Best of the worst holiday gripes

11th July 2009

A list of bizarre compensation requests from Poles unhappy with their holidays abroad has been released by Warsaw tourist office.


In pole position among the tourist office’s ‘Best of’ is a complaint from a woman who claims her daughter got pregnant from sperm floating in a swimming pool in Egypt.

Magdalena Kwiatkowska demanded compensation after her 13-year-old daughter returned from a family holiday expecting a baby.

“The mother is adamant that her daughter didn’t meet any boys while she was there,” one travel industry source confirmed.

Other complaints from Egyptian holidays include “Too many Arabs in Egypt”, “Too much sand on the beaches”, “loud moaning” ...