Would you notify the travel company if you had D&V immediately on returning home?

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Not looking for compo or anything like that. Just wondering if we should report it to them for public health reasons as likely was picked up at the hotel.

I think that's unlikely if it happened after you returned home as you would usually see symptoms within hours of eating whatever caused it. It was more likely to be something you ate at the airport or when you got in.

We ate nothing in the airport or when we got in. The last thing we had to eat was dinner in the hotel before we left for the airport.

D&V started about an hour after getting off the flight.

In fact we'd eaten nowhere else but the hotel for a week.

But the air on an aeroplane is recirculated a d noro virus only take 10 or so particles to infect you. So if a previous passenger on a flight before your had norovirus it's probably from
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How long was your flight?

You could also have caught it at the airport or on the plane. D&V is not just caught by eating contaminated food, it can also be caught from touching a surface (and then touching your face/picking up food) that someone else touched after not washing their hands properly or even airborne in some cases.

Even when you catch D&V at a hotel it’s not always due to the hotel having poor hygiene, it can be from other guests not being careful when they are sick.

Ok so no one has actually answered the question.

The whole trip was through jet2 so letting them know would cover both the hotel and the flight.

No, I wouldn’t

And I'm leaning towards food poisoning because the two of us who have D&V ate the same thing for dinner at the hotel and the two that are fine had something different.

An hour after getting off the plane seems pretty early to start vomiting if exposure was on the plane.

I think food poisoning usually takes 6-24 hours to have symptoms so most likely to have come from eating something on holiday.
I would mention it to the travel company

Novovirus symptoms appear 12-48 hours after being infected, so one hour after getting off a short-haul flight makes exposure on the plane unlikely.

The fact that those who ate one particular dish are ill while those who didn't are well strongly suggests food poisoning.

And I would tell the tour operator.

You seem like you want to tell them, so just do it? Wouldn’t cross my mind unless I was dying of salmonella or something truly awful

I think having D&V, out both ends simultaneously for days is pretty bad no? Could kill an elderly person.

No! When we travel, we are exposed to all sorts of different flora and fauna, and some may upset our digestive systems. It's just part of travel - and plenty of people get it coming in to the UK from other countries. Please don't waste everyone's time by making a fuss about something both common and trivial.

Really? If you went to a restaurant and thought they'd given you food poisoning you'd do nothing?

If the concern is that this may affect others, call the restaurant direct and cut out the middle man. They can address things more quickly then. You can’t be certain when and if the travel company would contact them.

No of course not

Just tell them if you want to 🤷🏼‍♀️

Food poisoning is a notifiable disease in the UK. Because it needs to be investigated and to be prevented in future if possible.

I live in South Wales, where we remember the E. coli outbreak in 2005 and the little boy who died.

A responsible travel company would want to check a hotel, for the reasons above.

Absolutely not the case. Campylobacter which is one of the most common food poisoning organism can take up to 10 days, altho is commonly 2-5, salmonella is 2-3 days, e coil commonly 3-4 days, but can be up to about 14, even norovirus is usually 24-48 hours.

OP, I used to investigate food poisoning in a job, amd if Imwere you, I’d notify Jet2.

Hope you’re over it quickly

Not at all.

Yes, it would be a good idea to notify the travel company. Even if you're not seeking compensation, reporting it could help them monitor potential health issues at the hotel and take action if necessary. It might prevent others from getting sick, so it's beneficial for public health reasons.

I have. This thread helped me make up my mind so has served its purpose. HTH

You weren't in Crete? There seems to be a big gastroenteritis outbreak in Chania.