Expectations always run high and it can be very frustrating if things don’t go quite according to plan. Have a chuckle at some of these extraordinary complaints taken from a list compiled by the Daily Telegraph (source: research done by Thomas Cook and ABTA)….. we’re sure you’ll agree that there are times when you really can’t pin the blame on your hapless holiday provider!!!

“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.”

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

“There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners.”

“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.”

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

Totally transfixed, I couldn’t help but read on and browse through ‘20 stupid questions asked by tourist’ to find gems such as:

“Are there any lakes in the Lake District?”

Or, my personal favourite;

“Why on earth did they build Windsor Castle on the flight path of Heathrow?”

Filed under: Frequently Asked Questions, Travel News, Travel Tips by adam