Sunshine, golden sands and great food. We look forward to our holiday all year. But British holidaymakers aren’t always happy with their beach break, griping about everything from beds being “too comfortable” to local women looking too beautiful.
Holiday company sunshine.co.uk has revealed some of the most outrageous gripes.
You need a passport for Dubai?
“…on reaching the checkout at Gatwick, we were told that we would need our passports to fly to Dubai. No one told us this would be the case and we assumed that we would be able to travel hassle-free. We had to re-arrange our flights and this was a horrid start to our holiday…”
Hot sand
“With my two children I went to the beach on the first day of our holiday in Playa Blanca. It was 26ºC and the sun warmed the sand to such an extent that my children could not walk across the beach to swim in the sea. It was truly upsetting for them, especially seeing all the other children who were paddling.”
Weight gain
“Before my holiday, I weighed 12st 9lb. I thought it would be a good idea going all inclusive with you, but there was so much food on the buffet-style meals that I put on 5lbs. I am now 13st and regret the holiday…”
Ogling outrage
“Majorca was alright, but there were so many women in bikinis on the beach that it caused a problem for me. Some were topless. My wife caught me looking at other women on more than one occasion and we argued for at least two days.”
Turkey “too English”
“Looking at the pictures of the Turkish resort on your website, it looked very exotic. The resort did look like the picture, but there were far too many English people around. This took away from the exotic feel. We were quite disappointed and won’t be visiting Marmaris again.”
Comfy bed crisis
“I like to get up early on my holidays and make the most of excursions, walks on the beach, that kind of thing. The hotel was nice, but my bed was too comfy and I overslept on five out of the seven days I was there. I prefer to be up early and making the most of it.”
Prada for nada
“…the man near the beach was selling sunglasses and I saw some Prada ones I liked – he wanted e10 but I got the price down to e4.50. I was pretty chuffed until I found out that they were fakes. Isn’t that illegal? Nobody warned me about this and I can’t wear them now.”
Noisy lovemaking
“…this is quite an uncomfortable subject, but during our trip to Bulgaria we had what can only be described as noisy neighbours in the hotel. They were extremely loud when making love, which happened on more than five nights. I felt pressured into then initiating sex with my own wife, as I didn’t want her to complain about being left out.” – Daily Mail