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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

 

Sun, sea and a nice cup of tea

When we're lying on the beach without a care in the world, with the sea lapping at our feet, most Brits are dreaming of a decent cup of tea.

Over a third of British holidaymakers claim the thing they miss most when they go on their summer holidays is a good old cup of Rosie Lee according to a new survey conducted by travel insurers InsureandGo.

A nice cuppa beat off stiff competition from other home comforts to secure the honour of what we miss most whilst we're on our hols. Over a quarter of us miss our pets and one in ten of us miss proper English grub when we jet off to sunnier climes.

However, a whopping 83 per cent of us say we're embarrassed by other British holidaymakers when we go on our annual break. And 60 per cent would go a step further and say we are the worst behaved nation when we're on holiday.

The biggest gripe we have with our fellow countrymen is their loutish behaviour, followed by their inability to try new things when abroad according to the poll of over 4000 people. It seems if we're not moaning about missing home we're whinging about everything else. Even three per cent miss the rain!

Over a quarter of us admit to moaning about mosquito's and 21 per cent can't stop complaining about other holidaymakers. A bout of delly-belly and a sore case of sunburn are also grounds for a good whinge. And when it comes to the weather, Mother Nature can't win 15 per cent complain if our holiday destination is too hot and one in twenty will harp on if it's too cold.

30 per cent of people freely admit to moaning when they go abroad with an ignorant eight per cent confessing to grumbling about foreigners. Three quarters of folk reckon that British people can't help moaning and 28 per cent of us say we do it without even realising.

Perry Wilson from InsureandGo said: This survey shows Brits have simple tastes, no matter how luxurious the holiday; everyone likes to return to their home comforts. It's alarming how many of us seem to be embarrassed by fellow British tourists though, but unfortunately we do tend to have a bad reputation with other nations, especially in holiday resorts infamous for partying."

"Holidays are all about relaxing and letting our hair down, but we should remember we're representing our country when we're abroad too.''

A good cuppa definitely seems to be a bone of contention amongst British tourists with over half (55 per cent) of respondents admitting to packing tea-bags in their suitcase. 23 per cent will take washing detergent for their smalls and 18 per cent will take a jar of coffee.

posted by UK Insurance Index  @ 6:21 PM

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