Day 1 of holiday. Hell.

Me neither. But I am extremely fussy about where we go. I research the holiday with a fine toothed comb before I even think about booking

Can safely say I've never experienced that.
This is so utterly bizarre.

Stay in somewhere self catering and eat out.
That's what we always do. We earn a lot less than you do. But I would never go on an all inclusive holiday . We like experiencing different food in different restaurants and food cooked freshly not the leftovers from last night's dinner for breakfast or lunch.

How can it be shite if the PortSalutSherryHello enjoyed it?

its the fact that they changed the towels every evening at dinner time rather than when they were cleaning the room in the morning. It makes no sense. I also didn’t want to say in case i am misremembering but there were no DND signs available. There was quite a lot of stupid things I remember being unhappy about in the Ikos odissia in spite of the amazing restaurants and most beautiful beaches.

Omg! 😬🫣

Definitely use the DND sign in future whenever you are in the room!!

Compound

Fucking lol. Just utterly bizarre.

I don’t pigeon hole them, they all group together in their compound / hotel or ship and by doing so pigeon hole themselves @PortSalutSherryHello

Why? How would you know what holidays I go on? Why would you think you can pigeon hole someone based on a holiday they've been on?
That's what I don't get.

@PortSalutSherryHello because I don’t like aI or cruises.
its just not a holiday to me.. I think they are shite!
you would think my holidays are shite!

Maybe @gilesday has started having a lovely time on holiday.

I think I am a snob, however, I do try to have an open mind as some of the best people I meet on holiday are those who I wouldn't necessarily socialize with at home

Same bar, 9 different restaurants.

But why the need to call other people's holidays shite? Why? It's just so weird.

Um no that was different holidays. Can you not read? Literally what is wrong with you?

@PortSalutSherryHelloso you went to the same bar every evening and sat on a balcony?
sounds absolutely shite!

I know, some people are very small minded. Ah well, it means I'm unlikely to encounter them on my holiday so that's fine! We had an amazing AI hotel in Turkey, Barut B Suites. Big apartments, lovely food & drink and own private space on the beach so no fighting for sunbeds!

I love an all inclusive for a week once or twice a year. I like to go an excursion/sightsee every other day and then have dinner out the inbetween day. I have a nice little routine, I enjoy many other types of holiday too.
Household income is three times OP’s and I’m not opposed to Tui.

You know any evening entertainment is optional right?

I just don't get this sneering attitude. It's so weird. It's like saying 'we would never do self catering. Urgh all that having to stay in someone else's dirty house and having all those rules to follow'.

It's just so weird and it's truly an MN thing. This abject horror, the 'i couldn't last two minutes' - what on a beach?!

The last AI we went to before we had a piano bar so DH and I went ever evening before dinner with a cocktail. You know in a glass with actual proper spirits in etc. last one we did with kids we had a lovely balcony overlooking the beach so we sat there after they'd gone to bed and played cards.

Both of them have an exclusive range.

We tend to spend quite a bit of time relaxing in our accommodation. Hence going for a villa or nice apartment. We only use hotels for short breaks.

I wouldn't think to put do not disturb sign on in evening time before dinner . He walked in by unlocked my locked hotel door opened the closed bathroom door and walked right in. I was actually on the loo at the time. I said shower as it seemed more dignified. I made sure it didn't happen again! Their housekeeping was generally very poor given the amazing eds of the rest of it b

Some people on mumsnet seem to make a right song and dance about holidays. My tried and tested formula is - decide on location, research hotel/apartment, book hotel/apartment. Done. I don't expect a hotel to be much more than place to sleep and wash though. So I suppose that is easier. My key criteria are - walkable from the main sights, private bathroom, clean. That is it.

@KaleCalewe do the same 😀

AI is just a hotel offering all inclusive. I've stayed in some lovely ones. In fact I can't think of a bad one we've stayed in! Quite often too you can easily find a quieter area away from the entertainment and enjoy the drinks, quite often again with waiter service. Never had a problem with other guests either. You shouldn't be so judgmental

I take snobbery to the next level. When I find a hotel I like, I check that Tui and jet2 etc don’t use it…

We went to a 5* AI in Greece in School holidays and it was fabulous. There were plenty of sunbeds, it was right on the beach and the food was fabulous. And I have never been anywhere so clean.

I have stayed in several AI and not one has had a barbed wire or a watch tower, you were always free to leave to visit other places.