According to research reported in The Sun newspaper in the last few days, as a nation, we are no strangers to a holiday from hell. The opening paragraph suggests that more than half of us suffer from illness on holiday or accident abroad. Thankfully, sunburn seems to be a significant ailment, so once you remove that, I'm sure the figures aren't quite so bad.

One thing is for sure, the reports of problems with dirty swimming pools and food poisoning on holiday aren't exagerrated. We often hear from people who have had their holiday ruined and are looking to make holiday compensation claims as a result. Gladly, it's not the type of numbers suggested in the article otherwise we would probably go off holidays quite quickly.

According to the Office for National Statistics, we still cherish our trips abroad and there were nearly 55 million visits abroad by UK residents last year. Bearing in mind that the same agency suggests that the population of the UK is not quite 62 million, then that's a lot of travel.

Getting back to the Holidays from Hell article in The Sun, it also offers some sensible and straightforward advice about how to avoid illness abroad and food poisioning. It's not complicated and include tips like, avoid ice in drinks and only eat hot (not reheated) food.

Compensation after a holiday from hell

The same article suggests that 1 in 20 holidaymakers return with a sexualy transmitted disease. Whilst we can't help you with that, if you were ill or suffered an accident as a result of the negligence of your holiday company or someone else, then we can advise you free and can probably offer a no win, no fee option. Why not call today to find out? If in the meantime you want to see what other holiday problems you need to avoid, click here for the Sun article.