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  • These Are Actual Holiday Complaints

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    THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY “THOMAS COOK VACATIONS” FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:

    1. “They should not allow topless sunbathing on the beach. It was very distracting for my husband who just wanted to relax.”
    2. “On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food.”
    3. “We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish.”
    4. “We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our own swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price.”
    5. “The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room.”
    6. “We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow.”
    7. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallartato close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during ‘siesta’ time — this should be banned.”
    8. “No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared.”
    9. “Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers.”
    10. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.”
    11. “The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guide book during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun.”
    12. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair.”
    13. “I compared the size of our one-bedroom suite to our friends’ three-bedroom and ours was significantly smaller.”
    14. “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the resort.’ We’re trainee hairdressers and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service.”
    15. “When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners.”
    16. “We had to line up outside to catch the boat and there was no air-conditioning.”
    17. “It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”
    18. “I was bitten by a mosquito. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes.”
    19. “My fiancée and I requested twin-beds when we booked, but instead we were placed in a room with a king bed. We now hold you responsible and want to be re-reimbursed for the fact that I became pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.”

    Source: Peter Dickinson

  • Parents Beware When On Holiday

    A 7 year old girl has been left with horrific scars after suffering chemical burns from a temporary henna tattoo!

    She was on holiday with her family in Egypt when she was treated to the black henna design on her forearm. But shortly arriving home, the seven-year-old complained the pattern was itchy.

    The pretty swirls soon erupted in a series of painful blisters, which had to be cut off by medics at a specialist burns unit, leaving the girl with permanent scarring.

    Black henna tattoos have become fashionable as a temporary, but realistic looking, form of body art. A chemical called paraphenylenediamine (PPD), is added to henna to make the tattoos darker and increase their lifespan. While PPD is present in many products, such as hair dye, it is usually used in very small doses. The addition of PPD into henna can cause chemical burns and lead to allergic reactions. In extreme cases, black henna tattoos can lead to swelling, blistering and permanent scarring of the skin. Black henna tattoos can also increase sensitivity to PPD, meaning you could have a serious allergic reaction to legal hair dyes.

     

  • The Cold Hard Truth About Disney Holidays

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    What I am about to give y’all is free advice that I should be paid a lot of money for but I’ve decided to educate all future dads, current dads, and grandpas for free. After the last week I feel it’s my duty to help others before they plunge into the Disney mission. Every one will call it the Disney experience but trust me it’s more like a mission.

    Let’s start by when your wife and kids bring up going to Disney World the first thing you do is convince them that it has burned down and is no longer in existence. If that doesn’t work you should have time to follow my steps bc they will plan this for along time.

    First thing you do is enroll in the navy seal training program. You will learn many skills needed for you to survive your Disney mission, such as being able to keep your cool under extreme pressure. Little to no sleep for long periods of time and being hot, cold,and wet all minutes apart.

    You will learn how to not use the bathroom for hours at a time and be stealthy sneaking in and out of lines by not being detected to alert the others around you. You will learn how to be hungry and thirsty with no time to eat or drink for fear of missing your next objective.

    U will also be in shape so you can walk in circles for miles and miles each day which may or may not require you to sprint at high speeds for short distances. All the skills at navy seals training will be needed. Do not take this lightly.

    Rusty and I did not get pointers before we went through this mission and almost didn’t make it home. Some vocabulary words that u should get comfortable with are fast pass, quick service, snack credit, table service, wait time. Also sharpen up on your map reading skills and be ready to make quick and accurate deviations bc sometimes you will be seconds away from being too late.

    Be ready to get up early and go to bed very late. Don’t be fooled this is not a vacation. You will be excited to go home and back to work. Before you head out on your Disney mission get out your stroller and practice folding it up and unfolding it up. If you can’t do it 3 times in under a minute you aren’t ready keep practicing. Also you will have to remember where you park the damn stroller 20 times a day and it will always be in a stupid spot and if u park it in a spot that’s convenient they will go move it to a dumb spot so you will have to search for it.

    You will have to find it quick bc you won’t have much time to get to your next ride. You will need to be able to stand for hours and hours and if you get lucky to sit down it will be a hard surface with no padding but don’t worry you will only get to sit for a couple of seconds bc you will have to get somewhere very soon. Don’t expect to sit down and eat and relax either bc you will need to eat fast so you can get to your next event.

    Miles adapted and started swallowing his food whole to make up time. Early in the morning is the most important part of the day. Be prepared to get up 3 hours before the rides start and get on the bus. It’s important to be at the front of the start line and haul ass to the most popular rides before the rest of the crowd gets there Be able to run while steering around many others while pushing your stroller while being yelled at to hurry.

