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British Holidaymakers - Complaints
July 18, 2011
3:57 pm
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beagle1966

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From Thomas Cook Holidays - listing some of the guests' complaints during the season. 

1. "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like Custard Creams or Ginger nuts."

2. "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.

3. "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."

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

5. A tourist at a top African Game Lodge overlooking a water hole who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel inadequate.

6. A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she'd been locked in by staff when in fact, she had mistaken the "DO NOT DISTURB" sign on the back of the door as a warning to remain in the room.

7. "The beach was too sandy."

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

9. A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertently slurping the gravy at the time.

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

11. "We bought Ray-Ban sunglasses for 5 Euros (£3.50) from a street trader only to find they were fake."

12. "No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."

13. "There was no egg slicer in the apartment..."

14. We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish..."

15. "The roads were uneven.."

16. "It took us 9 hours to fly home from Jamaica to England but it only took the Americans 3 hours to get home."

17. "I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."

18. "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation. We are trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying there?"

19. "There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish.

Too many foreigners now live abroad'."

20. "We had to queue outside with no air conditioning.."

21. "It is your duty as a Tour Operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel."

22. "I was bitten by a Mosquito - no-one said they could bite."

23. "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 currently find myself pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked."

They walk amongst us and they Vote!!! Be afraid! Be very very afraid!

July 18, 2011
4:30 pm
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The bit about the elephant is priceless!

July 18, 2011
7:23 pm
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Chuck Slusarczyk Jr.

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"The beach was too sandy???"  Aye yi yi...people really DO complain about everything!  Oh yeah...might as well say: " The water in the ocean was extremely wet, I am most dissatisfied with this so-called resort."

 

While we're at it, let's add a few more to the list!

 

1.)  The sun came up every single morning, and it was just too bright.

2.)  The water had fish in it.  (Oh wait...they actually did say that!)

3.)  The bartender overserved me every single night and now I'm an alcoholic.

4.)  The jungle had too many trees.

5.)  I booked this three day vacation well in advance and spent good money on twelve separate tours, and didn't find the holiday relaxing at all...I demand a full refund.

 

Add some more...!

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