An Australian influencer is warning fans travelling to Europe to pack carefully after she revealed she was refused entry from a public pool during a family trip to France.
Lauren Lakin says she attempted to take her husband and three children for a dip to escape the heatwave, with temperatures in western Europe climbing to 40C, but was refused entry.
In a video posted on Monday, the 40-year-old told her followers they were rejected due to a ‘hygiene rule’.
The family were told that her husband, Kit, and her son, who were wearing boardshorts for their swim, were not dressed appropriately.
“We just got rejected by the local pool. There’s a pool that is right near our Airbnb. We went to go in and they wouldn’t allow Kit to wear swim shorts. No board shorts,” she explains in the video.
Her husband is then heard chiming in, joking his apparel was ‘not revealing enough’.
“They must be skin tight and hugging the genitalia to allow you into the pool,” Kit joked.
“These are too conservative apparently.” he continued, showing his striped boardshorts.
“I don’t know about being too conservative but that’s the rule, so just be warned, maybe pack some of those,” Lauren said.
“They have a vending machine there where we can buy them”.
Lauren goes on to explain that her young son was also wearing boardshorts and was also not allowed to swim.
“It was just the boys, the girls could wear whatever, but the boys had to wear the speedos,” she elaborated.
The influencer further elaborated in her caption alongside the video: “Pack your budgie smugglers if you’re heading to France. We looked up why this is the rule, it’s due to hygiene reasons.
“Apparently board shorts are worn outside and in other public places whereas swimmers are only worn at the pool, therefore more hygienic.”
She continued: “It’s also been the French tradition for years, so I can respect that! Totally going to get Kit some Euro shorts this week before we attempt the pool again.
She then asks her followers: “Did you know this about France?”
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