20 holiday resorts with food poisoning complaints

Food poisoning and holiday complaints

Most people enjoy fabulous holidays in Egypt, Greece, Cuba, Tunisia, Spain and Turkey, but some have suffered holiday hotel food poisoning and other holiday illnesses, including Norovirus, Salmonella and Shigella, and serious gastroenteritis during their trips.

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One of the most historic locations to visit on holiday is Egypt. Visitors are attracted to this diverse and fascinating country to visit the Pyramids, cruise down the Nile, or experience how the pharaohs lived many years ago. Modern Egypt is still a major tourist attraction, but reports of holiday illness are not uncommon in some of its hotels.

Complaints have included food poisoning, inappropriate behaviour, dirty swimming pools and poor plumbing, and holidays which have received specific complaints in Egypt in 2009 include: The Holiday Village, Sharm El Sheikh, The Sierra Sharm El Sheikh, The Sheraton Sharm Hotel, Sharm El Sheikh, The Jaz Mirabel Beach, Sharm El Sheikh and The Concorde El Salam Hotel, Sharm El Sheikh.

Holiday hotels in Turkey have also received similar complaints, including holiday food poisoning and holiday illness, and include: Club Seray Forest, Marmaris, Sun Maris Beach Hotel, Marmaris and the Holiday Village in Sarigerme, Turkey.

Spain is one of the world´s top tourist destinations, but it still gets its fair share of previous complaints from holidaymakers, including holiday food poisoning outbreaks, Norovirus and Salmonella in some hotels. Complaints in 2009 have been made about the following hotels and holiday complexes in Spain: The Holiday Village, Benalmadena, Costa del Sol, The Holiday Village, C´an Picafort, Majorca, Paradise Island, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, the Paraiso Ten, Benidorm, Costa Blanca, Spain, Bellevue Apartments, Alcudia, Majorca and the Hotel Clumba Mar, C´an Picafort, Majorca.

Tunisia is another popular tourist destination where a number of complaints have been made against holiday hotels in 2009. Complaints range from food poisoning to poor hygiene standards, and hotels which have received complaints include: The Hotel Riviera at Port El Kantaoui, Hotel Neptunia Beach at Skanes, Hotel Sahara Beach, Skanes, Houda Beach & Golf Resort,Skanes, Monastir and The Hotel Marhaba, Sousse.

Greece and the Greek Islands is another holiday hotspot which has seen its fair share of holiday hotel complaints in 2009, including complaints against: The Aghios Gordios Hotel, Corfu.

Holiday hotels in Cuba which have received complaints include: The Melia Las Dunas at Cayo Santa Maria.

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Massive payout for holiday honeymoon hell

A man who contracted a potentially fatal illness on his honeymoon was awarded nearly £300,000 compensation from a holiday company.

Julian Hurley, 50, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, launched a claim against tour operator, First Choice, after he was diagnosed with a form of dysentery called
Shigella while on honeymoon in Venezuela in 2004.

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A poor standard of food was served during the all-inclusive holiday, and it was responsible for Mr Hurley´s illness, which he is still suffering symptoms of 5 years on. The tour operator admitted responsibility and paid Mr Hurley £286,500.Mr Hurley and his wife Jayne booked the package holiday with First Choice Holidays and Flights Limited to the Costa Caribe Hotel for their honeymoon.

The couple said Mr Hurley became ill after eating undercooked food at the all-inclusive resort but was unable to seek medical advice while abroad.

He was admitted immediately to Doncaster Royal Infirmary when he returned to the UK and was treated with intravenous drugs and antibiotics. Mr Hurley still suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue and post-traumatic stress as a legacy of the Shigella infection.

The husband and wife described their experience as "hellish" and said the illness had not only impacted on their relationship but would affect Mr Hurley for the rest of his life.

Mr Hurley said: "When we went to the hotel restaurant I tried a variety of different dishes, which included cooked meats. The food was of an extremely poor standard, a lot of the dishes were undercooked and some of them were almost cold.

"The impact that this hellish holiday has had on our lives has been devastating. I now struggle to walk long distances and find myself getting tired easily. I am still suffering from symptoms to this day and will do for the rest of my life, which has been very difficult to come to terms with.

"I also had to reduce the number of hours I could go to work and, to this day, I have not returned to my pre-holiday working pattern. This has impacted on my relationship with my wife as, instead of me being the main breadwinner, she is. She now has to look after me, rather than the other way around."