Travel Troubles – Genuine ‘Complaints’ From The Great Holidaying Public

‘I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends’ three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller.’

The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the accommodation’. We’re trainee hairdressers – will we be OK staying here?’

‘I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.’

‘We booked an excursion to a water park but no one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels.’

‘We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white.’

‘We bought ‘Ray-Ban’ sunglasses for five euros (£3.50) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake.’

‘There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners.’

‘It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.’

‘We had to queue outside with no air conditioning. and There’s no air conditioning outside’

‘I was bitten by a mosquito – no one said they could bite’

‘My fiance and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked’

‘It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during “siesta” time – this should be banned’

‘On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food at all’

‘The beach was too sandy.’

‘Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women.’

‘No one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled.’

‘It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It only took the Americans three hours to get home’