    All skills you should acquire at seal training. Always be prepared to stop and take a picture but be able to do it fast bc you don’t have much time. If you think your tired slap yourself and push on Also no matter what your wife makes you wear t-shirt wise trust me you will not be the goofiest looking family there.

    Trust me you will see some goofy families wearing matching shirts that will make your own look awesome so don’t fret about the shirt thing. That’s the least thing to be concerned about. The last advice I will give you is get a second job months before you deploy such as be a drug dealer bc your gonna need some extra money bc a donut cost 5 bucks and a coke is 4 bucks. If you think your gonna get a beer to knock the edge off so you make it through the day they cost 8 bucks so the salary of a drug dealer is needed to support the mission financially. Follow these pointers and maybe you to will make it through a 7 day Disney mission.

    Credit Dustin Mueller

  • The Things A Mother Gives Up Would Leave Most People Empty

    The things a mother gives up would leave most people empty – but as mothers we hold ourselves high. We do our jobs, and we do it good! It’s never-ending hours and requirements most would rather pass on.

    – No sick days

    – No calling in

    – No personal days

    – No vacations

    – No privacy

    – No alone time

    – No personal space

    – No quitting

    – No sleep

    – No putting yourself first

    – No stopping

    Yeah, it’s a lot of no’s…

    Why do you do it then, you ask?

    Because. – Because, you are their mother. You gave birth to the most precious beings in your life. Because you have loved them before you knew them. Because you would give your life for them. Because the smiles and unconditional love you receive is more than any sacrifice you have ever made.

    Sure, it’s hard. Yeah, it has its days when you want to give up. When you want to cry your eyes out and run away. But you made a promise to care and love for these little beings. And damn it, that’s something you take very seriously!

    You are a mother, and no matter the struggles and self-doubt… You have one hell of a job, and you do it well!

    Keep it up Queen 👸

    Written by – Kendra Myler

  • Hilarious Holiday Complaints Which Will Make You Laugh

    THESE ARE ACTUAL COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY “THOMAS COOK VACATIONS” FROM DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS:

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

    2. “On my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don’t like spicy food.”

    3. “We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish.”

    4. “We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us we had to bring our own swimsuits and towels. We assumed it would be included in the price.”

    5. “The beach was too sandy. We had to clean everything when we returned to our room.”

    6. “We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as white but it was more yellow.”

    7. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallartato close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during ‘siesta’ time — this should be banned.”

    8. “No-one told us there would be fish in the water. The children were scared.”

    9. “Although the brochure said that there was a fully equipped kitchen, there was no egg-slicer in the drawers.”

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

    11. “The roads were uneven and bumpy, so we could not read the local guide book during the bus ride to the resort. Because of this, we were unaware of many things that would have made our holiday more fun.”

    12. “It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England. It took the Americans only three hours to get home. This seems unfair.”

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

    14. “The brochure stated: ‘No hairdressers at the resort.’ We’re trainee hairdressers and we think they knew and made us wait longer for service.”

    15. “When we were in Spain, there were too many Spanish people there. The receptionist spoke Spanish, the food was Spanish. No one told us that there would be so many foreigners.”

    16. “We had to line up outside to catch the boat and there was no air-conditioning.”

    17. “It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy or unruly guests before we travel.”

    18. “I was bitten by a mosquito. The brochure did not mention mosquitoes.”

    19. “My fiancée and I requested twin-beds when we booked, but instead we were placed in a room with a king bed. We now hold you responsible and want to be re-reimbursed for the fact that I became pregnant. This would not have happened if you had put us in the room that we booked.”

  • Allow Families To Have A Holiday During Term Time

    Carol Costa has created a petition which we felt we just could not share.

    Allow parents to take children out of school for 1 week a year during term time

    I’m fed up of being over charged for a family holiday during the school holidays. It’s unfair that families pay an inflated holiday cost just because it is the school holidays. This needs to be combatted to allow hard working families to be able to afford to take their children away.

    As a mum of three, I understand the importance of education and how instrumental our children’s attendance is to their successful progression but quality family time is also important.

    Many families can simply not afford to go away during the school holidays.

    We need to allow hard working parents to enjoy their children on a weeks holiday when they choose, once a year at a price that isn’t inflated. The only way this is achievable is during term time when prices go down dramatically

    Please take a minute to sign this petition https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231928

  • Easy Way To Get Free Cinema Tickets And Pizza

    Vicky Marshall has posted an amazing summer holiday hack that could save you a heap of cash and keep the kids entertained and fed, Marshall uploaded her post on Sunday night to her personal Facebook page and it has been shared over ten thousand times.

