouldn't have been deemed too much of a faux pas. Finland is a superb country.

 

[400bhp]

WGAF

Seriously

 

[oldfatfool]

If I have paid a premium for a good restaurant or to stay in a good hotel then I like getting dressed for dinner, and don't expect to see flip flops, shorts and anything less than a shirt with at least a casual collar. Having said that, I have never been to a 'resort' hotel of any classification but can imagine the dress code altering accordingly.

 

[screenman]

WGAF

Seriously

I do.

 

[screenman]

it's about pompous standards.

No it is not, standards can be set any where, football shorts and sick in the hair chest is not a good look at the dinner table, I suppose you think different.