Category: Holiday Truths

There are certain universal, undeniable facts about holidays – holiday truths we call them. Whether it’s annoying aspects of airports, bad beach behaviour or adverse accommodation antics, holidays truths are unavoidable. Take a look and see how many of them you recognise..

Holiday Truths – Top Four Beach Changers

Today we’re going to take a look at one of the most amusing and yet one of the most common of all holiday truths.
Imagine the picture.  It’s the first day of your holiday in the sun and you’re lying on the beach.  You look up from your book at the people around you.  You are [… Read More]

Sunday December 13th, 2009 in Holiday Truths | No Comments »

Holiday Truths – Half-Way Syndrome

I want to tell you the story of another one of those holiday truths, one that will be all too familiar to many readers – and how I finally beat it..
“dream days lived in another place”
As children, we always went away for one week, to Wales.  This meant a day’s travelling at either end, on [… Read More]

Tuesday December 1st, 2009 in Holiday Truths | No Comments »

Holiday Truths – Queue Jumping at Check-in

I wouldn’t mind betting that a little frown crossed your pretty mug even as you looked at the title of this article, because, let’s face it, we’ve all been there..
Queue jumping at check-in has to be one of the oldest holiday truths of all – as old as the package holiday itself.  But actually, common [… Read More]

Monday November 30th, 2009 in Holiday Truths | No Comments »

Holiday Truths – In-Flight Armchair Tactics

Have you ever found yourself sitting next to someone on a plane who just has to fully occupy BOTH of the armrests?  It’s one of the most well-known of holiday truths.  If you are really unlucky, you can end up with these armrest scroungers on BOTH sides of you, leaving you with nowhere to rest [… Read More]

Sunday November 29th, 2009 in Holiday Truths | No Comments »