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Written by Journey Into Africa   
Monday, 23 May 2011 10:48

Boat Trip in KnysnaThe travel industry worldwide is bound to receive some hillarious complaints and we just thought that we would share some of these with you. We would like to re-iterate that these are not complaints that we at Journey Into Africa have received for our South African Safaris or any of our tours but they have been known to come through to other tour operators and travel agents in the industry. Enjoy!!!.

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

"It's lazy of the local shopkeeper to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time - this should be banned."

  • "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."
  • "We booked an excursion to a water park but no-one told us that we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels."
  • A tourist at a top African game lodge over looking a water hole, who spotted a visibly aroused elephant, complained that the sight of this rampant beast ruined his honeymoon by making him feel "inadequate."
  • A woman threatened to call police after claiming that she'd been locked in by staff. When in fact, she had mistaken the "do not disturb" sign on the back of her door as warning to remain in the room.
  • "The beach was too sandy."
  • "We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white."
  • A guest at a Novotel in Australia complained his soup was too thick and strong. He was inadvertantly slurping the gravy at the time.
  • "Topless sunbathing on the beach should be banned. The holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women."
  • "We bought 'Ray-Ban' sunglasses for five Euro's from a street trader, only to find that they were fake."
  • "No one told us there would be fish in the sea. The children were startled."
  • "There was no egg slicer in the apartment."
  • "We went on holiday to Spain and had a problem with the taxi drivers as they were all Spanish."
  • "The roads were uneven."
  • "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England and it only took the Americans three hours to get home."
  • "I compared the size of our one-bedroom apartment to our friends' three-bedroom apartment and ours was significantly smaller."
  • "The brochure stated: 'No hairdressers at the accommodation'. We're trainee hairdressers - will we be OK staying there?"
  • "There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish... Too many foreigners, now live abroad".
  • "We had to queue outside with no air conditioning."
  • "It is your duty as a tour operator to advise us of noisy and unruly guests before we travel."
  • "I was bitten by a mosquito, no-one said they could bite."
  • "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. This would not have happened if you had put us in a room that we booked." 

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What our guests have to say...

This was the trip of a lifetime for us. We have not a single complaint and if we could go again - which I hope we can - we will definitely travel with Journey Into Africa.

Allard Family
USA
KNP03 - 4 Day Kruger National Park Safari
04-07 October 2010

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