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"You have missed out on Pontins Makes butlins look like 5* luxury " Are they still in existence? I went to one around 40 odd years ago, all i remember about it was the swimming pool being a green swamp and the old couple that shared our dining table... they were nicknamed the vulture squadron... | |||
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"Worst but now funniest in retrospect was a coach trip to France. The coach driver got lost and we ended up on a really rough housing estate. Imagine the French version of Shameless. Three local scallies jumped on the coach "to give directions", basically used the coach as a taxi to take them to where they wanted to be and then jumped off again . We were still lost so the driver had to ring the police. They came and gave us a police escort back to the motorway but then the driver got lost again,drove over a traffic island thing and cracked his oil tank. So we were stranded in the middle of nowhere until they got us a new coach. Finally got to our destination shell shocked! One old pensioner managed to spill hot coffee on his genitals, and the courier was a goth who didn't speak and started crying. You couldn't make it up." Coach holiday.... enough said! | |||
"I've never had a bad one "Can I come on holiday with you then, I have had some awful trips away... | |||
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"Coach trip to the then Soviet Union 1991. Room looked like a prison cell. Turn taps on and smelly dirty water came out. Towels the size of tea towels and rough as sand paper. Sat in darkness, as lightbulb shortage and rotten apples on the table. Flight from Cayman Islands to Cuba in 1995 with Cubanna Airlines: old propellered aircraft with luggage stacked on front empty rows, seats in front you could push over and condensation dripping from the ceiling. All fun experiences! "Oh yes I've flown from Mexico to Cuba back in the day with Ae  ot.Luggage in the aisles and tempramental seat belts, plus that condensation.
As we were taking off my then bf told me Aeot had the worst (best?) stats for crashing ...
So glad to get there in one piece! | |||
"[Removed by poster at 20/04/18 22:44:30]" Won't let me write aero flot for some reason?! | |||
"You have missed out on Pontins Makes butlins look like 5* luxury Are they still in existence? I went to one around 40 odd years ago, all i remember about it was the swimming pool being a green swamp and the old couple that shared our dining table... they were nicknamed the vulture squadron... " Yeah I went to the one in Southport 2 years ago to use as a base cos I was going to a few theme parks down south The accommodation was basic but the shower and fridge etc was brand new and although the wallpaper was antiquated it was clean enough. I can honestly say for a holiday park the entertainment at night was the best I've ever been to. My weans loved it and asked to go the following year. We went again in the Oct and the one in Wales the following year. For an extra wee break between your main holiday for 60 quid canny complain x | |||
"You have missed out on Pontins Makes butlins look like 5* luxury Are they still in existence? I went to one around 40 odd years ago, all i remember about it was the swimming pool being a green swamp and the old couple that shared our dining table... they were nicknamed the vulture squadron... Yeah I went to the one in Southport 2 years ago to use as a base cos I was going to a few theme parks down south The accommodation was basic but the shower and fridge etc was brand new and although the wallpaper was antiquated it was clean enough. I can honestly say for a holiday park the entertainment at night was the best I've ever been to. My weans loved it and asked to go the following year. We went again in the Oct and the one in Wales the following year. For an extra wee break between your main holiday for 60 quid canny complain x" The Southport one gets some horrendous reviews. You must have touched lucky with the room.They do do some bargain breaks | |||
"[Removed by poster at 20/04/18 22:44:30] Won't let me write aero flot for some reason?!" I flew with them 1994. Half the seats had no backs. We were served a ball of beef fat and nothing else for the in-flight meal with a drink that tasted like dental mouth wash in plastic beakers with bite marks round the rim. The aisles were full of live sheep in crates. In our hotel bathroom there wasn't a sink, just a pipe and a pile of rubble. | |||
"You have missed out on Pontins Makes butlins look like 5* luxury Are they still in existence? I went to one around 40 odd years ago, all i remember about it was the swimming pool being a green swamp and the old couple that shared our dining table... they were nicknamed the vulture squadron... Yeah I went to the one in Southport 2 years ago to use as a base cos I was going to a few theme parks down south The accommodation was basic but the shower and fridge etc was brand new and although the wallpaper was antiquated it was clean enough. I can honestly say for a holiday park the entertainment at night was the best I've ever been to. My weans loved it and asked to go the following year. We went again in the Oct and the one in Wales the following year. For an extra wee break between your main holiday for 60 quid canny complain x The Southport one gets some horrendous reviews. You must have touched lucky with the room.They do do some bargain breaks" Uch it's just a bed..wooden floor and a table. The sheets are brand new. Only sleep in it any way. Didn't notice the corners or the cheap curtains. Canny do 5* all the time lol x | |||
