Germans can now pre-book holiday sunloungers

German holidaymakers no longer need to stampede to the pool at dawn and annoy British tourists by claiming all the sunloungers -- they can now do it from home.

Threatening to fuel a long-standing joke in Britain, travel agency Thomas Cook said that German tourists could pay in advance to bag a poolside lounger when they book their package holidays. The offer is only available in Germany.

The Daily Telegraph newspaper said three euros a day was all it cost to wind up British holidaymakers by reserving a sunlounger and an umbrella -- without the need for a pre-dawn raid to cover them all with towels.

Thomas Cook's German branch is offering the service, with nine hotels having signed up so far.

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