An eventful holiday for the wrong reasons
My nephew has recently come back from a holiday in Tenerife. They had a lovely time most of the time, but there was a few things that went wrong.
He has been on holiday abroad before, with me when he was a teenager, and more recently with his giirlfriend. But this was the first time to be him, his pregnant girlfriend and a one year old son.
Firstly a minor hiccup on the day of departure. His girlfriend suddenly remembered she has a medical condition, something to do with high phosphate levels in the blood. I said I'd call Insure&go and get it added to their policy. Jobworth said, can't do that, you have to cancel then buy new insurance and pick from the list of medical conditions. It wasn't listed, so that was time wasted. emailed new policy to nephew.
Flight went well, got coach transfer to Adeje, walked into hotel reception with luggage, nephew suddenly realised he had left his manbag on the coach. It contained hotel vouchers, their passports, their money and his girlfriends Iphone. The receptionist phoned the transfer company and they contacted the driver who had seen the bag and kept it safe. Nephew had to take taxi to the airport to collect it. 50 Euros each way.
A few days before the end of the holiday his girlfirend got a urine infection similar to what she had with her first baby. So it was off to the hospital. Taxi to them to the nearest private hospital where they asked for 200 Euros before doing anything. They decided to go to the public hospital instead. There he was not allowed to be in the room with his girlfriend and had to wait outside.
On the plane home she still felt unwell and when the plane landed at Gatwick at 23.55 they went straight to their local hospital in Medway. Finally getting home at 4am. But they had to get up again 7am as she had an appointment for a scan.
Anyone else got any holiday stories good or bad?
He has been on holiday abroad before, with me when he was a teenager, and more recently with his giirlfriend. But this was the first time to be him, his pregnant girlfriend and a one year old son.
Firstly a minor hiccup on the day of departure. His girlfriend suddenly remembered she has a medical condition, something to do with high phosphate levels in the blood. I said I'd call Insure&go and get it added to their policy. Jobworth said, can't do that, you have to cancel then buy new insurance and pick from the list of medical conditions. It wasn't listed, so that was time wasted. emailed new policy to nephew.
Flight went well, got coach transfer to Adeje, walked into hotel reception with luggage, nephew suddenly realised he had left his manbag on the coach. It contained hotel vouchers, their passports, their money and his girlfriends Iphone. The receptionist phoned the transfer company and they contacted the driver who had seen the bag and kept it safe. Nephew had to take taxi to the airport to collect it. 50 Euros each way.
A few days before the end of the holiday his girlfirend got a urine infection similar to what she had with her first baby. So it was off to the hospital. Taxi to them to the nearest private hospital where they asked for 200 Euros before doing anything. They decided to go to the public hospital instead. There he was not allowed to be in the room with his girlfriend and had to wait outside.
On the plane home she still felt unwell and when the plane landed at Gatwick at 23.55 they went straight to their local hospital in Medway. Finally getting home at 4am. But they had to get up again 7am as she had an appointment for a scan.
Anyone else got any holiday stories good or bad?