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"Coach trip to the then Soviet Union 1991. Room looked like a prison cell. Turn taps on and smelly dirty water came out. Towels the size of tea towels and rough as sand paper. Sat in darkness, as lightbulb shortage and rotten apples on the table. Flight from Cayman Islands to Cuba in 1995 with Cubanna Airlines: old propellered aircraft with luggage stacked on front empty rows, seats in front you could push over and condensation dripping from the ceiling. All fun experiences! "Coach trip again... why do people do that to themselves? | |||
"Coach trip to the then Soviet Union 1991. Room looked like a prison cell. Turn taps on and smelly dirty water came out. Towels the size of tea towels and rough as sand paper. Sat in darkness, as lightbulb shortage and rotten apples on the table. Flight from Cayman Islands to Cuba in 1995 with Cubanna Airlines: old propellered aircraft with luggage stacked on front empty rows, seats in front you could push over and condensation dripping from the ceiling. All fun experiences! "Jeez, you were brave.. In 91, I was in the forces, Russia was seen as the biggest threat around... I was waiting my call for my trip to Russia, as it was I managed to get quite a nice tan in the middle east that year... Either way, I would not have gone on a damned coach! What is it with people and coach holidays? I believe they are not allowed to transport animals to slaughter in the space they give you on a coach holiday.. WHY!!! | |||
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The joys of travelling independently sometimes test what you're made of | |||
"Coach trip to the then Soviet Union 1991. Room looked like a prison cell. Turn taps on and smelly dirty water came out. Towels the size of tea towels and rough as sand paper. Sat in darkness, as lightbulb shortage and rotten apples on the table. Flight from Cayman Islands to Cuba in 1995 with Cubanna Airlines: old propellered aircraft with luggage stacked on front empty rows, seats in front you could push over and condensation dripping from the ceiling. All fun experiences!
Jeez, you were brave..
In 91, I was in the forces, Russia was seen as the biggest threat around...
I was waiting my call for my trip to Russia, as it was I managed to get quite a nice tan in the middle east that year...
Either way, I would not have gone on a damned coach! What is it with people and coach holidays?
I believe they are not allowed to transport animals to slaughter in the space they give you on a coach holiday.. WHY!!!"I (female) was only 22 at the time, travelling from Australia (first time abroad on my own) and had a fascination with the ‘other side’. So to be safe, I took this 18 day tour that began in London, through Europe and eastern block and back through Scandinavia and Low Countries. I’m glad I did it, as at the time, not many Australians I knew had been to some of these places - so it was considered ‘exotic’. I had a good time and met my husband on board. Now that I’m much older, experienced and wiser, I’ll happy travel independently and have done so numerous of times! I agree with you though with coach tours. Even though they can be a great way to briefly and quickly see a country(ies) and takes some of the worries of travelling and language barriers, but they can become quite a pain when waiting for people to keep up with the group and arrive back to the coach on time. Thus reducing time at the next destination. Furthermore, they also have a ‘business’ of sending people to particular ‘shops’, where the operator gets a backhander for sending their passengers there!  | |||
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"Coach trip to the then Soviet Union 1991. Room looked like a prison cell. Turn taps on and smelly dirty water came out. Towels the size of tea towels and rough as sand paper. Sat in darkness, as lightbulb shortage and rotten apples on the table. Flight from Cayman Islands to Cuba in 1995 with Cubanna Airlines: old propellered aircraft with luggage stacked on front empty rows, seats in front you could push over and condensation dripping from the ceiling. All fun experiences!
Oh yes I've flown from Mexico to Cuba back in the day with Aeot.Luggage in the aisles and tempramental seat belts, plus that condensation.
As we were taking off my then bf told me Aeot had the worst (best?) stats for crashing ...
So glad to get there in one piece!"The flight was only an hour thank goodness and we stayed the weekend before flying back. The most memorable memory of landing at Havana airport was seeing the huge multiple murals of Che Guevara on the buildings. We found the Cubans very friendly, got attached to a street boy and glad we went when we did, before it became ‘the’ holiday destination. BTW, Cubanna Airlines isn’t on the EU ‘ban list’. So that’s somewhat reassuring! | |||
"Never had a bad holiday...lots of 'incidents' though, on quite a few holidays. But always managed to turn things around
The joys of travelling independently sometimes test what you're made of "Definitely agree with this. I've been lucky enough to do a whole load of travelling and it's the incidents and crazy stuff that help make the experience. The coach holiday was around 20 years ago when I was poor(just before the budget airlines started doing their One Pound fares, remember them,wow I had fun with those). Me and my mate still laugh about it now, and even at the time some bits of it were comical. "Jesus,I've burnt my Willy!" | |||
"[Removed by poster at 20/04/18 22:44:30] Won't let me write aero flot for some reason?!" Because it has the letter r.o.f.l in it so it turns it into ae ot | |||
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