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Post by PeterL on Jul 16, 2011 11:00:31 GMT
OUR PET HATES ON HOLIDAY (THE LIST IS SO LONG IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHY WE BOTHER
ONE of our biggest pet hates on holiday is bumping into other Britons – a fate considered even worse than struggling with foreign currency or having to eat “weird food”. Coming face-to-face with obnoxious or drunken tourists from our own country is guaranteed to spoil a sunshine break, researchers found ` Full storyWhat are your holiday hates?
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Post by lagenda on Jul 19, 2011 2:07:32 GMT
My holiday hate starts at the airport. I hate the common check-in that was introduced in some airports in the UK and elsewhere. The queue for a start is enough to make one turn round and go home. In fact one elderly friend of mine did just that. A couple of years ago I nearly missed my flight for Madeira at Manchester Airport because of the hordes of people in front of me. Many were on flight timed to depart well after my mine but they were in front of me. Thankfully, Singapore Airlines have their own check-in desks so I don’t have to run the gauntlet of the heaving throngs.
Going through immigration is another hate in some countries. Some of the airlines forget to stock up with landing cards, and so there is a rush to find a card and a space to fill it out before you present it at the immigration desk. If they are available on the flight I always ask for two and keep one in reserve. And of course there is the nightmare of the long haul night flight with screaming kids kicking the hell out of the back of your seat and generally being a bloody noisy nuisance. I have to face this next week on a night flight from Singapore to UK. I am dreading it already. There is little pleasure in flight these days unless you can afford to go first or business class.
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