…it was painfully clear that our new guests (Canadian, as it happened) had spent a great deal of money flying halfway around the planet to a destination they knew absolutely nothing about. What did they think they were going to find?
Author Archives: TravelBitch
“The Staff Were Too Friendly”
Resorts and hotels are used to weird complaints. They get them all the time. You don’t want to know. Well, you do, of course, and so do we all — but it’s hell’s own difficult to get anyone to tell.
The Good Guide Guide
If you’d rather stick a fork in your eye than go on a guided tour — of any kind, anywhere — I understand completely. A mediocre guide fills you with misinformation, tap dances when he doesn’t know the answers, and eventually turns mere tedium into slow torture.
No, It Wasn’t the War
So there we have it. It wasn’t war that did all this damage, or an earthquake, or a tsunami. It was sheer arrogance and bloody-mindedness.
Stay Home
You sound like one of those people who’ll spend the whole time asking for gluten-free burritos and vegan chili con carne, brushing your teeth with Sprite and worrying that the hotel maids are stealing your stuff.
Sticky Carpets
…when we step into the shower, we aren’t wondering where those mysterious black footprints came from. We know: they came from walking barefoot on your carpet.