To think the family in the On The Beach advert

[Kinnorafron]

Are ill-mannered Oafs? The woman carelessly flinging her flip flop so it hits a stranger, the boy child showing obvious pleasure at the girl's ice cream misfortune?
All it says to me is try to avoid anywhere frequented by people who have booked via this outfit as they will be obnoxious.

They look feral

OMG the snobbery on here. I suppose everyone on here's children would give their little sister their ice-creams. I think it's a funny advert in the same way as I think Benidorm was funny.
Airport lounges are over rated too, but people seem to think they are something special if they use them.

I actual booked with On the Beach during the Icelandic volcanic ash incident in 2010 and they were very good. We had to move hotels but they put us up in the Hilton for an extra four days all inclusive. I haven't booked again with them since as I've not really had opportunity but would definitely use them again for this reason.

Whereas I do recommend on the beach. I will say I haven’t seen the advert you are talking about… but during Covid we had two holidays booked with them. Both cancelled. Both refunded with no issues what so ever.

I was just thinking this last night, I tend to "do" something during adverts but I'm not feeling well at the moment so last night I watched this advert and thought how vile they were. Not sure who thought it was a good idea.

The boy reminds me of Dudley Dursley!

The use of a Christmas song for a sunshine holiday ad annoys the shite out of me, too.

But the boy is extremely overweight and the girl is quite overweight. Whenever the advert comes on, DH and i rant about the normalisation of childhood obesity and how damaging it is

God, you must be a laugh a minute at parties.

No ethical company should be using fat children in their advertising because it serves to reinforce the dangerous misconception that childhood obesity is acceptable.

It IS acceptable. Adults and children who are fat as just as acceptable human beings as you are.

What about that ad for plant based burgers that features what I thought was going ot be a public information film about drunken youths wasting ambulance time on nights out in the city? blindsides me every time I see it! Agree there's a few ads out there The Apprentice teams would be proud of!

Whenever I see a crap Tv advert I always think to myself that some smug stale, pale male probably created that piece of shit advert and patted himself on the back.

I have no idea how so many bad adverts are created nowadays.

The most annoying are the perfume ones - Natalie Portman "And what would you do for love?" The Marion Cottilard one with her awful whiney singing over the top. The Go Compare adverts.

The one advert I did really like recently was AirBnb I think with the family as "strangers" and the Ikea ones are normally quite inventive.

Also how the hell did On the Beach go from one of the best adverts I've seen to the worst???

I thought it was a joke and supposed to be like Matilda's family?
He really looks like Danny de Vito!

The Dad looks more like the grandad. His wife is young and attractive, no way would she be with that horror.

The Marion Cotillard Chanel no 5 ad is the only current perfume I actually like.

Im glad its not just me, i hate them all. Smug scumbags

I wonder if this is a real family, the boy and father look very much alike. Anyone know?

Nobody seems to have 'got'it. You are all talking about it and that's what the ad was designed to do. The worse it is.. the more you all talk !

We know how adverts are meant to work. Didn't need to go to the University of marketing to know that. Doesn't mean we have to like them.

Oh yes, how dare I exist as a fat person? I must be reminded by the very "cream" of MN that I am a substandard human who should avoid being seen at all costs. Good job I don't stay in hotels really, you might find it very tiresome having to shove your sunglasses down to give me a glare.

I hate it purely because of ruining a perfectly good Christmas song.

Unlikely

Love the wording, it definately is the best time of the year. It beats Christmas any day does a holiday. I think OTB are asking on their Facebook page what people think?

They will be loving all the attention. All publicity bad or good is good for them.

Ha!
I said I'd never book with them if that was the sort of clientele they are looking to attract.
It's an awful advert, the music is catchy, but I know I will actively avoid them.

My DD8 is exactly the same! It ruins the first two minutes of The Masked Singer for her after every ad break as she finds them so rude and obnoxious. She won’t stop ranting either.

Now this… (still gives me goosebumps)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=c_C6uN-VPI0&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ftravelweekly.co.uk%2F&feature=emb_rel_end