I’m sorry our beaches are too white, wide and sandy

Living in paradise can be hard. In fact it should be wretched, unwholesome and downright dangerous according to a list of recent complaints by not-so-intrepid British tourists. Research compiled by the Association of British Travel Agents [ABTA] and Thomas Cook, have done nothing to dispel the whingeing Pom cliche. Here are some of my favorite ‘complaints’ British travelers made:

• I was bitten by a mosquito — no one said they could bite. 
• We had to queue outside with no air-conditioning.
• I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts
• Some British tourists found their Aussie holidays were spoiled because 
  • The beach was too sandy
  • The beaches were too wide
  • No one told us there would be fish in the sea; the children were startled
  • We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white.

• We booked an excursion to a water park but no one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels.
• We bought Ray-Ban sunglasses for five euros ($9) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake.
• My fiance 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
• No hairdressers at the accommodation.” We’re trainee hairdressers — will we be OK staying here?
• 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.

However, although Australia and India are devastatingly dreadful places to sojourn…Spain is even worse

• There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners.
• 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.
• One disgruntled wife declared that topless sunbathing should be banned because her “holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women”.

If you ask me – the problem with Europe is that there are not enough castles…

 

Source: WA Today

Reference: Association for British Travel Agents – Thomas Cook