Survey Reveals Funny Complaints Made by UK Tourists
We Brits are fond of our holidays, an experience that for some is improved by a jolly good whinge. But as a recent survey by travel sites justheflight.co.uk and bonvoyage.uk revealed, we don't always need a good reason. What follows is a number of amusing complaints made by UK holidaymakers.
Some of these would leave insult-ready Basil Fawlty, the infamous Torquay hotelier, completely speechless...
One holidaymaker was disheartened by the negative attitude of the zoo animals they went to see: "The animals at the zoo looked very sad and it made our children cry. Can't they train them to smile?"
Another holidaymaker struggled with navigation on their overseas break: "The street signs weren't in English. I don't understand how anyone can get around."
One vertigo sufferer was in for a nasty surprise during a balloon ride: "There was no sign telling you that you shouldn't get on the hot air balloon ride if you're afraid of heights."
A visitor to Disneyworld complained that the resort was "too touristy" for his liking.
"I spent a whole week on safari, and didn't see any good animals. There was only a load of antelopes," said one disappointed adventurer.
Another holidaymaker seemed to have missed a few key geography classes while at school: "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."
One man took a summer cruise to Alaska and found to his disappointment that the weather was on the cold side.
A lady took to the seas with Celebrity Cruises, but requested a full refund after she failed to spot a single celebrity on board. She claimed it was "false advertising".
Other classic complaints and concerns from similar surveys include:
"The beach was too sandy."
"It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England - it only took the Americans three hours to get home."
"The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation'. We're trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying here?
"I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."
But perhaps the most justifiable of all these complaints was as follows: "I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."
Biscuit cover not included
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