21 Jun, 2016 @ 16:33
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Hilarious list of British complaints made to travel agents when abroad

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brits abroadA LIST of genuine complaints made by British holidaymakers when abroad has been compiled on the twitter account @HolidayComplain.

From minature golf that was ‘too small’ to sand that was ‘too sandy’, it’s clear some Brits just aren’t getting what they were promised in the brochure.

Here are some of the best:

1) “Spotting the visibly aroused elephant ruined my honeymoon in Thailand by making me feel inadequate.”

2) “The Fanta orange in Spain was a lot more Fanta-y than the Fanta at home.”

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

4) “You said the town was next to a volcano, but we went and there was no lava. I’m pretty sure it was just a mountain.”

5) “No one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled.”

6) “My fiancé and I booked a twin-bedded room but we were placed in a double. I’m now pregnant.”

7) “The bottle of shampoo provided at the hotel was clearly meant for midgets.”

8) “There was a do not disturb sign on the back of my door in my room. I was confused and thought the staff had locked me in.”

9) “The maid who cleaned our room made our towel into a swan shape. I don’t like swans.”

10) “They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax.”

11) “When they said the flight was 11 hours long we didn’t think we’d actually be sitting on an aeroplane for 11 hours.”

12) “The brochure said: No hairdressers at the resort. We’re trainee hairdressers and we think they knew it and made us wait longer for drinks.”

13) “The sand was too sandy.”

14) “The miniature golf was too small.”

15) “Our jug of sangria didn’t have a wide-ranging fruit selection in it.”

16) “We went to Turkey and there was far too many Turkish people for our liking.”

17) “The waiters were too nice so I felt obliged to tip them more and spent far more money than I would have liked.”

18) “The food was so cheap by the time we got home I’d put on half a stone.”

19) “The beach was full of kids making sand castles and noise. It was difficult to concentrate on my book.”

20) “The beans on my Full English definitely weren’t Heinz.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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