    Marshall said “Little heads up for people struggling in the 6 week hols, if ya buy a single days travel insurance for £1.08 on compare the market you get the free cinema codes for a year!! So that’s two people in the cinema for £4.99!! And they also now do bogof (buy one get one free) on restaurants so you can use that in pizza hut also for the year!! Cheap day out for you and the kids! Pizza and cinema!!! Thank me later 😎😎”.

    Since it was uploaded on Sunday thousands of people have commented that they have done it, some saying they had to pay £4.99 but still worth it.

    Hope we have helped to make your summer holidays slightly cheaper, if you have any money saving tips or life hacks you think our readers would be interested in let us know in the comments section or send us an email to mumsadviceltd@outlook.com

  • Don’t Go On Holiday If You Don’t Look Good

    Charmaine Steady has received death threats after her controversial and damn right rude post on Facebook, she has since deleted her account.

    Steady wrote “Please for the love of all things beautiful think before you go on holiday, don’t go if you don’t look good.

    We all enjoy going somewhere hot and sunny and spending our time frolicking in the pool or relaxing in the sun lounger and taking in the beautiful scenery of another country.

    Now while we love seeing the sights what I don’t appreciate is seeing fat thighs, bulging stomachs, hair sticking out of the side of bikinis or full on hairy badger armpits.

    That’s just the bleeding woman, men shave your down stairs, put bloody swimming shorts and bin the tight speedos, no one wants to see the shape of your shrivelled cock and saggy balls.

    We are all on holiday to enjoy ourselves, we plan for it, we prepare ourselves, I actually diet for months before I go, I work out, I tan, I have a full body wax, I’m not saying you can stop being a beached whale well you could if you really wanted to but you can buy swim wear that covers a lot of it, it’s really not that pricey, razors cost as little as a quid, but don’t ruin my special vacation by me having to see the ugly sights, taking photographs and having the permanent reminder of how little you care about your appearance .

    Being in holiday is meant to be enjoyable for all, don’t let your standards slip just because you’re in a foreign country”.

    Do you think people should make more of an effort on their appreance before a big holiday? Does it really matter how others dress or look? What are your thoughts on Charmaine Steady post?

  • Grief Stricken Mothers Warning About Swimming Pools

    One grief-stricken mother recently contact Mums advice and pleaded with us to raise awareness of swimming pools and the risks involved when in local pools or whilst on holiday.

    Now you may be thinking her child had passed away by drowning but this mums story shocked me to the core and we just had to share.

    The mum wishes to remain anonymous but she explained her 12-year-old daughter who was a very confident swimming and was never far from her side, died whilst on holiday in Egypt last year due to the vacuum effect in the swimming pools drain.

    The drain is powerful enough to hold swimmers, especially young children or light weight adults to the bottom of the pool. Contact between human skin and a flat pool drain can create a huge suction equal to hundreds of pounds of pressure.

    In this horrific instance, four adult men were unable to pull this young teenager from the grasp of the deadly drain which ripped out her small intestines as the poor girl and the men struggled to pull her free, by the time the hotel had turned the pump off it was already to late for this girl.

    Swimmers can die from drowning or evisceration by these pool drains.

    The grief-stricken mother wants to warn all parents to advice their children to steer clear of these filters and to be extra careful when going under water or sitting on the pools floor or using hot tubs especially when on holiday as some countries don’t comply with safety regulations and are putting holiday makers at grave risk.

    The mum said that the loss of her daughter has been unbearable to live with but hopes that by sharing her daughters story she may prevent another tragedy happening and stop another family from losing an innocent child or loved one.

     

  • Ryanair Are Changing The Luggage Rules!

    From 15th January Ryanair are changing the rules for hand luggage.

    Most airlines allow one small hand bag plus one small suitcase which you are able to take on to the plane with you.

    However, Ryanair are the first to buck this trend and are now insisting that all suitcases or large bags are to be placed in the hold.  This is at no extra cost to the customer, as long as they fit within Ryanairs size guidelines for hand luggage.

    Ryanair currently allows you to carry two items of hand luggage on board.

    You will, from 15th January, be able to take a small bag on to the plane with you – such as a handbag or laptop bag, with a max size of 35cm x 20cm x 20cm but with no weight restriction.

    However, all larger bags – upto 55cm x 40cm x 20cm with a 10kg weight limit must be placed in the hold, but without any added cost.

    How do these changes effect you?

    Would it make you rethink travelling with Ryanair in the future?

    Let’s us know in the comments.