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I read about this article on sandbetweentoes.wordpress.com and I laughed so much that my cat left the room. So I asked laurahartson if I could share it at my blog, so that you all could have a good laugh and maybe recognize some stupid comments you’ve heard on your trips. I dont think so, though, these were quite exceptional.
So I was browsing througth Twitter today and I found this article from Wanderlust magazine. It really made me laugh and I thought I would share it with you to perk up your Mondays and see what nutters are lurking around the next corner. I love the sandy beach one, but I think my personal favourite is the last.
Read, and enjoy!
(http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/news/20-astonishing-holiday-complaints-thomas-cook-abta)
20 astonishing holiday complaints
5th September 2011
Presented to you, for your entertainment and pleasure – 20 of the most outrageous, ridiculous and stupid travel complaints made to tour operators
A recent survey from Thomas Cook and ABTA reveals 20 of the most ridiculous complaints by holiday-makers made to their travel agent.
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 over looking 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 five Euros from a street trader, only to find out they were fake.”
12. “No-one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled.”
13. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home.”
14. “I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends’ three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller..”
15. “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the accommodation’. We’re trainee hairdressers – will we be OK staying there?”
16. “There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners now live abroad.”
17. “We had to queue outside with no air conditioning.”
18. “It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”
19. “I was bitten by a mosquito, no-one said they could bite.”
20. “My fiancé 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.”
Kjell said:
Ha ha, funny!
ellengry said:
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Marc said:
My favorite is the sandy beach! Great blogg, Ellen!
ellengry said:
Thank you, Marc, thats always nice to hear. Too much sand on the beach,,, yeah,,, LOL
Nina said:
Is this for real. How stupid can one be? Dont go to India if you can’t stand spicy food, stay home!
ellengry said:
I think they are true, all of them, it’s a lot of strange people out there. And thats good,, they are there to entertain the rest of us, I think. I feel sorry for the receptionists at the hotels, though. 🙂
Christiane Webster said:
I share your favorite, EllenGry, great article! 🙂
ellengry said:
Thanks Christiane, it’s always nice to hear. Thanks for reading my blog 🙂
Sandy said:
The beach was to sandy, I should have been there. And everyone knows that white sand is the best, the yellow is a rip off…. LOL
ellengry said:
🙂 I agree.
A Foreigner in Italy said:
I love no 16. “There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners now live abroad.” (My guess is that they went to Spain….. ) I really don’t see the point in travelling abroad if you have an attitude like this.
My advice to people like these would be to stay at home, preferably indoors where there are no foreigners…
However, the complaints made me laugh.
ellengry said:
Yeah, I agree with you. I’ve posted a new article today about tourists… It’s not that I dont like them, only the ones who are miserables and should stay at home! But then again, they are entertaining for the rest of us… Best regards