New balcony safety warning considered by Foreign Office

The season has only just started in Magaluf on the Balearic island of Majorca.

The large clubs are beginning to open but many of the hotels still aren't full.

Tragic falls have happened in the resort before but three in three weeks is unusual for early May.

Now the Foreign Office is looking into its latest travel advice on balcony safety abroad.

It comes after 23-year-old Charlotte Faris from Stevenage in Hertfordshire fell from the balcony of her third storey room on Saturday (5 May), hours after checking into the hotel with her friend.

Balconing

Alex Almodora works at the hotel and checked them in.

"They were having a joke laughing about something," he said.

"They were nice girls who had been here before.

Alex Almodora checked in the holidaymaker who died at the weekend

"She was not balconing though. That happens here but not this time."

"Balconing" is when people move from room to room outside or jump off balconies into pools.

The Foreign Office already has a warning about it on its website.

It points out that if you are injured from doing it and need to go home, your travel insurance will often not cover the costs.

In April, 20-year-old Adam Atkinson from West Yorkshire died after falling from some stairs at the hotel he'd been staying at with friends.

Days later Benjamin Harper from Twickenham in south-west London died while on a stag do at the four-star Sol Antillas Hotel.

It's thought he'd gone out for a cigarette and fallen over.

Cheap drink

The danger of balconies might seem obvious.

Hotels more than 10 storeys high line the beachfront in Magaluf.

All have balconies, many with young tourists in town for a party.

Club promoters Natasha and Jennifer say people have to be sensible abroad

Twenty-two-year-old Andrew Zaforteza from Scarborough is in his second season as a hotel worker.

"I've seen everything," he said. "I've found people on the roof, bouncing on the car park fence, behind the bar."

He blames the cheap cost of drinks.

"It's watered down in many of the bars. That's how they do it so people just keep drinking stupid amounts."

Out on the town most people we spoke to had heard about the falls but were not surprised.

Natasha Boyd, 21 and Jennifer Melon, 25, are promoters to get people in the clubs.

"Magaluf is all about having a good time and relaxing but you have to be sensible," said Natasha.

"Watch what you're drinking and keep your friends with you.

"I even text my mum when I get in so she knows I'm safe."